On 8/26/2026, the Mathematical Association of America announced significant changes to the 2027 American Invitational Mathematics Examination. The AIME will move to a computer-based format and be administered at Pearson Professional Centers across the United States and Canada. It will take place during a single two-day testing window, with each qualified student permitted one attempt. The MAA will also replace percentage-based qualification with fixed thresholds and introduce an $85 registration fee, with financial assistance available to students who need it. These changes address all requests in our December 2025 petition. AMC Change welcomes these reforms as a major step toward strengthening test security, providing more consistent testing conditions, and restoring confidence in the fairness of the AIME.
In July 2026, AMC Change reached out to MAA about the request for strengthening integrity and fairness of AMC competitions and got positive response that changes are on the way.
In April 2026, AMC Change was interviewed by Anish Khinvasara, a sophomore and Staff Writer at El Estoque. Part of the interview was later published on their online portal. Thanks for helping raise awareness, Anish!
On 1/21/2026, MAA announced the selection of 31 institutions to host the 2026 USAMO and USAJMO.
On 12/15/2025, we started another petition on change.org, which proposed several suggestions to MAA as a way to contain the widespread leaks happened during this year’s AMC 10/12.This was advocated on AOPS forum.
On 2/14/2025, a discussion thread on AOPS forum claims that the cheaters have set up servers and a public website to spread the leaks. This has been reported to MAA.
On 2/3/2025, for AIME I, testing centers only get the problems 90 minutes before the test starts.
On 11/1/2024, MAA announce that only AIME-II will be offered to candidates outside of the US/Canada.For AMC tests, large testing centers will get the problems one day ahead of the test, small testing centers will get the problems 90 minutes before the test.
On 8/15/2024, Wall Street Journal published an article about the leak scandal.
On 3/28/2024, the group of concerned parents of US EGMO/IMO/RMM team wrote another letter to MAA:
On 3/17/2024, MAA declared to tighten the security for the upcoming USAMO/USAJMO tests.
On 2/22/2024, a letter was delivered to MAA from a group of concerned parents of US EGMO/IMO/RMM teams urging MAA to take measure to prevent security breaches.
On 11/8/2023, AMC 10A/12A took place with the leaked test unchanged.
A few days later,MAA responded with an announcement that they have identified the source of the leak, and they will utilize human resource and AI to detect anomalies.
On 11/4/2023, a group of “concerned parents and educators” set up a petition letter to MAA board of directors on change.org, hoping MAA can take action.
Around 11/2/2023 a leak of the upcoming AMC 10A/12A test was reported and discussed at AOPS forum and Discord. It was confirmed that the leaked paper was real.
