Plan ahead for your mathematics competition
For those who seek to study in the United States, academic competitions are essential if you want to get into a great university. Out of all the competitions, math competitions cover the widest range, forms and kinds, allowing students with varying levels of academic prowess to participate.
For 9th graders, some prestigious international schools would implicitly put The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) results as one of their admission requirements. For 10th graders, 2021 will be the last year for them to be able to take part in AMC10. This is also the time when they would have relatively more time to spend on extracurriculars.
Nowadays, the large volume and variety of math competitions might cause decision paralysis for students and their families. In this article, we will walk you through multiple kinds of math competitions and their differences to help you select the most suitable ones.
Math competitions in the U.S. include the highly influential, aforementioned AMC, University of Waterloo Mathematics Contests and several all age group competitions that gained popularity in recent years (marked green in the chart below). These competitions often take place online and students would usually get a global ranking result.
Schools and institutions provide over 10 types of team competitions, allowing students to not only showcase their personal abilities, but also broaden their horizons and compete with top math students from around the world.
These competitions vary a lot in difficulty and targeted age groups, meaning that whether you are an entry level candidate or a math “wiz”, you can always find a competition that’s right for you.
Individual Competitions
Group Competitions
Given that there are so many different kinds of competitions across a large time frame with varying levels of difficulty, it is vital for potential participants to plan in advance. Thinktown has prepared two planning routes for middle and high schoolers, as shown below.
Stay tuned for more analysis about math competitions!
