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k a April Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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Yesterday at 3:18 PM
Spring is in full swing and summer is right around the corner, what are your plans? At AoPS Online our schedule has new classes starting now through July, so be sure to keep your skills sharp and be prepared for the Fall school year! Check out the schedule of upcoming classes below.

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A Confused Canadian
sximoz   3
N 16 minutes ago by Gavin_Deng
I always wanted to apply for the AMC, and this year, I think I might have a chance. A friend did AMC 8, and she came back telling me I should do it too. I was really enthusiastic, and wanted to apply.

I do not have prior experience with the AMC, and I live in Alberta, Canada. Through my research, I learned that applications must be submitted via an International Group Leader. However, I am uncertain about who they are and what steps I need to take in order to apply. If you have any information about the application, I would greatly appreciate your help.

Additionally, I would be grateful for any advice on how to best prepare for the AMC, particularly the AMC 8, as this may be one of my last opportunities to participate before moving on to the AMC 10. Specifically, I am interested in understanding the scoring system, the format of the contest, and whether it is possible to participate online from my location.

If you have any further info or tips, I would sincerely appreciate your assistance.

Thanks you very much,
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Question about USAMO, self esteem, and college
xHypotenuse   20
N an hour ago by qwerty123456asdfgzxcvb
Hello everyone. I know this question may sound ridiculous/neagtive but I really want to know how the rest of the community thinks on this issue. Please excuse this yap session and feel free to ignore this post if it doesn't make sense, I don't think I really have a sane mind these days and something has gotten into my head.

I want your advice on what I should do in this situation. It has been my dream to make usamo since ~second semester of 9th grade and I started grinding from that time on. Last year, I qualified for the aime and got a 5. This year I really wanted to qualify for the olympiad and studied really hard. I spent my entire summer working on counting and probability, the subject I suck at the most. And yet, on amc 12, I fumbled hard. I usually mocked ~120-130s on amc 10s but on amc 12 this year, I got really mediocre scores ~100. So I had no chance of making usamo.

So during winter of 2024-2025 I kinda gave up on aime studying and I was like "hey, if I can't get into usamo, maybe ill qualify for usapho." Since I was pretty good at physics at that time. So I spended my winter hard grinding for f=ma and guess what? The test had stupid and ridiculous questions and I only got an 11. What really sucks is that even with the stupid amount of cheaters in f=ma, if I changed all of my "D" guesses to "C," then I would have qualified. Since I solved 10 actually and guessed the rest. Absolutely unfair that only 1 of my guesses were correct.

And also since I didn't study for aime, I ended up being super rusty and so I only got a 7. Solved 9 tho. (I usually can consistently solve 10+ on aimes).

And now here's my senior year and ofc I want to apply to a prestigious college. But it feels stupid that I don't have any usamo or usapho titles like the people I know do. I think I will have good essays primarily due to a varied amount of life experiences but like, I don't feel like I will contribute much to the college without being some prestigious olympiad qualifier. So this led to me having a self esteem issue.

This also led me to the question: should I study one last year so that I can get into usamo in my senior year, or is there no point? Since like, colleges don't care about whatever the hell you do in your senior year, and also, it seems just 'weird' to be grinding math contests while the rest of the people from my school are playing around, etc. So this time around I've really been having an internal crisis between my self esteem (since getting into usamo will raise my self esteem a lot) and college/senior choices.

I know this may seem like a dumb question to some and you are free to completely ignore the post. That's fine. I just really want advice for what I should do in this situation and it would really help bring my life quality up

Thanks,
hypotenuse
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Orange MOP Opportunity
blueprimes   17
N an hour ago by MathRook7817
Hello AoPS,

A reputable source that is of a certain credibility has communicated me about details of Orange MOP, a new pathway to qualify for MOP. In particular, 3 rounds of a 10-problem proof-style examination, covering a variety of mathematical topics that requires proofs will be held from September 27, 2025 12:00 AM - November 8, 2025 11:59 PM EST. Each round will occur biweekly on a Saturday starting from September 27 as described above. The deadline for late submissions will be November 20, 2025 11:59 PM EST.

Solutions can be either handwritten or typed digitally with $\LaTeX$. If you are sending solutions digitally through physical scan, please make sure your handwriting is eligible. Inability to discern hand-written solutions may warrant point deductions.

As for rules, digital resources and computational intelligence systems are allowed. Textbooks, reference handouts, and calculators are also a freedom provided by the MAA.

The link is said to be posted on the MAA website during the summer, and invites aspiring math students of all grade levels to participate. As for scoring, solutions will be graded on a $10$-point scale, and solutions will be graded in terms of both elegance and correctness.

As for qualification for further examinations, the Orange MOP examination passes both the AIME and USAJMO/USAMO requirement thresholds, and the top 5 scorers will receive the benefits and prestige of participating at the national level in the MOP program, and possibly the USA TST and the USA IMO team.

I implore you to consider this rare oppourtunity.

Warm wishes.
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k 9 Mathcounts school round 2025
wisewigglyjaguar   97
N Mar 30, 2025 by sadas123
I have been doing one set weekly, so I think I will do ok. How about you?

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Edit: 200 VOTES!! :o
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I have been doing one set weekly, so I think I will do ok. How about you?

Edit:41 votes!
Edit: Thank you for 80 votes on Christmas Eve! :pilot:
Edit: 100 VOTES! :what?:
Edit: 150 VOTES! :coolspeak:
Edit: 200 VOTES!! :o
Edit: 275 VoTeS!!! :blush:
Edit: 300 VOtES!! :ninja:
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im not gonna make the team lmao
3 people are guaranteed to be on it and everyone is fighting for the last spot
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I proctored and graded some of our school round's tests. So good luck!
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Mathcounts school round is ezz, and our schools gives us the one by mathcounts.
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My Sister when she was in 6th grade she guessed every single question on the AMC 8 :skull, she didn't know how to do number 1, but school round was ezzzzzzz
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i'm guaranteed state bc my state is small and i'm home schooled
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lucky
what state
CA is so tough
hopefull i at least make by 8th
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jb2015007 wrote:
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what state
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hopefull i at least make by 8th

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Mathcounts school round is supposed to be like AMC 8
Chapter: AMC 8/10
State: Adv AMC 8-AMC 10
National: AMC 10/12
Above data according to https://classes.areteem.org/course/index.php?categoryid=82(under core courses)
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I got a 38 on mathcounts school round(2023-2024) and a 35 on mathcounts chapter round(2024). Any advice on getting 46 on both competitions? Thanks!
By the way, I'm aiming for state competition(should be pretty easy; I didn't prepare at all for school mathcounts because I didn't even know it was a competition which is why I sold so hard, lol, but I did a lot for chapter and I still sold!) and maybe national countdown round. I know I need to work on time management.
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I mean, you can do multiple AMC 8 packets or multiple MATHCOUNT state packets. This will help you increase your speed and your problem solving accuracy. :-D
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(I'm in Texas so it's pretty hard to get into state)
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nsc moment :gleam:
If I mock it for fun, I'll probably get around a 40+ assuming no dumb sillies
Inaaya wrote:
im not gonna make the team lmao
3 people are guaranteed to be on it and everyone is fighting for the last spot
wait but can't a school register 8 extra individuals
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RocketScientist wrote:
nsc moment :gleam:
If I mock it for fun, I'll probably get around a 40+ assuming no dumb sillies
Inaaya wrote:
im not gonna make the team lmao
3 people are guaranteed to be on it and everyone is fighting for the last spot
wait but can't a school register 8 extra individuals

i know, but in our school everyone who is on the team is basically guaranteed to go to state while the indivs arent
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