Listen "Mega Episode: How the AMC and AIME can help you stand out when applying to top STEM colleges"
Episode Synopsis
With grade inflation, everyone taking a million extracurriculars, and more, how can students stand out from the crowd when applying to top STEM programs? Wes Carroll is the founder of Wes Carroll Tutoring, a top AMC tutoring firm in the US, and the author of Achievable's AMC 8 and AMC 10/12 courses. In this episode, Wes explains the landscape of admissions to today's top 10 STEM colleges (Stanford, MIT, etc), what the AMC and AIME (short for American Math Olympiad) are, and how proficiency with the AMC demonstrates the skills that these top colleges are looking for.
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Achievable is a modern test prep platform for the ACT, AMC 8, and AMC 10/12 exams - visit https://achievable.me to try our course for free.
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