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AMC 10A 2019

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Ahh, AMC season. What a great time to be alive (not). This year's AMCs were... interesting. So I take the AMC from 12 - 1:15, and on that day, I of course had to have two quizzes before the AMC. Fun. But they were pretty easy, and I mostly just focused on AMC stuff and rest. Leading up to this AMC 10A, my main goal was to qualify for USAJMO. So optimally, I wanted a > 124 or even 130 to give myself a good shot. So that's around 20-22 questions. So I take the test, and let's get into it. Problems are here: https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_10A_Problems Problem 1: This was a major L. Remember how I said I needed 20-22 correct? Well yeah... I kinda blew it. I got this one wrong X_X I put 2^0 + 1 = 1 on my paper and literally wrote the answer as B) 1. And there goes 6 points ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Problem 2: This one was surprisingly thought provoking, unlike normal #2s. Quick thing is to just factor out 15! and notice it's divisible by 1000,
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F=ma/CMIMC 2019

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So a week ago, I went to CMIMC at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh University. It was a nice experience, I went with some friends and we didn't expect to do well. Which was good, because we didn't :D. We left on Friday after school. Conveniently, I took the F=ma right before leaving. I won't make an entire blog post about it because I simply don't focus on physics that much. Maybe I will focus on it later, but not really a concern of mine right now. I haven't even finished the entire physics curriculum, so there's 0% chance I can do any angular momentum or harmonic motion problems X_X. And I've also barely done any prep for it, so I didn't really expect to do well. I think I got at least a few questions correct, so that's good :D. So we left after that, and it was a grueling 6 hour car drive to Pittsburgh. It was literally all on a highway, so it was a straight and uneventful drive. On the way there, I did some programming, looked at some
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Welp, I'm Back

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Welp, I'm back. Haven't really said anything in a while, even though there's a lot of stuff that has happened. I'll try to post more the next time there's something to talk about. To recap though: AMC 12B: missed AIME b/c of a silly mistake Science Olympiad NJ States: 3rd in Game On ARML: made a ton of mistakes but somehow still got #1 in JV Division B in the country First few CJMLs of this year: got a bunch of 8s b/c of silly mistakes killing the dream of 9 or 10, and then got a 6 b/c of a ton of silly mistakes. I really need to sleep more for these lol. AMTNJ: 15 (woot, perfect score) Bashed a ton of problems but luckily we get a calculator :D NJML: Got all 5s, always made a dumb mistake on #6 Science Olympiad NJIT Regionals: 3rd in Circuit Lab (we made a dumb mistake in the lab section (changed out the wrong resistor), so we could've gotten 2nd or even 1st) Robotics season started! I'm programming captain this year, and there are A LOT of peop
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AMC 10A

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     Well, last week I took the AMC 10 A. In my school, Magnet High School, there were ~40 students invited to take the AMC 10A, and we did it in the middle of the school day. Luckily, I was allowed to skip Spanish, easily my least favorite class. However, I wouldn't celebrate that fact for much longer.      When I got to the test room, I discovered a bunch of tables lined up in rows, similar to how it was arranged when I took the AMTNJ, a different math competition from December. On the AMTNJ, I got 10/15, an incredibly disappointing score for someone who can normally score 13-15 on practice tests. As I sat down and took out my pencil pouch, I heard the test proctor say, "No compasses allowed". Instantly, I turned my head. How could they have us take this test without compasses? It literally says in the test booklet that we were allowed to use them! Luckily, this mistake was quickly rectified, and we were able to get started with our tests quickly.      As I started
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