{"id":64,"date":"2023-09-07T14:56:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2026-09-02T18:14:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:14:34","slug":"join","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/join\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_background_pattern\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Western PA Math Circle and ARML Team<\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Join the Team<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1418\" height=\"851\" src=\"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/arml-team-f19.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"arml-team-f19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/arml-team-f19.jpg 1418w, https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/arml-team-f19-1280x768.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/arml-team-f19-980x588.jpg 980w, https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/arml-team-f19-480x288.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1418px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-62\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>How to Join<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Read and complete\u00a0the following forms:\n<ul>\n<li>the relevant release form (<a href=\"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Release-Form-for-Parent-or-Guardian-on-Behalf-of-Minors-Western-PA-Math-Circle-and-ARML-Team.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release form for minor participants<\/a> <strong>exclusive or<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Release-Form-for-Adult-Participants-Western-PA-Math-Circle-and-ARML-Team.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release form for 18+ participants<\/a>); the covid attestation is no longer required.<\/li>\n<li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Community-Agreement-Fall-2025.pdf\">Community Guidelines Agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fill in our <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/idM9Cm8DJKHFRyfJ9\">registration form<\/a> (where you will be prompted to upload signed copies of the forms listed above).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is no fee for practice or participation in the ARML competition. Travel to other competitions (when applicable) is highly subsidized.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Is ARML for me?<\/h3>\n<p>The team is open to all Western PA 6th-12th graders who are excited about math and looking for a challenge! While there are no official entrance criteria for practice, we recommend a solid background in algebra and a basic background in geometry as a minimum. This <a href=\"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sample-test.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">practice competition<\/a> is a good self-test. If you enjoy the questions and can get at least 3 points (according to the point values on the right) then you are in good shape to join the team.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":813,"href":"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/programs.mcs.cmu.edu\/arml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}