{"id":1933,"date":"2020-02-27T15:22:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T23:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/areteem.org\/blog\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2020-02-27T15:34:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T23:34:31","slug":"2020-aime-cutoffs-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/areteem.org\/blog\/2020-aime-cutoffs-released\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 AIME Cutoffs Released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Earlier this week, the MAA released official cutoffs for qualifying for this year&#8217;s AIME competition, as well as the scores needed for distinction and honor roll. The scores are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>AMC 10A<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>AMC 10B<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>AMC 12A<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>AMC 12B<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>AIME Cutoff<\/td><td>103.5<\/td><td>102<\/td><td>87<\/td><td>87<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Honor Roll of Distinction<\/td><td>124.5<\/td><td>120<\/td><td>123<\/td><td>120<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Distinction<\/td><td>105<\/td><td>103.5<\/td><td>100.5<\/td><td>97.5<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>What do these scores mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>AIME Cutoff:<\/strong> Students scoring this value or higher qualify for this year&#8217;s AIME competition, held on March 11th, 2020.<\/li><li><strong>Honor Roll of Distinction:<\/strong> Students scoring this value or higher represent the top 1% of scores.<\/li><li><strong>Distinction:<\/strong> Students scoring this value or higher represent the top 5% of scores.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> In previous years, the AIME Cutoff score was often the same as the Distinction score. However, more students were invited to take this year&#8217;s AIME, so the cutoff score is lower. (Thanks to the MAA for clarifying this by email for us!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Official scores will be released soon, but you can check your answers using our answers keys for the <a href=\"https:\/\/areteem.org\/blog\/2020-amc-10a-amc-12a-answer-key-released\/\">10A+12A here<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/areteem.org\/blog\/2020-amc-10b-amc-12b-answer-key-released\/\">10B+12B here<\/a>. Remember your score can be calculated as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>(# correct) \u00d7 6 + (# skipped) \u00d7 1.5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qualified for AIME? Want that last push to succeed? Check out our offerings, including review videos, workshops, and a review course by <a href=\"https:\/\/classes.areteem.org\/course\/index.php?categoryid=88\">visiting our online classes site at classes.areteem.org.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AMC 10 and 12 exams are administered by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). For the latest official competition announcements <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maa.org\/math-competitions\">visit their competition page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 AIME Cutoffs have been released! 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