<p>have you guys heard of it??
i've joined it and i want to know how i should prepare for it and also does it look good to colleges like MIT?</p>
<p>I've heard of it. It's just another way to qualify for the AIME and eventually the USAMO without taking the AMC. I only know one person who has done it and she did pretty well (a silver medal). I think it looks as good as the AMC does. It's different from the AMC though; USAMTS has proofs and you get an entire month to think them through, whereas the AMC is timed (one hour) multiple choice, so it's really about your test-taking habits. I never did it, so I wouldn't know how to prepare for it besides practice doing proofs?</p>
<p>usamts is much less important than amc since its not regulated in any manner...</p>
<p>Yea, I've participated in it. And I guess it would look good to colleges, just like a lot of other things. It's really hard to compare it to AMC though, since the way both contests are run are very different.</p>
<p>Because of the type of contest this is though, it doesn't really make any sense to prepare for it. Once you get the problem, just try to come up with solutions. I guess learning how to draw diagrams on the computer would help, and could be preparation though?</p>
<p>it's not a very prestigious contest. for the purposes of qualifying to the usamo, it's also bad since the contribution to your index that you get from it is the minimum score of 100. this kind of makes sense since the problems aren't very hard and there's no time pressure. it's fun, though. i did it in 2007.</p>
<p>hahahaha, you’re joking the winner from IMO with perfect score on IMO (42) got a 83 or (87?) on the USAMTS. In fact NO ONE got a perfect score on it, and it’s not at all easier. much more likely to get in via amc 10/12. advantage of taking this test is, it’s a free way to get graded by the NSA ON (CURRENTLY UPDATED) 12 QUESTIONS, and get awesome prizes and prestige for it.</p>
<p>An award is not greater or less if common people don’t know about it, it’s the math colleges who know and they’re the ones that matter. </p>
<p>:D</p>