News & Guides
The latest on the AMC
Exam dates, registration, preparation and results for the AMC 8, 10, 12, AIME and the China region.
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The AMC 10 and AMC 12 Share Problems: What the Overlap Means for Your Mocks and the 10-or-12 Choice in 2026
In eight recent paper pairs, 10 to 13 of 25 problems appeared on both the AMC 10 and AMC 12 of the same date. Our count, and what it changes for mocks and the 10-or-12 choice.
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The AIME 2027 Window Falls on Chinese New Year: How China-Based Families Should Plan Around 5-6 February
MAA’s 2027 AIME window is 5-6 February: Chinese New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Who the date binds, what is unconfirmed for China, and how to plan travel now.
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Both AMC 10/12 Papers or Just One? How the Fixed AIME Line Changes the 2026 Second-Sitting Decision
AIME qualification is now a fixed 100 or 85, so a harder paper no longer brings a lower line. How to read your mock margin and decide on a second AMC sitting before the 10 October refund cut-off at our China-region centres.
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You Can Clear the AIME Line and Still Not Be Allowed to Sit It: The 2027 Age Rule and Accelerated Students
MAA requires 2027 AIME candidates to be 13 or over. A strong Grade 7 or 8 student can clear 100 on the AMC 10 and still be unable to sit the round it qualifies for.
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More Practice, a Better Book, or a Teacher? Matching AMC Help to the Gap You Actually Have
Most AMC plateaus are not a teaching problem. A four-question audit separates a volume gap from a syllabus gap from a diagnosis gap, and only one of them costs money.
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Your AMC Cutoff Table Expired in August: How to Date Any AMC or AIME Source Before You Plan Around It
MAA rewrote the AIME in August 2026. Five phrases date a stale page, one over-correction assumes the AMC changed too, and old cutoff tables now mean something else.
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What an AMC Score Signals Outside the US: A Planning Guide for UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and Canada Applications
The AMC is not an admissions test in any system. Where a university sets its own maths paper, your competition record sits somewhere else in the file entirely.
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Eight Questions, Then Seven: How the AIME’s Two-Part Session Changes the Way You Prepare
The 2027 AIME runs as two sealed 90-minute blocks – eight questions, then seven, with no way back. What that structure does to pacing, checking and practice design.
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Reading Your Last AMC Score: A Band-by-Band Plan for a Second Attempt
Scored 66 last November? 94.5? The bottleneck is different in every band, and so is the fix. A score-band diagnostic for students sitting the AMC 10 or AMC 12 again.
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The AMC Season Ends After the Application Deadlines: Why Grade 11 Is Your Last On-Record Sitting
The November papers fall after most early application deadlines and the AIME after the regular round. For an applicant, the grade 11 season is the last that lands in time.