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Post by supernovamaniac on Mar 2, 2009 10:39:22 GMT -5
So... people who are actually smart enough to take these in high school... did anyone here take it this year? (AMC 10/12 A/B)
My results:
AMC 10A: 103.5
AMC 10B: 126 (.... 22.5 points gap from first to second?)
now I'm getting prepared for AIME..... so did anyone here actually take it?
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Post by Captain Obvious on Mar 2, 2009 15:48:41 GMT -5
Man... I've not seen anything about the American Mathematics Contest since I was in high school (2002).
Good luck with AIME, and remember, there are usually two fairly easy ones and one that you can brute force without knowing any shortcuts or tricks. You get 3 hours, and there isn't a limit on scratch paper, so take your time, enjoy it.
Oh, and they like to use the year number in problems on the AIME and USAMO, so make sure you know before you even show up for the AIME that 2009 = 7*7*41.
Best of luck!
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Post by gazzawhite on Mar 2, 2009 17:31:31 GMT -5
I've taken a few AIMEs but not as a competitor (I am not American). We did them as practice exams during maths camp here in Australia (where they select the Australian IMO team). I think the best score I've gotten in an AIME is 10 or 11.
Um, like captainobvious said, the first one or two questions should be easier than the rest. Bring ruler, compass, protractor etc. and draw accurate diagrams for the geometry questions, you may be able to measure the answer if you can't calculate it. Also, if you have the time, check the answers to the questions that you think you've solved, you don't want to later find out you made one little arithmetic error and got zero for the question when you actually knew what to do.
captainobvious, my last year of high school was in 2002 as well. Were you by any chance in the IMO team for that year? I may have met you!
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Post by Captain Obvious on Mar 2, 2009 21:17:32 GMT -5
I'm afraid not. The USA population makes getting on the IMO team of 6 incredibly difficult.
I was one of 270 or so that qualified to take the USAMO that year (from which the 6 IMO team members are determined), but I did not do nearly well enough to make the IMO team.
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Post by gazzawhite on Mar 2, 2009 22:21:48 GMT -5
That's still extremely good, I probably wouldn't have even made the top 270 if I competed in America.
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Post by talledega7 on Mar 2, 2009 22:26:48 GMT -5
Consider yourselves incredibly smart anyway. I finished high school in 2005 and I was never even offered the chance to take any type of special Math test. I took the SATs twice (1240 and 1270) but no other three letter acronym tests.
I feel kinda stupid now.......
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Post by supernovamaniac on Mar 3, 2009 17:36:32 GMT -5
Meh our school's like letting anyone interested do it.
And my friends:
"If you want to miss class, take AMC."
stupid kids run to take the tests.
10/11? O.o that's smart... I need 8 for USAMO right now... but... its hard...
and thanks for that 2009 tip.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Mar 3, 2009 23:49:11 GMT -5
Yeah, I qualified in 2002 with a 143 on the AMC and a 7 on the AIME.
The raw score cutoff that year was 210 (your AMC score plus ten times your AIME score)... so I understand your stress wanting an 8 on the AIME.
Best of luck!
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Post by gazzawhite on Mar 10, 2009 7:19:04 GMT -5
Please tell us how you go supernovamaniac. If you do get 8 that would be incredible.
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Post by davidyko on Mar 23, 2009 14:48:30 GMT -5
I'm way late on this, but hopefully you did well, supernovamaniac.
Last year was my last year of high school in the US, and I qualified (barely) for USAMO, with a 135/9. Epic failed the USAMO, of course, but that was expected. They selected like 500 people last year, though, so I guess it's easier to make it these days than, say, 2002.
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