Sounds like a hoot in a hat (life update)
by shiningsunnyday, Jan 7, 2017, 8:55 AM
Winter break and the first three days of junior year second semester have now passed. Over winter, I did a few:
For most of the days, my typical schedule was wake up at 7 AM - head out the same time my dad goes to the hospital - go to the self-study rooms at the local university - walk home at noon, eat, and listen to some songs - head back and stay at the university till 5 or 6 - go home, eat, and listen to some songs - either go to university again or study at home with some time for procrastination - poop and bath while watching motivational videos - sleep at 1 AM.
The exception was the days I spent with my grandma at the hospital or visiting my baby brother (who got really fat and can crawl on his back now). Of course, I had to halt studying altogether the last few days of winter break, when my grandma passed away and I participated in a lot of Chinese rituals.
As first semester grade reports wraps up, it appears I have a 3.95 GPA (see my first post of Dec), which, according to a friend
Junior year second semester for me can be roughly divided according to the following itinerary:
Any advice on how to cope with all this boredom?
- 14 SAT Reading and 14 SAT Writing Tests, reviewing every wrong question
- 16 USAMO problems
- 8 JMO problems
- 5 Miscellaneous Olympiad problems (shoutout to 2016 IMO P1, a beautiful problem)
- ~50 or so problems from 105/108
- Couple more from 102, 104, 110
- Reviewed all problems I failed to understand last year for all AIMEs up to 2000 (usually the last 3 or so)
- Did 3 mock AIMEs (WOOT, 1994, 2013)
- Read 150 pages of APUSH textbook
- ISEF reading as well as try to be helpful to cjquines, who did most of the work thus far oops
For most of the days, my typical schedule was wake up at 7 AM - head out the same time my dad goes to the hospital - go to the self-study rooms at the local university - walk home at noon, eat, and listen to some songs - head back and stay at the university till 5 or 6 - go home, eat, and listen to some songs - either go to university again or study at home with some time for procrastination - poop and bath while watching motivational videos - sleep at 1 AM.
The exception was the days I spent with my grandma at the hospital or visiting my baby brother (who got really fat and can crawl on his back now). Of course, I had to halt studying altogether the last few days of winter break, when my grandma passed away and I participated in a lot of Chinese rituals.
As first semester grade reports wraps up, it appears I have a 3.95 GPA (see my first post of Dec), which, according to a friend
...or acquaintance
at school, ranks me as one of the best boys (if not the best) in the grade who're taking 3 or more APs??Junior year second semester for me can be roughly divided according to the following itinerary:
- (Jan) January SAT cram, prepare for hell
- (CNY holiday) ISEF prep, AMC prep, math camps application season starts*
- (Feb) AMC 12A in Singapore, 12B at my school, CMC contest
- (Mar) AIME, after-school APUSH tutor begins
- (Spring break) Intense USAMO training, ISEF regionals
- (April) USAMO, ISEF in Los Angeles!?, math camps' applications due
- (May) 5 AP exams, college essay week at school
- (June) East-coast college tour (one week absent from school), June SAT, 3 SAT subject tests, school final exams (just 3 classes)
*I'm applying to Ross, PROMYS, Math Campthough according to alumni the Math Camp quiz alone takes up one hour per day for 3 months so I'm considering dropping one of these four camps, any advice?and SuMAC.
- ...and of course, finally getting that 4.0 GPA.
Any advice on how to cope with all this boredom?
(too hard where I live lol)
May 2018
April 2018