How I Got Started With Olympiads - My thoughts and tips after 7 years of doing olympiads!!

[@mangoman2561]

You are really lucky that your parents knew about all of this and pushed you! I was very interested in math starting 4th grade, but I had no proper math training until 7th grade. It was then when I learned about AoPS and my olympiad experience started.

[@Planegod]

what grade are you in now and how far have you gotten

[@pradipchaterjee9576]

Bro same with me here in India I have just 1 year for Olympiads

[@internetuser7654]

Haha i'm starting in 10th 😢

[@thatone2580]

I mean there’s computational biology/bioinformatics so bio + cs is definitely a field to look at.

[@emmazhang2418]

ur channel is so helpful and relatable!! my parents pushed me to do olympiad in 4th/5th grade and i sorta liked it but i didnt like the feeling of being forced into something so i quit before 7th and pursued writing (which is literally in the OPPOSITE direction lol rebellious teenager things ig) and now i’m a freshman and im semi-accomplished with writing (i’ve been published several times and won national awards) and im sorta interested in math again??? so uh…kinda don’t know what i’m going to do with my next four years but thank you so much for all the videos!!

[@rayzinicola8152]

lol same I'm a freshman starting olys too

[@danielqiu3320]

This was very interesting and helpful. Thank you!

[@vorttxt408]

I’m just now getting started with olympiads in 11th grade. I feel so behind 😢.

[@arpanbanerjee5659]

u still have college dw

[@sophiathephirst]

yeah they seem fun, I want to start but I’m also a junior and already so time crunched

[@juanmoscoso0]

@@arpanbanerjee5659 you can do olympiads in college?

[@worldpeace350]

This is so helpful as a sophomore in high school!! Which olympiad is your favorite?

[@Cararra]

usaco :D

[@aashimasinghsisodia7567]

I discovered your channel way too late...

[@sophiathephirst]

“grades were a lot easier for me than in elementary school”... in elementary school all I was worried about was doing better than my friends on the MAP tests haha

[@pranavkarthikeyan783]

Kinda feel like I have PTSD from MAP. Smh.

[@sophiathephirst]

the principle about being forced into things applies to any sport/competition, my friends (who’s parents are super obsessed with their achievements in sports) are lowkey depressed when they don’t win every race which is a toxic mentality

[@MSN539]

Toxic mentality is good. To succeed you have to be obsessed but not get sad

[@sophiathephirst]

@@MSN539 yea but if you're obsessed but not sad, I would consider that passionate rather than toxic

[@MSN539]

@@sophiathephirst fr

[@awesomeparrot9547]

3:25 I can completely relate last year in 5th grade

[@ananyaanand1200]

I’m in 9th and this was so helpful

[@TusharShrivastavC]

i can confirm that this man was very popular in 5th grade

[@ishaanpanigrahi8258]

How did u get so hecking good at the AMC 10?

[@TechToppers]

AMC 10? That was simple. Learn Olympiad tricks, solve lots of problems. That's it. AIME 1 first 4 to 5 problems are easy too.

[@viradeus4322]

@@TechToppers bruh easier said than done.

[@TechToppers]

@@viradeus4322 Yeah! It takes a lot of time. For me, 1 year straight!

[@viradeus4322]

@@TechToppers yea I'm kinda grinding alcumus on insanely hard mode for topics I think I know. Do u have AoPS vol 1? I do and I found the number theory,counting, and probability sections too be kinda sucky. Do u have anything to supplement this?

[@TechToppers]

@@viradeus4322 I'm fine at Number Theory part. I'm weak(extremely weak) at Combinatorics and I haven't paid much attention to probability as it isn't a topic for olympiads in India. To supplement number theory for olympiads, you just have to do problems. There is a book by Niven for Number Theory, but it's quite advanced.

[@awesomeparrot9547]

get gud kid I got top 20 national in MATH KANGAROO in 1st grade while also getting half the problems wrong, truly the most epic feat, GET ON MY LVL

[@knightfall1992]

No one cares. Elementary school accomplishments don’t matter, let alone first grade.

[@aryantaywade298]

He is kidding lmao

[@knightfall1992]

Aryan Taywade I know lol

[@chikenleg9549]

Would it be too late for me to start near the end of sophomore year or beginning of junior?

[@Sanyu-Tumusiime]

AMC 12 got a cancelled at a lot of schools RIP

[@dontunderestimate2687]

My school doesn't have Olympiads.. but i want to do it .. what are my options

[@beaza9374]

You can look into "host" schools meaning some schools and testing centers that offer olympiad exams. AMC has it on there websites and USABO potential host schools will pop up in September! Or even better you can start a club that offers the exam :)

[@jaywankhede3426]

Onceeeee u get to 2k subs can u dye your hair a color of our choice? (hehe imma keep doing this till u say yes)

[@Cararra]

Then you're going to keep doing this :D

[@jaywankhede3426]

@@Cararra Ok back to our negotiation What if I get a petetion? How many people is this gonna take?

[@Cararra]

1 more than however many you get to sign it :P

[@jaywankhede3426]

@@Cararra BRUH come on there gotta be someone

[@gsuba2k]

I came across your video when looking for resources to help my 5th-grade kid. The discord channel link is not valid. Can you share the latest link

[@Cararra]

discord.com/cararra :D

[@sumedhvangara7368]

in CALI??????????????? UR SO OPPPPP

[@jessechoe]

Can you pls make ur channel focused on the USACO stuff?

[@Cararra]

I mean it's more focused on USACO than anything else but I am not gonna only do USACO :D

[@jessechoe]

@@Cararra Also pls do some bronze stuff. I need a little help with some of that stuff.

[@jessechoe]

Also, thx for replying so fast.

[@ananyaanand1200]

How’s the fire in Saratoga

[@naveenkannan9884]

nice shirt

[@jaywankhede3426]

Ah so this is the djoker nole

[@jaywankhede3426]

or maybe not idk

[@ishaanpanigrahi8258]

@@jaywankhede3426 yeah it is low key tuff :(

[@keishaaranda5201]

If Cararra likes this, I'll end being a procrastinator

[@nizamsbiologypushto9964]

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[@ashritanala3761]

Second 😄

[@jonathancheng3976]

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