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[quote=Anonymous]My children never did the AMC8, but it is basically to get a sense if you would enjoy doing the higher-level problems for AMC10 and AMC12. If you get a high enough score on the AMC10 or AMC12, you qualify for AIME. If you score high enough on the AIME, you qualify for USAMO. Only about 250 students qualify for USAMO, and the scores on that are a criterion for going to a training camp where the U.S. team for the International Math Olympiad is selected. One of my dc qualified for USAMO and scored in the top 50, but not high enough to make it into the camp. He goes to MIT and I am fairly certain that scoring this high on the USAMO was a reason he was accepted. MIT specifically asks for your AIME and USAMO scores, so it matters to them.[/quote]
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