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Tag: AIME 2027
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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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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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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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AIME 2027 Moves to Pearson Test Centres: Every Change MAA Has Announced, and What Is Still Unknown for Candidates in China
MAA has rewritten the AIME: Pearson test centres, two 90-minute electronic parts, a fixed qualifying score instead of a percentile, one sitting on 5-6 February 2027, and USAMO qualification that no longer counts your AMC score. Here is what is confirmed, and the one thing China-based candidates must not assume.
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How the AIME Works After the AMC 10/12: Qualifying, Sitting It, and What Comes Next (Rewritten for the 2027 Rules)
The AIME after MAA’s 2027 overhaul: a fixed qualifying score of 100 on the AMC 10 or 85 on the AMC 12, two 90-minute electronic parts at a Pearson centre, one window on 5-6 February, and a USAMO route that no longer counts your AMC score.