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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AMC8 in the 1980s was much easier, so students will get high scores if these are used as practice tests.  The honor rolls from recent years are available on the MAA website if people want to get the count from northern Virginia.  It is much higher than 50.[/quote]

DP.  MAA gives the csv files, so it's pretty easy to tabulate results.  In the Jan 2022 AMC 8, 105 VA kids made at least the top 5% honor roll.  Most of these kids are from NoVa.  In the Nov 2021 AMC 10a, only 16 VA kids had AIME qualifying scores (6 7th graders and 10 8th graders).  This would all suggest that making the AMC 8 honor roll is not that spectacular, especially if the kid is taking AoPS/RSM classes or is in an AAP center middle school with a strong math club.  Qualifying for AIME in middle school is still pretty rare for NoVa kids.  [/quote]

There are 3 honor rolls (1 for 6th graders and under, 2 for 8th graders and under.

The high honor roll (top 1% of test takers) is almost the same as the AMC10 AIME qualifiers, based on kids I know, and also the stats showing about 750 middle schoolers on the AMC8 1% honor roll and the same number taking the AIME.

The AMC8 high honor roll is extremely hard, because of extreme time pressure (20 of 25 questions, in 40 minutes). (It has to be, because it has a content cap and is artificially limited to 1%, so everyone near the top studying more doesn't help; it's a rat race / treadmill race).

The AMC10-taking AIME qualifiers only need to solve half the test (~15 out of 25 questions, in 75minutes), so, though it is a bit harder and expects Algebra and Geometry class, there is minimal time pressure. And it admits a larger group (~7% of test takers).

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