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I’m an expat living outside of my home country, so I don’t hold citizenship of the country I reside in. This disqualifies me from national Olympiads and selection camps for the country I live in, as well as disqualifying me from national Olympiads in my home country due to me not living there. I also can’t qualify for ISEF despite having a really strong maths research paper I wrote.

I obviously can’t do things like USAMO or USAPhO, so the only things that I’m able to do are qualify for AIME with a high score, and get a strong USACO score since it’s open to everyone.

Should I assume AOs know this (most applicants in this country are expats in the same situation as me) or should I explicitly mention this somewhere in my application, and will it hinder my chances.

Thank you!

I’m an expat living outside of my home country, so I don’t hold citizenship of the country I reside in. This disqualifies me from national Olympiads and selection camps for the country I live in, as well as disqualifying me from national Olympiads in my home country due to me not living there. I also can’t qualify for ISEF despite having a really strong maths research paper I wrote.

I obviously can’t do things like USAMO or USAPhO, so the only things that I’m able to do are qualify for AIME with a high score, and get a strong USACO score since it’s open to everyone.

Should I assume AOs know this (most applicants in this country are expats in the same situation as me) or should I explicitly mention this somewhere in my application, and will it hinder my chances.

Thank you!

Demographics: White, male, country’s population approx. 40 million, very competitive high school (average A level grade is an A, graduating class of 100 kids), full pay.

intended major: Electrical engineering

Stats:

A Levels: A*A*A*A predicted (Maths, Further maths, Physics, Chem)

SAT: 1560 (800 maths)

Extracurriculars:

- Built and launched a satellite with a self correcting thruster (with a small team)

- Varsity track and field captain

- Varsity soccer, team got top 4 in the state

- Cofounder of school engineering club (achieved funding from a multimillionaire - no idea how lmao)

- Internship at a large company, shadowed the CEO and lead engineer (again, no idea how lmao)

- 40 hours of volunteering (teaching assistant for elementary children)

Awards/Honors:

- 5x Gold medalist and record holder in international athletics competition

- u16 100m national champion

- u20 national finalist (at 17 years old)

- Qualified to the British maths Olympiad (top 1000 out of 80,000)

- Qualified to AIME

- A level maths achievement award (only 3 students get it per year)

Anyways, reverse chance me!

Demographics: White male, international, highly competitive (top 10 school in the state), ‘recruited’ athlete (MIT doesn’t really recruit but I have the coach’s support).

Intended major: engineering

Stats: A-Levels: Predicted A* A* A A (Further maths, Maths, Physics, Chem), SAT: 1540 (800 maths).

Awards:

• MVP, record holder, and 5x gold medalist in international track and field competition

• AIME qualification

• BMO1 qualification (top 1000 out of 80000)

• Royal recognition for track and field

ECs:

• Cofounder of engineering club

• Engineered and launched a satellite with a small team

• Developed an app used by national level sprinters

• Internship at large pharmaceutical firm (presented a presentation in front of the ceo and owner)

• Varsity football 3 years (top 5 team in the state)

• Varsity track and field captain (state champion in multiple events)

LOR: Pretty average, nothing special

Essay: Overused topic but very well written

EA MIT

Obviously the path to being accepted as an international student is absolutely brutal, but what if you were an athlete that ‘hit the requirements’ to be recruited by the coach. Does that mean the person wouldn’t have to be an IMO medal winner or whatever to have a chance? Assuming grades are near perfect along with some decent ECs and awards, nothing out of the ordinary for a domestic MIT admit.

Thanks!

I read an article recently that mentioned that a heavy squat/pull (around 80% of bw) within 8 minutes before a race can improve sprint performance by approximately 2%.

If true, then it could be pretty groundbreaking, as a 2% improvement in the 100m can cause your time to decrease by over 0.2 seconds almost immediately, however, I haven’t really heard anyone talk about it before, so I’m a bit curious to whether it actually works, or if someone here has maybe tried it.

Here’s a link to the study

Assuming I sprint 3 days a week, how often should I do recovery days, and what should a recovery day include. I have access to a foam roller, a massage gun, a swimming pool, and resistance bands.
Thanks!

Obviously paired with near perfect grades and SAT, and some decent (not crazy) extracurriculars. Not asking about scholarships or hitting recruitment times in track, but just how much it could help the admissions process if listed with awards/ECs.

I'm 17 years old, and I'm in a bit of an unusual predicament. When I was 14, I ran 11.6 and 11.5 and was one of the fastest in the state, and basically for the year and a half following those two races, I struggled to go under 11.9, sometimes running 12 seconds. This was really lowered my morale and I kinda lost my love for the sport, and along with other problems, caused me to quit.

Its been 8 months since I quit and I want to get back into track, and I'm incredibly motivated. Do any fast runners have a training programme that worked for them personally that they could maybe help with. I would really appreciate one complete with plyos, lifts, and sprints. Thanks!

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I go to a British private school overseas, so I do gcses and a levels and all that, but how tf am I meant to afford 60k pounds in tuition fees (+20k in living expenses) every single year required for oxbridge and some ivies. I consider myself pretty well off (household income is approx. £200k per year) yet even then the fees are completely out of reach and unrealistic.

Hi everyone, I'm a junior in highschool and I'm planning on doing some kind of engineering in uni. I've always been interested in trying to do robotics from a hobby point of view, but obviously it's pretty useful as skill for uni applications and even down the line in my job.

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Thanks!

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The fight is over when one of them is dead.

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Round 3: An Olympic fencer vs the kingdoms most skilled knight, handpicked by the king.

Not much else to say other than what was mentioned in the title, but yeah, I was not personally ‘rich’ but we were pretty well off (maybe between middle and upper class).

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This is probably an unpopular opinion but I’d rather we face France. We’ve historically struggled against teams who are ‘weaker’ than us, and we usually do well against stronger sides. Also, if France knock us out, at least we would’ve been knocked out by the favorites.