An International Math Circle

In honor of Vladimir Arnold & Jerrold Marsden

Permeating Mathematical Rigor!

On this page, you will find a list of mathematical contests in the USA. AMMOC mentees have demonstrated excellent consistency in their performances at the Caltech Math Meet, Berkeley Math Tournament, Stanford Math Tournament, Princeton University Mathematics Competition, and the Mathematical Association of America’s (MAA) AMC 10/12.

Team AMMOC in the US math contests

Two teams from AMMOC—one comprising American students and the other consisting of Indian and European students—received the Distinguished Honorable Mention (DHM) and Honorable Mention (HM) awards, respectively. Additionally, four mentees were individually recognized with DHM and HM honors for their outstanding performance at the Stanford Math Tournament (SMT) in 2025.
Multiple recipients of Distinguished Honor Roll and Distinction in AMC-12 and AMC-10. Multiple pupils cleared the cutoff of the USAMO and scored between 8 and 13 on the AIME to be eligible for the same.
Members of two teams from AMMOC—one comprising American students and the other consisting of Asian and European students—were individually recognized with Honorable Mention honors for their outstanding performance at the Berkeley Mini Math Tournament (BmMT) in 2025.
Pupils of AMMOC were individually recognized with ten titles of DHM and HM honors for their outstanding performance at the Berkeley Math Tournament (BMT) in 2024.
Team AMMOC, led by Darsan, won third rank in the world in the Power Round of Caltech Math Meet 2024.
  • AMMOC is honored to be ranked in the first quartile at the PUMAC-2025. Among the highly elite 78 teams that were invited from across the globe, AMMOC was ranked 17 with a score of 271/690 on a paper that was based on the theory of infinite sets, proper classes, cardinals, ordinals, and the Continuum hypothesis. 
  • This year we had a breakthrough performance at the American Mathematics Competition (AMC 12 & 10) 2025. Out of 15 pupils who participated, 14 have qualified for the AIME-2026. Moreover, Prasanna Mahesh Pawar became the firsdt pupil of AMMOC ever to score a perfect score on the AMC 12. This year, these pupils collectively earned 7 titles of Distinction, 2 of Honor Roll of Distinction, and 5 of Excellence.
  • Protégés Keisha Kwok, Madani Valenci, Prasanna Mahesh Pawar, Parth Adnahre, Juan Silvera, Karma Pillai, Shaurya Patil, Anika Dubey, and Sumanyu Nandecha earned 10 titles of Distinguished Honorable Mention and 4 titles of Honorable Mention in the Berkeley Math Tournament, 2025. This year’s power round of the BMT was based on Knot theory. 
  • AMMOC earned the title of “Honorable Mention” in the premier Purple Comet Math Meet-2025, organized by Prof. Titu Andreescu, a former coach of the US team for the IMO. 
  • The Princeton University Mathematics Competition (PUMAC) is a high school math competition organized by Princeton University students since 2006. In the 2024 Power Round (online), AMMOC placed eighth internationally. The topics for that year’s test were measure theory and fractal geometry.
  • The Caltech Math Meet (CMM) is considered one of the hardest math competitions in North America. It is a team-based event for high school students, organized by students from Caltech. Past papers are available here (link-to-past-papers). The topics are drawn from honors undergraduate courses in linear algebra, group theory, and character and representation theory.
  • The Berkeley Math Tournament (BMT) is a student-led organization at UC Berkeley that aims to promote mathematics and the spirit of mathematical competition globally by presenting students with interesting, original, handcrafted problems. With over 4,000 annual participants from around the world, BMT is the largest student-run math competition globally.
  • The Stanford Mathematics Tournament (SMT) is one of the most challenging contests in North America. It is run entirely by Stanford students and is one of the largest university-organized math events, attracting over 2,000 global participants in 2024. SMT is supported by the Stanford Undergraduate Mathematics Organization (SUMO) and the Stanford Department of Mathematics.
  • The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) are among the most well-known math contests in North America, organized by the Mathematical Association of America. Based on our experiences with mentees who have successfully gained admission (with full scholarships) to undergraduate programs, we can emphatically state that strong AMC scorecards—particularly on the AMC 8, 10, or 12—are valuable components of university applications in mathematics and mathematical sciences.
  • The Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad (BAMO) is an annual contest for middle and high school students in the Bay Area. It was established through the mathematical outreach efforts of mathematicians Zvezdelina Stankova and Paul Zeitz and is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), a leading global center for fundamental research. BAMO consists of five proof-based math problems with a four-hour time limit and is held in the last week of February each year.
  • Math Prize for Girls is one of the most prestigious awards for aspiring young female mathematicians. This year AMMOC’s mentee Charvi Atreya has qualified for this event to be hosted at MIT in October 2025. Its advisory board includes top mathematicians such as
    • Michael Sipser and Gigliola Staffilani, professors of mathematics at MIT;
    • Lauren Williams and Melanie Matchett Wood, professors of mathematics at Harvard; and
    • Ioana Dumitriu, professor of mathematics at the University of California, San Diego.
  • The Junior Mathematicians’ Problem Solving Competition is open to students of any grade.
  • The US Mathematics Talent Search (USAMTS) allows students a full month to develop and rigorously write their solutions. Problems range in difficulty from those accessible to most high school students to those that challenge the nation’s top talent.
  • Who Wants to Be a Mathematician? is an international math contest for junior, middle, and secondary school students in the US, Canada, and the UK. The test level is consistent across all grades, so it is recommended primarily for advanced middle and high school students.
  • The Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools (MOEMS) is the most influential contest for its target audience worldwide.
  • The Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament (HMMT) was founded in 1998 by Harvard and MIT students to provide middle and high school students with math problems beyond the traditional school curriculum.
  • The International Trigonometry Contest focuses specifically on geometry and trigonometry.
  • The Johns Hopkins Math Tournament (JHMT) is an annual competition open to middle and high school students in and around Baltimore. It emphasizes rigorous proof-writing in areas such as algebra and number theory, geometry, calculus, probability and combinatorics, and general math. Students compete individually on a two-hour test and in teams during two 45-minute proof rounds. JHMT is unique among high school math competitions for including calculus. Winners do not receive cash prizes but gain networking opportunities with Johns Hopkins professors and a prestigious award that enhances college applications.