<p>I think it’s great that they are lowering the score for a blank answer. I’m tired, first of all, of seeing people qualify for AIME with less than half of the questions right, and second, not trying to answer more questions and get a higher score because all they care about is making AIME.</p>
<p>This, however, is a thread for discussion of the possibility of a lowered cutoff score, so I don’t think it’s good to open a debate here. If you want to debate it, start a separate thread, or go to Art of Problem Solving, where it’s been discussed in detail.</p>