How to Prepare for the AIME

The AIME is a prestigious math competition whose successful completion provides a path towards the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO), the most premier international high school level problem solving contest. It provides the exceptional students who are invited to take it with yet another opportunity to challenge their mathematical abilities, and means towards furthering mathematical development and interest.

The best way to prepare for the AIME is to attend our AIME training program. This is a well developed, comprehensive, systematic one-year program offering an entire course to cover all the topics that will be tested on the AIME. The course is thoughtfully structured to delve into advanced mathematical concepts and hone problem-solving strategies and arts, with a particular emphasis on the kinds of challenges commonly encountered in questions 5-12 of the AIME, which are renowned for their moderate level of difficulty.

Students who participate in our training program will have free access to video recordings of every single class. Students who are not able to attend our training program can also purchase our course materials and recordings, including tutorial handouts, recorded videos, detailed solutions of homework problems, and mock tests, to learn all our course content. Starting each February just after the AIME contest, we offer these sessions in sequence, as shown below.

It must be pointed out that in each session, no old material is repeated. Each session contains new, unique material, as well as a brand new comprehensive art of problem solving. We strongly believe that learning should be a long-term process of acquiring new material, information, and knowledge.

The easiest way to prepare is to practice solving previous official AIME problems. Click the links below to visit our Practice Page for:

• Archived Exams: A full archive of every year’s AIME I and II tests. Students can take a practice exam that includes the real questions, timing, and scoring of each exam.
• AIME Mock Tests: Practice exams are also available for purchase. Our team developed 20 different sets of AIME mock tests for students to practice with. They are intended to mimic the actual AIME exam with 15 brand new questions all calibrated to be at the same style and difficulty level as the real AIME. In particular, they are peer-reviewed by at least two experts in math education outside our center. These simulated tests are extremely helpful for assessing students’ level of preparation for the AIME. Our team also devised detailed solutions to all 15 problems on our 20 sets of AIME mock tests.  All these mock tests and their detailed solutions are a golden fountain of knowledge for our students, who are the ultimate beneficiaries. Surprisingly, some problems in our previous mock tests appeared in the recent official AIME tests.

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There are many math competitions in the United States. Of those, only

AMC → AIME → USAMO sequence

would take you to the IMO (International Math Olympiad), the highest level math competition for high school students in the world!

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