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Grades 9โ12AMC & Olympiad Pathway
The MAA's series of competitions that eventually lead all the way to the International Mathematical Olympiad.
AMC 10
The MAA's flagship 25-question, 75-minute multiple-choice exam for students in 10th grade and below, held each November at schools nationwide. It is the first step on the path to the USA Mathematical Olympiad.
Learn more โAMC 12
The MAA's flagship 25-question, 75-minute multiple-choice exam for students in 12th grade and below, held each November at schools nationwide, covering the full high school curriculum.
Learn more โAIME (American Invitational Mathematics Examination)
A 15-question, 3-hour invitational exam held each February for top AMC 10 (top 2.5%) and AMC 12 (top 5%) scorers, bridging the AMC and the USA(J)MO. Every answer is an integer from 0 to 999.
Learn more โUSA Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO/USAMO)
A two-day, 9-hour proof-based olympiad held each March at schools and official regional sites for roughly the top AIME qualifiers nationwide. Top USAMO scorers are invited to the training camp where the US team for the IMO is selected.
Learn more โInternational Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
The world championship of high school mathematics and the oldest of all international scientific olympiads, held each July in a different host country. Six-student national teams from over 100 countries compete.
Learn more โUniversity-Hosted Tournaments
Prestigious math tournaments organized by students at colleges and universities across the country, most with individual, team, and power rounds.
Harvard MIT Math Tournament (HMMT)
One of the largest and most prestigious high school tournaments in the world, drawing close to 1000 students per event. It is held twice a year in Cambridge, Massachusetts: the November tournament is more accessible, while February rivals olympiad difficulty.
Learn more โPrinceton University Mathematics Competition (PUMaC)
Princeton's student-run team tournament, held each November in Princeton, New Jersey, featuring A and B division subject tests, a proof-based power round, and live rounds.
Learn more โStanford Math Tournament (SMT)
Stanford's annual tournament for high schoolers, held each April at Stanford University with a worldwide online edition, spanning subject, general, and team rounds.
Learn more โBerkeley Math Tournament (BMT)
UC Berkeley's tournament held each November in Berkeley, California (plus an online edition in December), with Power, Individual, and Guts rounds open to students worldwide.
Learn more โCarnegie Mellon Informatics and Mathematics Competition (CMIMC)
Carnegie Mellon's student-run competition, held each spring in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, combining individual, team, and power rounds in math along with programming events.
Learn more โCaltech Math Meet (formerly CHMMC)
Caltech's team competition, held each January in Pasadena, California, and known for creative, proof-flavored problems. Formerly the Caltech Harvey Mudd Math Competition (CHMMC).
Learn more โDuke Math Meet (DMM)
Duke University's annual team competition for high school students, held each November in Durham, North Carolina, and run by the Duke math department and undergraduates.
Learn more โMath Majors of America Tournament for High Schools (MMATHS)
A tournament hosted each spring at Yale University together with partner universities, designed to make high-level team competition geographically and mathematically accessible.
Learn more โJohns Hopkins Math Tournament (JHMT)
Johns Hopkins' student-run tournament, over 20 years old, held each April in Baltimore, Maryland, with team, individual, and relay rounds.
Learn more โUGA High School Math Tournament
The University of Georgia's long-running tournament, held each October in Athens, Georgia, drawing hundreds of students from across the Southeast for ciphering, written, and team rounds.
Learn more โTeam and League Contests
Long-running team competitions where students compete together, from regional all-star squads to free online team events.
American Regions Mathematics League (ARML)
The premier national team competition, started in 1976. Regional all-star teams of 15 students compete simultaneously at several university sites across the country each year in late May or early June, in team, power, individual, and relay rounds.
Learn more โPurple Comet Math Meet
A free international online team contest taken in a flexible window each April, drawing thousands of teams from dozens of countries. Conducted annually since 2003.
Learn more โProof-Based Competitions
For students ready to write full solutions: proof-based contests that build the skills needed for the USA(J)MO and beyond.
USA Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS)
A free proof-based competition run online through the school year starting each fall, open to all US middle and high school students. Students get a full month or more per round, receive written feedback on their proofs, and top scorers can qualify for the AIME.
Learn more โUS Ersatz Math Olympiad (USEMO)
A free online proof olympiad at IMO difficulty, held each October, open to all US middle and high school students, with two 4.5-hour days of graded handwritten proofs.
Learn more โBay Area Mathematical Olympiad (BAMO)
A 4-hour, 5-problem essay-proof olympiad held on the last Wednesday of every February at schools and open sites around the San Francisco Bay Area, an outgrowth of the Berkeley Math Circle running since 1999.
Learn more โMath Competitions for Girls
Competitions designed for girls interested in mathematics.
Math Prize for Girls
The largest math prize for girls in the world, held each October at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Around 250 top female students, invited based on AMC 10/12 scores, compete for $100,000 in prizes, with an invitational proof olympiad for top scorers.
Learn more โInteGIRLS
A student-led national organization with chapters in many locations, running free team-based math competitions and puzzle hunts for girls and non-binary students, both in person and online.
Learn more โCarnegie Mellon Women's Mathematics Competition (CMWMC)
CMIMC's fall competition held each October at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, welcoming female and non-binary high school students of all experience levels.
Learn more โMath Modeling Competitions
Team challenges where students build mathematical models of real-world problems, a different flavor of competition with major scholarship prizes.
MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (M3)
SIAM's free 14-hour applied math modeling challenge for high school juniors and seniors, held online over a weekend each late February or early March, awarding over $100,000 in scholarships.
Learn more โHigh School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM)
COMAP's international team modeling contest held each November, where teams get a multi-day window to build and write up a mathematical model of a real-world problem.
Learn more โWhere to Find More Contests
You can find lists of upcoming math contests at the following links.
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