My Goals 2014-2015

by Wolstenholme, Sep 12, 2014, 3:47 PM

Super Smash Brothers: become passable at Melee, learn how to be pro with someone other than Fox in 64

Hmm I got really good with mario, and my kirby and pikachu are playable

Cooking: learn how to cook a ton of soup, seafood, and pasta

Reading: finish all of Wheel of Time, read stuff by Matthews.

General life: see a new movie EVERY Saturday

AIME: 13+

USAMO: top 12

TST: make IMO (who am I kidding, I should change this to "don't embarrass myself")

APMO: win a medal

HMMT: top 50

PUMaC: top 10

ARML: make tiebreaks

WWTBAM: make nationals

YES, got the invitation for nationals tonight! This rectifies my piss-poor performance last year :D

ICTM (Illinois state competition): defend my first place title

Varsity Public Forum Debate: make NFL Nationals again, qualify for the TOC, get to semis in at least one national tournament, get to quarters at IHSA state.

Yay I got to the semis of the first national tournament I attended, the mid america cup, and got my first TOC bid!

Chess: Don't lose all my games as first board

First semester: get all A's

Hmmm looks so far like I'm gonna get my second B in high school, in Spanish again :(

Second semester: don't get a single A (if I do, I'm working too hard)

Colleges: get into one of UChicago, Caltech, MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, CMU
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Good luck :lol:

by Guendabiaani, Sep 12, 2014, 5:19 PM

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I think it'll be pretty hard to fail your college goal...

by Cyclicduck, Sep 13, 2014, 2:33 AM

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^ thanks, but you never know :maybe:

by Wolstenholme, Sep 13, 2014, 3:53 PM

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sucessful people are not supposed to post goals....lol.

by icantdecide, Sep 16, 2014, 11:54 PM

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Why wouldnt you want to try to get As second semester... its not just for college u know -_-

by niraekjs, Sep 17, 2014, 5:41 AM

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^ Because I'll hopefully have better things to do with my time than studying banal material.

Also, you're wrong - the only purpose of grades IS for college. I can "learn" everything I need to on my own, using books and the internet. Grades measure one's ability to cram and be a supplicant to often ignorant teachers.

by Wolstenholme, Sep 17, 2014, 12:35 PM

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hm what you made tiebreaks last year
isn't that kind of low for this year :P

by AwesomeToad, Sep 18, 2014, 6:36 AM

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Eh, I'm pretty bad at faster contests (notice the lack of a AMC12 goal) and making tiebreaks again would be cool. However, if I were to bet, I would actually predict that I won't make tiebreaks :(

by Wolstenholme, Sep 18, 2014, 12:59 PM

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If you do this your skill level will be unreal...

by flamefoxx99, Oct 1, 2014, 9:53 PM

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