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So scores finally came out.
I'm slightly disappointed, since I figured out everything I needed to for 7 of the problems, but I just couldn't piece it together except for 2 of them...but still, significantly better than before.
My first year taking it I got a 1, the second year I got a 0.
This year I got a 10! I was expecting a 20, but I guess I must have messed something up on one of the problems, or received partial credit on both? I was certain I answered A1 and B1 though. If I had practiced more though, I may have gotten 70 who knows. I guess a 10 is not bad, it's decent haha.
I should be happy with where I am though. I 1000%'d by previous high score XD. And before June 2014 [when I began studying], I was not a very good problem solver, but I've grown into someone who can kind of solve problems now. Hopefully next year I'll be easily able to solve problems.
I shot for a 50 this year, and I got a 10. Maybe if I shoot for a 120 next year, I'll go even farther...?
Wish me luck!
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your Country52798 Posts
I took it for the first time this year, I got a 1 as well. ^^
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Canada11355 Posts
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Are the scores online somewhere?
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Nice job! I've heard you need to be a badass to get one right, but what do I know?
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Haha congrats Templar, you're officially better than half the people!
And LOL Seth Putnam
The scores you have to ask your professor for, unless you're one of the top 5 or you got an honorable mention.
Haha I suppose it is difficult, but my buddy who I studied with got a 43 so I'm not quite sure what "standard" is ^^
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Me too, very much so, except that I always instantly think of old Hilary. Tells you how much we know.
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This is for undergraduate math students right? Sad that there aren't these kind of competitions in my country. There are national mathematical olympiads but they are only for high school students. I had lots of fun with those (I was the captain of my school's team) and it's the main reason why I chose to study math at university.
Looks like I found a new way to dodge "traditional" studying without feeling guilty  solved A1,A2 so far.
In general though practice/experience is all that matters in these competitions, once you have the basic knowledge, you need to solve tons of problems and keep yourself trained so that you don't spend too much time thinking with simple problems and relate new problems to similar ones that you already solved in the past. Also being able to produce formal proofs of what you understand intuitively since they are not multiple choice.
Luck is involved as well... it's easy to be very well trained and fail because you were a bit off that day or didn't get the right intuitions.
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