College / Looking Back

by djmathman, Aug 22, 2015, 3:14 AM

So this is it. Tomorrow, I finally make my way to Pittsburgh to begin my four years at Carnegie Mellon.

As a little something, I figured I might as well release something that I've compiled somewhat-secretly over the past four years: a compilation of monumental problems sorted by year. During my freshman year, I decided to log problems I considered as interesting (or other problems I felt obliged to put in the collection) in the hopes that I would some day look back and see all the progress I made. I became less interested in the project after the AIME junior year (partially because after I came back to AoPS I focused on short-answer contests in the hopes of actually qualifying for USAMO), but I still managed to jot down a few notes and what-not.

So without further ado, enjoy.
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Am I mad or does everybody find $\ge 4$ monumental problems a day... :P

Actually, no. For example, once I started getting decent at Olympiad Geometry, I stopped seeing most of the problems I solved as monumental. This is also one of the reasons why the number of problems dips down during senior year. ~dj
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by Eugenis, Aug 22, 2015, 3:38 AM

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Wow I should do this as well :P

Have fun (is that the right term?) at CMU!

by MathStudent2002, Aug 22, 2015, 3:50 AM

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Best of luck at CMU!!! You'll be awesome there :D

by IsabeltheCat, Aug 22, 2015, 5:35 AM

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Good luck in college. Thanks for everything on AoPS!
It's too bad I never got to meet you anywhere (I'm from California).

by happiface, Aug 22, 2015, 6:55 AM

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LaTeX template?

No specific template. The only command I really defined was the command for the sources, but this is easily achieved by an \hfill followed by italicized text. ~dj
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by Aopser101, Aug 22, 2015, 1:20 PM

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Congratulations and good luck at CMU! I'm sure you will do amazingly there.

by csmath, Aug 22, 2015, 1:31 PM

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Have fun at CMU! Blessings!
~ES32

by EpicSkills32, Aug 22, 2015, 9:47 PM

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Congrats and good luck!! Sorry if this was answered during your AMA or elsewhere, but what's your major?

Mathematical Sciences, aka I'm a math major ~dj
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by amburger66, Aug 23, 2015, 12:22 AM

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Best wishes at CMU! You'll be awesome there!!

by AwesomeToad, Aug 24, 2015, 8:22 PM

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Good luck at CMU dj!

by Tommy2000, Aug 28, 2015, 4:32 PM

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good luck at CMU!!!

by jam10307, Sep 3, 2015, 1:24 AM

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  • legendary problem writer

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  • orz $$\,$$

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  • i wanna submit my own problems lol

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  • hi dj, may i have the role of contributer? :D

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  • This was helpful!

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  • waiting for a recap of your amc proposals for this year :D

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  • also happy late bday man! i missed it by 2 days but hope you are enjoyed it

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  • Hi dj :)

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  • Roses are red,
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  • hello :)

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  • Do you have a link to your main blog that you started after graduating from high school, I couldn't find it. @dj I met you IRL at Awesome Math summer Program several years ago.

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