How much will AMC 8 DHR (Top 1% of all test takers from China, India, etc) and AMC 10 HR (Top 5% of all test takers from China, India, etc) cover for my 1st quarter math grade? I talked with a college counselor, a boarding school counselor, a former admissions officer at one of the schools, and some students from the schools and they all say AMC 8 DHR and AMC 10 HR would negate the bad grade from quarter 1 because theres less than 100-200ish kids in the US who got DHR for AMC 8 (or as far as I know since most of the DHR students were from China, India, etc) and I have no idea about the statistics about AMC 10 but I would think a decent chunk of students who got HR and DHR are from countries like China, India, etc.
I’m not sure if the people I talked to were trying to get my spirits up or something like that so whats your guys opinions? Theres also a chance I make USAJMO this year as a self studier (no outside classes for AMC and academics in general).