effects of USAMO qualification

bleumoose
Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:40:42 +0000

USAMO is only a big deal at the big colleges, because they are the only ones who know what the heck USAMO is. I think MIT actually asks for AMC/AIME scores. I’m pretty sure the West Coast and the Northeastern schools will know what you are talking about if you mention it. At any other school, I would attach a short explanation of what AMC/AIME/USAMO actually is. You might want to mention something like that in your essays, too. For more info on that kind of stuff, check out the College forum at www.artofproblemsolving.com