How's screwl so far you ask
by shiningsunnyday, Aug 21, 2016, 2:48 PM
So doing 5 hours of math a day feels nice.
Brief rundown of classes:
1A: Advanced Chinese
2A: Contemporary Nonfiction
3A: Multivariable Calculus
4A: AP Statistics
1B: AP Computer Science
2B: AP Physics 1
3B: AP Chemistry
4B: Free period
To "sum" it up,
Though seriously, I actually have quite a lot of time (after all, mathing 5 hours a day is a bit too much...) to specialize in something else this school year. Perhaps doing ChemWOOT or getting serious with physics? Hm...
In terms of school life:
Socially
Lunch
Sleep
Math regime
Brief rundown of classes:
1A: Advanced Chinese
Trivial, cute teacher
2A: Contemporary Nonfiction
Trivial... or is it? We'll see. To quote our teacher,
Someone ominously similar-looking to the maniac who I had as English teacher last year wrote:
So we could all get A's.
3A: Multivariable Calculus
Trivial, though I doubt I can say this for long
4A: AP Statistics
Common sense, not statistics, though the vocabularies are kind of annoying, the ideas are pretty cool though
1B: AP Computer Science
Easy, really nice feeling when I'm coding (though first unit is just HTML and CSS, trivial), and pretty cool as well
2B: AP Physics 1
Trivial, I know mostly everything that we'll learn for the whole year, but the petty school system doesn't allow me to take Physics C without this prerequisite, mad af
3B: AP Chemistry
Definitely non-trivial, as I'm one of two only juniors, but the content is quite interesting and as long as the Middle-East teacher doesn't mind me bugging her daily with questions I should be fine. Apparently she calls me "Mister Question" cause I ask so many questions in class.
4B: Free period
Aka the screw-everyone-lemme-go-hide-in-the-library-corner-http://www.aops.com-let's-get-the-party-started time of the day.
To "sum" it up,
Though seriously, I actually have quite a lot of time (after all, mathing 5 hours a day is a bit too much...) to specialize in something else this school year. Perhaps doing ChemWOOT or getting serious with physics? Hm...In terms of school life:
Socially
Apparently there's a set of 4-5 STEM girls that's in my AP Chem, AP Phys, AP Stats classes, one of which is also in my MultiV class (she's the smartest girl in the school), which is really awesome as they really help me kill some of my boredom. Though seriously, I should probably grow up (daydreams about that Asian girl with glasses in my Chem class who I managed to strike up a sentence with last class).
No no no no, no more stuff about girls.
No no no no, no more stuff about girls.
Lunch
...beginning to sit next to some of the people I sat with last year, previously it's been just me grabbing my sandwich at the deli and trying to chuck it down by the time I get to the library (where food isn't allowed), so I can go nerd.
Also I hate jocks: I've been cut a total of 2-3 times by now at the lunch line, often times by a group of up to 10 jocks bathed in Nike or Adidas.
Here's some "food" for thought:
Also I hate jocks: I've been cut a total of 2-3 times by now at the lunch line, often times by a group of up to 10 jocks bathed in Nike or Adidas.
Here's some "food" for thought:
Bill Gates wrote:
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you may end up working for them.
Sleep
...is for scrubs.
Math regime
Geometry
Algebra
Combinatorics
Number Theory
General
General 2
Slowly working through the Geo 3 handouts as well as waiting for 110 to arrive, as well as (trying to) solve a few G3s. I solved 2015 G1 and G2 each within 15 mins, so at least my angle chasing skills are on pointe. 
I'm planning to start on Evan Chen's bashing series hopefully before the end of the month.
I'm planning to start on Evan Chen's bashing series hopefully before the end of the month.
Algebra
Doing a lot of A1s mostly as well as absorbing what I can from ACoPS.
Also rip 101 and 108.
Also rip 101 and 108.
Combinatorics
Just realized how hard it is to review my C3 notes without solutions... rip, also realized that I'm not as good as C than I thought I was: barely at the C1 level, though the problems near the end of the introductory section of 104 fit my difficulty quite well. Once I can comfortably solve 1/4s, I'll get serious with Pranav A. Sriram's "Olympiad Combinatorics" book (which is around 2/5 level), which as V_Enhance says, is REALLY high quality -- I've already learned quite a lot about algorithms so far.
Number Theory
So I really don't wanna dive back to reviewing 104... (the language is just SO BORING and the typo infestation is perturbing). I spent the weekend doing Evan Chen's CRT and Orders handout -- really high quality! As of now, I'm trying to complete as much N1s as I can while keeping up with Interm NT. Once I get to a solid 1/4 level I'll start looking through PEN.
General
WWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT IS STARTING SOON ER MAR GARD ER MAR GARD. Imagine a girl fangirlling over JB. That's how I look when I hear WOOT.
General 2
So recently my (only) friend (which I talk to on a daily basis nowadays) sent me a really comprehensive file of olympiad articles that contain an insane amount of material, all of which I put into a desktop folder appropriately labelled "My Life." Good stuff. Planning to select one article to dive into per week. If anyone wanna join me shoot me a PM and that'll be fantastic. <3
This post has been edited 3 times. Last edited by shiningsunnyday, Nov 8, 2016, 2:04 PM
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