<p>Has anyone who got to USAMO ever been rejected, assuming they didn't go to jail or something stupid like that?</p>
<p>yes - just look at the acceptance thread for this year</p>
<p>Definitely, someone got waitlisted with Blue Mop last year.</p>
<p>Consequently, just for all of you going, "OMG I DIDN'T DO THE USAMO SO I MUST GET REJECTED" - I hadn't even heard of USAMO until I came here ^.^</p>
<p>Though I guess I'm talking to juniors and below now =)</p>
<p>Poopers.(10char)</p>
<p>Nothing... again NOTHING guarantees an MIT acceptance. There are always exceptions.</p>
<p>I did USAMO and got rejected.</p>
<p>A 2 time gold medalist USAMO winner was rejected this year I think.</p>
<p>and i'm sure they were accepted someplace awesome</p>
<p>USAMO>>MIT acceptance in my opinion</p>
<p>I know one boy got USAMO and deferred, and then rejected</p>
<p>I'm sure if you get a medal at IMO there's a very good chance you might be accepted.</p>
<p>Metal Dragon said:
A 2 time gold medalist USAMO winner was rejected this year I think.</p>
<p>I am assuming you mean IMO, since USAMO does not have a gold designation.
In that case, it is not possible. Looking at the list of winners the last few years, there is no one who is a 2 time gold winner who would apply this year. In fact, I beleive there is only one winner who is currently a senior.
US</a> Teams at the IMO</p>
<p>I just heard about this competition today; does anyone know if it's too late to try and qualify for the 2008/2009 contest? I'm already quite good at computational math and I've worked with formal proofs before (have complete real analysis at the University of North Texas) so learning the problem style won't be much of a stretch. But since I'm going to be a HS senior in the fall is it too late to begin the qualifying tests?</p>
<p>I realize this will probably take place too late in my HS career for me to put on my application to MIT, but it looks like fun.</p>
<p>erm no its not too late</p>
<p>No, it's not too late, but you can't just jump into USAMO. There are two ways of qualifying. You can take the AMC in February/March and if you get at least a certain number of points, you can take the AIME, which is held during the month after the AMC. Then they combine your AMC score and AIME score and if you're in the top 500 students nationwide, then you get to take the USAMO shortly after the AIME. The second way of qualifying is to do the American Math Talent Search, which has a bunch of proofs that you do at home (the AMC is a timed multiple choice test at your school). If you get some score, you get to take the AIME. You can only take the AMC if a teacher at your school organizes it.</p>
<p>It's a lot harder to qualify for USAMO though through USAMTS though, since if you do qualify for the AIME, they just treat it as if you got a 100 on the AMC (AMC is out of 150), and AMC scores will matter if you're a senior (and a junior, and maybe if you're a sophomore or below).</p>
<p>^^ Actually, it is the top 350ish kids, then the fill out the rest of the 500 with sophomores and below.</p>
<p>You can take the AMC even ifyour shcool does not organize it. My son homeschools and has taken the test 7 times in the past 4 years, plus the aime and the USAMO three times. He has taken these tests at 6 different locations. Two were local private schools that were willing to allow him to take it as a guest (I had to organize that through the AMC office), twice thru local math circles. and twice with local colleges who were offering it on the b date. This is last years list:
Additional</a> Locations for the AMC 10B/12B at Higher Education Sites</p>
<p>And Shavras is correct - if you qualify for AIME through the USAMTS, you would probably need a 9-11 on the AIME to move up.</p>