User:Minimario
In MATHCOUNTS and related competitions, Aops's intermediate books can help a lot for state and national, introductory series helps for chapter and school. Links: http://amzn.to/jEuC97 and series Art and Craft of Problem Solving by Paul Zeitz Problem Solving Strategies by Arthur Engel
STEPS FOR DOING WELL IN CLASSES
1. Attend the classes 2. Read the book (If there is one), and do the message board problems as well as the challenge sets. 3. Print/Save the transcrips 4. Every good Aopser that does good on challenge sets has [TeKniKcenter[1]]