Goals /Make USAMO

Make USAMO

AMC 12 no longer worries you and AIME is familiar. The next jump is deeper problems, and writing mathematics rather than finding answers.

Problems

1,440

Hours

685

Hours a week

Problems a week

Start at stage 4 Not sure this is your level?

What you work through

Stage	Roughly this paper	Problems
4	AMC 12 late · AIME early	340
5	AIME late	400
6	BMO Round 1 · national Olympiad first round	400
7	BMO Round 2 · USAMO P1/P4 · IMO P1/P4	300

Where it leaves you

Able to write up a USAMO P1 or an IMO P1 properly, not just see the idea.

Make-up of these 1,440 problems

50% want a proof the rest want an answer topics rotate throughout

The weekly figure assumes you finish in 52 weeks. Take longer and it drops; the order stays the same either way. Time per problem is estimated from the stage rather than measured — an estimate, not a promise. Some problems fall in minutes and others ruin an evening.

Other goals

Make USAMO

What you work through

Where it leaves you

Other goals

Qualify for AIME

Reach BMO Round 2

From BMO to the squad

Train at the hardest end