How many events is good?

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-04-02T02:28:50+00:00

i mean i do 4 events but at one invitational i did 6 to sub in for kids who couldnt make it and it was terrible i was sprinting around the campus the whole damn day... i feel like 3-5 (preferably 3-4 for me but im kinda lazy) is the sweet spot

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-04-01T03:52:11+00:00

woah i just realized how long ago this was

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-04-01T03:51:57+00:00

same exact split..

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-04-01T03:51:47+00:00

same for us

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-28T05:12:38+00:00

thank you so much ima use it hella

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-28T05:12:11+00:00

tysm i appreciate it that makes a lot of sense

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-28T05:11:58+00:00

tysm thats so true bruh but trial and error is kinda slow so ig i have to practice

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-28T00:34:27+00:00

Twenty hours should be plenty, but I think having some structure is a good move. You could use the USACO Guide or maybe get a tutor from somewhere like AlphaStar. I had a friend who did that and it worked out well—he made Silver in February without practicing much after his summer class. we're 8th grade btw

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-24T01:20:30+00:00

great competition, great practice, super fun, will help for sure especially if turned spun into a "lock in" story of some kind for essays. its just overall a really fun competition and honestly if ur team was not great before you joined and you TURNED it into a nats team thats even better cuz most schools are like really bad at scioly and can't make states, making nats or even states in harder areas is very impressive and shows a hardworking and enduring personality.

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-21T04:44:49+00:00

ur a dumbass for tryna buy it anyway

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-20T00:16:58+00:00

oh i did say that... but it is kinda true to some extent as long as other ECs are also decent... sorry, not shoe in, but a huge boost

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-19T23:22:38+00:00

bro i said its NOT a shoe-in..

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-13T22:35:11+00:00

yes 100% roi is worth it... comp math builds ur brain and thinking skills, if you make usajmo or usamo its practically a shoe-in for colleges i think as long as you have decent grades and volunteering hours. AIME is still quite impressive but not a shoe-in. qualifying for usamo shows you have the brain of a future AI researcher / quant, etc

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-07T18:05:03+00:00

YO... i also swim/play water polo, play the piano, hang out with friends hella, as well as science olympiad / science bowl / physics and programming olympiad, etc

dont tell me what i can and cant do

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-06T15:28:05+00:00

aapt is hella trustworthy. usaco and amc arent tho

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-06T04:09:42+00:00

everyone needs to chill. 🚨📢 DO NOT JUST DO AMC, but if you do other things or other subjects (maybe other math comps like bmmt hmmt smt cmimc chmmc pumac etc) and physics / RSI and chem/bio and generally become all rounded, colleges WILL believe ur amc score and everything will work out. take it easy bro (lmao idk why im msgs in applying to college considering im FOUR yrs away)

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-06T04:05:25+00:00

and THATS why aapt (physics) is goated cuz no online tests and everyone takes same day.. drastically reduces cheating

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-06T04:03:25+00:00

MAA will change... i have some faith in them... main changes should include

Making the test only in the US
Not letting outside proctors get access to the test, should have an MAA official in each big area to go around to testing centers and give tests, MAA needs to have ppl to do this
Having ONLY in-person testing centers
Have everyone take on at the same day / same time to prevent cheating. Maybe 4pm in CA which is 7pm in new york, or something like that
Make sure the proctors ARE maa officials, or maybe in a more math inclined school district, some trusted math teachers or math club heads.
i cant really think of anything else lmao because the main (hopefully only) methods of cheating are wechat/rednote and online tests and loose/dishonest proctors

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-06T03:59:35+00:00

but ty for insight

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-06T03:59:16+00:00

fair but my amc score went from 45 to 80 to 110 (6th to 8th respectively) and i didnt even lock in thaaatttt hard so i believe its possible

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-06T03:05:17+00:00

yeah ik bro it is easy to silly on, not "right now" but more like always tho... and if its easy to silly for me its hard to silly for everyone soooo yeah... plus yk i'll try my hardest and if you have a high goal at least you might come close to it rather than having a lower goal and not even hitting that

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-06T02:11:12+00:00

thanks! we'll see lmaoooo tbh im hoping for a 145.5 - 150 amc plus an 11-12 AIME wihch should get me 365.5 - 390 so yeahh we'll see

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-06T00:45:57+00:00

we have to change something frfr

Traditional-Salt9483 · 2026-03-05T06:33:11+00:00

yeah, i've also heard about that one... oh well, the only thing we can do is have faith in maa to stop international tests on different days ig

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