idk how to manage math with my other extracurriculars. i need to start studying now and i still am at the same level i was in like november it's so bad. i feel like i'm just trying to move forward without actually trying. i feel like for aime you really just have to keep studying and studying and studying. i don't have experience but that's what i'm guessing because that's how you do it for everything else. the way i was successful for anything i was successful in was just going all in

nooo dw you're fine - I did not improve at all from 2022 amcs all the way until july 2023
I'll just recommend you to start slow by doing 1-2 amc problems per day. try to grasp some concepts first and warm up - start from 2001 amcs and do 1-2 problems per day. as you progress, do ~5 problems per day and eventually more and more

honestly the thing is that i don't know how solving problems is going to improve you. i solve, i understand, i come back--the second i do, i realize that i can't solve it again. i feel like i have too many dreams but not enough dedication honestly helena don't worry too much about aime you have the passion and that's really all i think you need. the rest i think will come with the flow, though i expected myself to be the last person to ever say "go with the flow"

nice post

maybe study books like aops or awesomemath or whatever other books

also if you're stuck on a problem, you could ask a friend to read the solution and give you a hint (or if you don't have friends, give the solution to chat gpt to give you a hint)

also whenever I mess up on a problem / don't solve a problem, I write down my mistake / what I missed in a notebook, and review the notebook before doing a mock.

also, doing problems above your skill level using hints

and reading solutions to really hard problems

and writing down theorems/concepts in a notebook

@flec ig for me, solving enough problems just gives me the sense of what I should do if I encounter a distantly similar problem - it gives you experience ig
idk if I can go with the flow LOL since everyone is too pro but ty thooo

@pinaple ok yea I'll definitely review aops books I have
especially the nt ones

o yea the writing down mistakes one is good
I'll utilize that

tyty ahhh