American Math Competitions, North Carolina Results 2003

The results of the 54rd annual AMC Examination, administered on Tuesday, February 11, 2003, and Wednesday, February 26, 2003 have been announced. Students in grades 12 and below are eligible to participate. This year, students in grades 6 through 10 had the chance to participate in the AMC10 Contest on the same day as the AMC12. In North Carolina 130 schools and more than 6000 students participated in the competition. The listing below is now official.

The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) began in 1950 with the American High School Mathematics Exam (AHSME). In 1983 the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME) was initiated for students scoring 100 or higher on the AHSME. In 1986, the American Junior High School Mathematics Exam (AJHSME) was introduced. In 2000, the names of the AJHSME and AHSME were changed to AMC8 and AMC12, and a new AMC10 test, designed for students up to and including grade 10, was introduced. Forms A and B of the AMC 10 and AMC 12 were offered for the first time in 2002, so that schools with conflicts on the designated date for the exams could offer them on an alternate date. This year, students with AMC12 scores ≥ 100 or AMC10 scores ≥ 119 (form A) or ≥121 (Form B) qualify for the AIME. Increasingly selective groups of AIME participants will be invited to the USA Mathematical Olympiad, the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program, and finally to represent the U.S. in the International Mathematical Olympiad. * Note: 2964 students from 103 NC schools (71 public and 32 private high schools) participated in the AMC12 in February, 2003.

Top North Carolina Schools by Classification

Class	School	Exam Manager	City
4A	Chapel Hill High	Bud Stuart	Chapel Hill
3A	North Buncombe High	Archie Benton	Buncombe Cty
2A	Charles D Owen High	Susan Stevenson	Black Mountain
1A	South Stanly	Liz Nichols	Norwood
Private	Charlotte Home Schools	Susan Schaeffer	Charlotte
Jr./Middle	Martin Middle	Lucy Kay	Raleigh

The ranking is determined by the sum of the top three scores on the AMC12 except for the Jr./Middle competition that is the sum of the top three scores on the AMC10. All six of these schools will receive a beautiful Walnut AMC plaque. Note: 2482 students from 104 NC schools, including 55 public and 28 private high schools and 21 middle schools(20 public, 1 pvt), participated.

Akamai scholarship winners for last year were Morgan Brown of NCSSM and Ruoting Gong of Chapel Hill High. Both students earned $1000 scholarships for their great performance on the AIME. Congratulations also to Anders Kaseorg, Charlotte home schooler, who won a silver medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad in Scotland in the July, 2002.

For a list of the top North Carolina American Invitational Math Exam students, click here.

North Carolina's History of AHSME/AMC 12

Year	Number of NC schools	Number of participants	Number of NC honor Roll
1988	90	5600	??
1989	107	6000	35
1990	130	6200	30
1991	134	6400	93
1992	138	6300	123
1993	140	6500	89
1994	123	5500	508
1995	150	7000	390
1996	150	7400	200
1997	146	6900	139
1998	145	6900	199
1999	153	6500	177
2000	154	4000 amc12, 3000 amc10	251
2001	140	5100 amc 12, 3870 amc 10	195
2002	130	3500 amc 12, 2500 amc 10	328
2003	127	4000 amc 12, 3500 amc 10

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This list includes a few dual qualifiers. Check our NC AHSME web page: http://www.math.uncc.edu/~hbreiter/ for several a complete set of results, and papers discussing the history and future of the American Math Competitions. For immediate release. For more information, contact Harold Reiter, Department of Mathematics UNCC, Charlotte NC 28223, (704) 547-4561 or (704) 364-5699 (home).