GNYR 2025
universal_Daniel Happy New Year! As I was reflecting on 2025, I realized that I should have posted more on this blog in general, especially regarding my first semester at Princeton. Here’s…
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Protected: ARML 2025
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HMMT 2024 Day 2
The HMMT 2024 Day 1 post was mainly about the Friday Night Events. This post is about competition day on Saturday, February 17th! After what I considered a tolerable night’s…
CF #929 (Div. 3)
After each contest, each race, and each test, it would be preferable if I spent at least a little bit of time on reflection, regardless of whether of the results…
CMIMC Tryouts 2024
This was the best failure I have had in a while. I have the same, but intensified, test-taking issues that v4913 has. I’m glad that I had this test because…
HMMT 2024 Day 1
This year, I qualified to participate in the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament. Our district’s two high school math clubs combined and sent out two teams of eight to venture to Boston…
’23-’24 AMC/AIME Reflections
So… if I take it at face value, I can only say that I didn’t qualify for USAMO for the 2023-2024 season as I had wished. Although it is what…
2024 AIME I: My Experience
I improved from last year's AIME. I beat myself.
A Marker on a Road. I’m Still Running.
Note: This post was written hours after the test, but published after the testing window. At school this past week I told my (nerdy) friends that I would be merely…
Hello 2024 – Codeforces
Happy New Year! Yesterday, I did the Hello 2024 Codeforces Round, which was rated for all Codeforces users. I managed to solve three problems in-contest. Similar to Goodbye 2023, I…
Codeforces: Goodbye, 2023!
Maybe results don't show, but it was worth it.
2023 AIME I: My Experience (edited)
This is a repost of an entry in my private Art of Problem Solving journal. I’m thinking about moving some posts over here to my actual blog. Below is a…
A N*ce Div. 4
Thank God for giving me a learning experience today. Today, I participated in Codeforces Round #918, which was a Division 4 round. I am currently rated under 1400, which means…
Truly I Belong
I have a personal connection with math.
2021-22 Math Contest Reflections
A personal reflection on last year's math contests.
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2022 ARML Team Selection Test
Just for some context, the WWP^2 ARML Team Selection Test is used to determine the two teams that will be sent to the Penn State University, where the team is…
2021 Fall AMC 10A – Reflection
It’s very crucial that you reflect on what you did right and what you can improve next time for every competition of any sort (olympiads, sports, etc.). I plan to…
Balanced Expressions – A Different Way
After I moved back to the United States and started school I had much less time to do personal stuff like coding and writing but today, my school district is…
Balanced Expressions CS Interview Question
Take a look at how I tackled the Balanced Expressions Coding Question!!