<p>Hi everyone,
I am from San Diego, California. At our school, we take CAML( California Math League) test once a month. Well, I am just wondering the purpose of that test. Cause at other schools, they offer American Mathematic Competition tests which are super good. Can CAML be counted as the same as AMC?? Just curious . XD.</p>
<p>Getting a perfect score on the CAML is definitely a noteworthy achievement since some of the questions are pretty hard (comparable to the mid/high level problems on the AMC 12).</p>
<p>Though you probably already know about this site, I’d direct anyone with math contest-related questions to artofproblemsolving.com. There you could find a lot of extremely qualified students who could compare these two tests for you in terms of mathematics.</p>
<p>Of course, if the question is just regarding prestige and college admissions… Your motivations for taking the test might not be in the right place…</p>
<p>OP and fledgling, what have been your high scores on any CML? I think I scored a 5 on the second test of this year, but I’ve never gotten a 6…yet.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure we have the same test here in our state, but it’s called <em>different state</em> math league. 6 problems per test, 6 tests per year, 30 min per test. Sample problem set: <a href=“http://www.themathleague.com/ml-files/hs_contest_1_2005-06.pdf[/url]”>http://www.themathleague.com/ml-files/hs_contest_1_2005-06.pdf</a></p>
<p>This Math League is incomparable to the AMC12 tests; AMC12 is much harder. I’ve been getting perfects on nearly every Math League test since freshman year, while I’ve only gotten around ~130 on the AMC10. If you wanna see for yourself how much more difficult AMC12 is, here’s a link to past years’ tests:
[USA</a> AMC 12/AHSME • Art of Problem Solving](<a href=“http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/resources.php?c=182&cid=44]USA”>http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/resources.php?c=182&cid=44)</p>
<p>@ 314159265: You’re a beast haha. The most I’ve ever gotten is a 4 (on last month’s test)…</p>
<p>^^Yeah, the program runs math leagues in different states. I kinda want to bring up doing AMC at our school to the teacher who runs CML, but I figured that our school would just crash and burn since nobody has ever gotten a 6 on the CML.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend the AMC then. At our school, the only people who qualified for the AIME (the round after the AMC) consistently got 5 or 6 on the Math League competitions. Even then, some of those who consistently get 5s didn’t make the AIME.</p>
<p>Aww, I feel so inferior to the rest of you math whizzes. :3 Do you think some guys are just naturally more talented at math than girls are? As a girl, I’ve observed that female representation at these sorts of academic competitions has always been in the minority. I know any feminist on here is going to yell at me for saying this, but I’m just telling it like it is…</p>
<p>Some people are just naturally more talented at math than other people are. I know of some girls that could kick the butts of most of the good-at-math guys I know in math competitions.</p>
<p>Regarding the CAML, from my experience, most people who can make AIME can consistently make 5s or 6s on CAMLs, assuming no stupid mistakes (which is a pretty bad assumption). It is much easier than the AIME and mostly easier than a good deal of the AMCs. AMC-related math contests are much more well-known, and are the primary route to the IMO team.</p>
<p>Hmm, looks like I’m going to have to finally crack open that AoPS Volume 1 book that’s been (sadly) gathering dust on my shelf over the past semester… 
The first time I heard of the CAML test was two months ago, and I did pretty poorly on it (got a 2 or 3; can’t remember) since 1) I was completely caught off guard and 2) more importantly, I hadn’t been looking through the AoPS book at all. After that, I vowed to start studying from it, but never got around to doing so.</p>
<p>(Going off on a tangent) Does anyone know how to get Chemistry or Physics Olympiad started at a school?</p>
<p>Uh… contact a teacher and ask if he/she’d be willing to sponsor it?</p>
<p>Well, I’m that far already. But I’m not too sure what to do after this; my teacher is too busy to go figure out what to do.</p>
<p>Unfortunately there’s not much you can do then. 
After all, it’s up to the teacher himself/herself to take charge of the exam administration and all those other details…</p>
<p>Our school does the WAML, washington math league. </p>
<p>Also, although its hard to compare the two, amcs are more “difficult” than Waml/caml/etc</p>
<p>@pi Just have your teacher sign you up online; it’s a quick and painless process. The deadline for signing up for the USAPhO is early January, the third I believe, so you wanna register for that quickly. All I had to do at my school to get the USNCO and USAPhO was to ask my teachers to register for it, and then give them a list of students who also wished to take it. They then went and asked their classes if anyone wanted to take it as well. We split the cost among everyone taking it, which really isn’t that bad ($3 per person and a $25 school fee that we split for physics). I believe the sites for registering are:</p>
<p>[US</a> Physics Team - registration](<a href=“http://aapt.org/physicsteam/registration.cfm]US”>US Physics Team - registration) for physics </p>
<p>[Chemistry</a> Olympiad Competition for High School Students](<a href=“American Chemical Society”>American Chemical Society) somewhere on this site for chem, not sure about this one</p>
<p>EDIT: I know that this link is the official USNCO site, but I’m not sure if you register here or not.</p>