<p>I’m am not very familiar with this competition, but would LOVE to participate in it because math is pretty much my favorite subject. I love math, and I’m good at it, so it’s a idyllic fit.</p>
<p>How would I qualify? Since I will attend the Peddie School next year, will there be any opportunities to do so there? The reason I mention Peddie is because on this thread, someone previously mentioned that Exeter has a whole “training regime” for its students, and so now I’m pretty afraid that I sabotaged my chances for the USAMO by turning down my offer for Exeter. Sad life!</p>
<p>Peddie makes you take the AMC test if you in an honors math section. If you do good on that you will qualifiy for the next test (AIME) and if you do good on the AIME you can qualify for the USAMO.</p>
<p>Cool, thanks 2010!
However, looking at some of the topics covered on this test, I’m not feeling very confident at all about my chances, seeing as how some are college-level. How would one recommend preparing?</p>
<p>I know someone qualified USAMO before they even went to a top boarding school mentioned in this thread. This kid is the captain of our state’s ARML team and apparently he got into the prestigious boarding school because of math.</p>
<p>Do all boarding schools offer Olympiad math training program or some sort? I mean how the heck does PHilips Exeter School have 9 students qualify for USAMO with only a population of 1,000?</p>
<p>I think Exeter attracts the brightest math students because of its reputation for math and the fact that the US team coach, Zuming Feng, is on the faculty.</p>
<p>Hypsmc, Because those math talents were recruited. Invitation letters are send to previous years winners. In fact, no special training was given to AMC at Andover of Exeter as I heard.</p>
<p>But Andover still had a significant amount of qualifiers last year! How about the math training programs at Brooks, Middlesex, Williston, Choate and Groton?</p>
<p>hypsmc – I can only speak to Choate’s program. As Faymom and 2010 hopeful mentioned, there are no specific training programs, but top math students are recruited from abroad. Math is an academic area that Choate specifically focuses on in its international recruitment. Once there, there are opportunities for math team and accelerated courses, but there are no specific AMC/AIME training programs provided. Many math students seriously interested in competing at high levels of AIME/AMC etc., partake in specialized summer programs geared to these contests. One senior Choate girl last year made the US math Olympiad team.</p>
<p>If interested, there are ways to get yourself trained outside of your regular school, math schools, math camps, and online classes such as AOPS.</p>