2020 AIME Cutoffs Released

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Earlier this week, the MAA released official cutoffs for qualifying for this year’s AIME competition, as well as the scores needed for distinction and honor roll. The scores are as follows:

AMC 10AAMC 10BAMC 12AAMC 12B
AIME Cutoff103.51028787
Honor Roll of Distinction124.5120123120
Distinction105103.5100.597.5

What do these scores mean?

  • AIME Cutoff: Students scoring this value or higher qualify for this year’s AIME competition, held on March 11th, 2020.
  • Honor Roll of Distinction: Students scoring this value or higher represent the top 1% of scores.
  • Distinction: Students scoring this value or higher represent the top 5% of scores.

Note: In previous years, the AIME Cutoff score was often the same as the Distinction score. However, more students were invited to take this year’s AIME, so the cutoff score is lower. (Thanks to the MAA for clarifying this by email for us!)

Official scores will be released soon, but you can check your answers using our answers keys for the 10A+12A here and the 10B+12B here. Remember your score can be calculated as:

(# correct) × 6 + (# skipped) × 1.5

Qualified for AIME? Want that last push to succeed? Check out our offerings, including review videos, workshops, and a review course by visiting our online classes site at classes.areteem.org.

The AMC 10 and 12 exams are administered by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). For the latest official competition announcements visit their competition page here.

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