I cannot into nationals, what should I do?

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AMathCountsguy10

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#1 h Feb 21, 2025, 2:11 PM • 1 Y

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I am an eighth grader in North Carolina and I am sort of pressured to make nats this year, I only got 26 on last year's state test (orz to @mathprodigy2011) and I have mocked 39, 40, and 37 on the 2014, 2015, and 2022 tests respectively. I am aiming for a 40 this year because that seems to be the cutoff. How should I sufficiently improve? My test is on March 14th, 2025.

To be more clear, last year I got 16/10 and on the tests I have mocked, I got 27/12, 26/14, and 25/12.

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#2 h Feb 21, 2025, 2:42 PM • 1 Y

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Mathcounts marathon, more tests w/ extensive review

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AMathCountsguy10

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#4 h Feb 21, 2025, 3:29 PM

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Just mocked 2016 and got 27/16 for 43. IDK if that is enough because tests get harder over time tho

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#5 h Feb 21, 2025, 3:37 PM

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Oh I know who you are!

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#6 h Feb 21, 2025, 4:15 PM

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AMathCountsguy10 wrote:

Just mocked 2016 and got 27/16 for 43. IDK if that is enough because tests get harder over time tho

old tests are usually easier.

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Schintalpati

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#7 h Feb 21, 2025, 4:19 PM

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Hey me too man! Im also in 8th from NC

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mathacker23

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#8 h Feb 21, 2025, 4:21 PM

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Are you from carnage?

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#9 h Feb 21, 2025, 4:26 PM

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Lake Norman charter

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ostriches88

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#10 h Feb 21, 2025, 4:36 PM • 1 Y

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cutoffs were 34 last year but 3/4 of the team members are returning, and theres a certain jmo qualifier who isn’t included in that list, so the cutoffs could be relatively high i guess

main thing is not to panic. take the test seriously, but remember (and i’m gonna steal this from another nc legend)

https://cdn.aops.com/images/a/c/b/acb89b653df7cfdfa8f8644189657e4aa4dea2a7.png

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mathprodigy2011

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#11 h Feb 21, 2025, 5:55 PM

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Bro 38 was 8th in Texas. I've never felt so ungrateful to live in Texas :/
Anyways I think you can make it if you study and just stay calm. I also like to do practice problems and mock tests. Good Luck

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#12 h Feb 21, 2025, 6:33 PM

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ostriches88 wrote:

cutoffs were 34 last year but 3/4 of the team members are returning, and theres a certain jmo qualifier who isn’t included in that list, so the cutoffs could be relatively high i guess

main thing is not to panic. take the test seriously, but remember (and i’m gonna steal this from another nc legend)

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1209717492373520394/1341851689807908954/image.png?ex=67b97a85&is=67b82905&hm=0e8dba427861db67ac32bf6bd7033660e982d4695eb12e03268e5477d1022b9a&

NC could’ve had all 4 JMO qual this year tbh, idk what happened to Henry lol

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#13 h Feb 21, 2025, 6:58 PM • 1 Y

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mathacker23 wrote:

Are you from carnage?

Carnage is buns now :sob: please never mention that school again.

Sincerely,

A Carnage Alum

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#14 h Feb 21, 2025, 7:13 PM

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AMathCountsguy10 wrote:

I am an eighth grader in North Carolina and I am sort of pressured to make nats this year, I only got 26 on last year's state test (orz to @mathprodigy2011) and I have mocked 39, 40, and 37 on the 2014, 2015, and 2022 tests respectively. I am aiming for a 40 this year because that seems to be the cutoff. How should I sufficiently improve? My test is on March 14th, 2025.

To be more clear, last year I got 16/10 and on the tests I have mocked, I got 27/12, 26/14, and 25/12.

Are you smith middle school

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#15 h Feb 21, 2025, 7:45 PM

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I would practice for the Target round more. Take AIME problems 1–4 from a given year, and give yourself ten minutes to solve two of them.

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#16 h Feb 21, 2025, 9:15 PM

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AMathCountsguy10 wrote:

I am an eighth grader in North Carolina and I am sort of pressured to make nats this year, I only got 26 on last year's state test (orz to @mathprodigy2011) and I have mocked 39, 40, and 37 on the 2014, 2015, and 2022 tests respectively. I am aiming for a 40 this year because that seems to be the cutoff. How should I sufficiently improve? My test is on March 14th, 2025.

To be more clear, last year I got 16/10 and on the tests I have mocked, I got 27/12, 26/14, and 25/12.

For some tips, I am mocking all the tests and then after trying to do the problems that I couldn't do, I mark the ones that I could do but not in time and then read the solutions of the ones that I got stuck on. This really helps you to get a feel for the problems instead of just reading the solutions.

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#89 h Mar 2, 2025, 6:07 PM

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Soda + protein + significant salt content before test
every test

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#90 h Mar 2, 2025, 6:22 PM

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sanaops9 wrote:

Boba is scientifically proven to be the best

I chug 5 energy drinks, sweat on some games, then i start the test

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#91 h Mar 2, 2025, 6:28 PM

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what if ur fasting an u cant eat anything before the competition?

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mathprodigy2011

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#92 h Mar 2, 2025, 6:31 PM

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Soupboy0 wrote:

what if ur fasting an u cant eat anything before the competition?

thats fine, id just make sure im not going hungry or thirsty during the competition(so eat lots before you start the fasting)

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AMathCountsguy10

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#93 h Mar 5, 2025, 2:18 AM

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Lol /bump
I mocked 2021 state and got 45 (29/16) sillied S21 but second-guessed T8 at the last moment lowk the test was pretty easy there were just some insights u needed to see

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#94 h Mar 6, 2025, 5:27 PM • 1 Y

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one very specific bit of advice i have is to make sure you know how your calculator works

i had practiced with a diff calculator for all my practice/mock tests, so when i walked into target round with my brand new fancy calculator, i sillied 2 problems while having correct expressions that i just had to plug into my calculator, and missed nats by 3 pts

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#95 h Mar 6, 2025, 5:36 PM

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ostriches88 wrote:

one very specific bit of advice i have is to make sure you know how your calculator works

i had practiced with a diff calculator for all my practice/mock tests, so when i walked into target round with my brand new fancy calculator, i sillied 2 problems while having correct expressions that i just had to plug into my calculator, and missed nats by 3 pts

your not supposed to say that :skull:

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#96 h Mar 6, 2025, 5:37 PM

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AtlantisII wrote:

ostriches88 wrote:

one very specific bit of advice i have is to make sure you know how your calculator works

i had practiced with a diff calculator for all my practice/mock tests, so when i walked into target round with my brand new fancy calculator, i sillied 2 problems while having correct expressions that i just had to plug into my calculator, and missed nats by 3 pts

your not supposed to say that :skull:

for clarity this happened at nc states last year

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#97 h Mar 6, 2025, 11:15 PM

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ostriches88 wrote:

AtlantisII wrote:

ostriches88 wrote:

one very specific bit of advice i have is to make sure you know how your calculator works

i had practiced with a diff calculator for all my practice/mock tests, so when i walked into target round with my brand new fancy calculator, i sillied 2 problems while having correct expressions that i just had to plug into my calculator, and missed nats by 3 pts

your not supposed to say that :skull:

for clarity this happened at nc states last year

oh oops sry

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#98 h Mar 6, 2025, 11:55 PM

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AtlantisII wrote:

oh oops sry

all good, you did the right thing pointing it out

better safe than sorry

+ i should have clarified lol

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#99 h Mar 7, 2025, 7:34 PM

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alr so I am doing intro to CP and get ~90-95% right and about ~65% on the first try (my first solution) any tips (2/3 of my wrong problems are cp)
realised posted on 1434

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#100 h Mar 7, 2025, 7:36 PM

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bro is in the eastern time zone (doxxed)

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