USAMO Day 1
by shiningsunnyday, Apr 20, 2017, 2:47 AM
7/0-2/0
5-minute-solved P1 (tried a few cases and gg) and had it written up in the first 10 mins, then spent the next ~45 mins trying to draw a legit diagram for P3 (then got scared after drawing it, which I kind of regret since in reality it was quite doable). Spent rest of time on the cancer combo - making a lot of random observations and insights and induction stuff and whatnot but can't finish.
If P4 is doable C or A and P5 geo, then MOP hope still alive. If P4 is G then I guess I'll settle for 14-16.
What I'm really mad at is after I got home at around 2 AM, I was forced up a couple of hours later for school (apparently if I miss another class I can't go to ISEF cause attendance issues), so right now I'm sitting in my classes and walking around looking dead. Hopefully I can get ~3 hours of sleep time before the battle tonight.
Whatever it is, I'm going all-out tonight - will buy 3 red bulls to make sure by the end of it I'll have squeezed out every drop of juice I had left to give. Let this be the best experience of my life.
Will write full reflection afterwards.
5-minute-solved P1 (tried a few cases and gg) and had it written up in the first 10 mins, then spent the next ~45 mins trying to draw a legit diagram for P3 (then got scared after drawing it, which I kind of regret since in reality it was quite doable). Spent rest of time on the cancer combo - making a lot of random observations and insights and induction stuff and whatnot but can't finish.
If P4 is doable C or A and P5 geo, then MOP hope still alive. If P4 is G then I guess I'll settle for 14-16.
What I'm really mad at is after I got home at around 2 AM, I was forced up a couple of hours later for school (apparently if I miss another class I can't go to ISEF cause attendance issues), so right now I'm sitting in my classes and walking around looking dead. Hopefully I can get ~3 hours of sleep time before the battle tonight.
Whatever it is, I'm going all-out tonight - will buy 3 red bulls to make sure by the end of it I'll have squeezed out every drop of juice I had left to give. Let this be the best experience of my life.

Will write full reflection afterwards.