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Tag: AMC 10 12
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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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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.
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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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The AMC Rules That Cancel a Score: Permitted Materials, Prohibited Devices, and the Policy With No Appeal
Protractors and graph paper are prohibited, remote sittings are cancelled, and MAA states a disqualified score cannot be challenged. What that means for your exam bag.
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AMC 10/12 Geometry Without a Calculator: The Recurring Configurations Worth Drilling
You may bring a ruler and compass but no graph paper and no calculator. Here is the AMC geometry configuration library, a drawing protocol and an exact-form numeracy card.
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AMC 10/12 Problems 21-25: Why the Last Five Are a Different Exam (and How to Train for Them)
The last five AMC 10/12 problems are a synthesis test, not a speed test. Here is a four-phase training protocol, a solution-autopsy method and exam-day triage rules.
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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.