<p>So, I finally got a break from working in lab all day now that school has started, and the admissions people I know are finally back/ done in lab too. The consensus among them is that reporting scores typically under 90 cannot and will not help you. They really would like to see AIME qualification, at least once. They also said there are some people on admissions who will see any low score below 100 on the AMC as a negative to your application, while others will simply ignore it and move on. </p>
<p>If you’re interested in math or applied math and your highest score on the AMC 12 junior year is <90 … you shouldn’t report it. If you’re interested in attending Caltech in general, you probably still shouldn’t report it. As a word of caution, I am not nor do I claim to be on the admissions staff, and this represents the opinion of a few Undergrad admissions officers (who are very involved in making decisions I might add) I know.</p>