u/Diligent-Contract339

I'm pretty sure both of these are really similar, is it worth slapping codeforces on the college app as well as usaco (which i was doing anyways) because preparing for usaco will anyways help with codeforces, but i'm not sure if let's say a 1600-1900 rating will even help the app (cs)

Also i'm rebuilding a trading bot from scratch, (calculating sharpe ratio, backtesting, plugging into paper trading etc), would this help it?

i'm really stuck on finding a spike, most likely won't make usamo+ on math and usaco plat+

I'm a rising high school sophomore (freshman summer just started) and my current amc score is a ~85 (8th grade walking blind). What is the best way to improve and possibly reach USAMO before senior year (not expecting to make usajmo).

Is it worth it to spend freshman summer building a trading bot from scratch, rebuilding a decent bot and uploading to github with calculations, backtesting, and performance

Competing in DECA requires a cte course which is basically a full year elective, how should I go about doing this. I just ended my freshman year (high school) and am going into sophomore year taking spanish 3.

Competing in DECA where I am requires a cte course which is basically a full year elective, how should I go about doing this. I just ended my freshman year (high school) and am going into sophomore year taking spanish 3.

I'm currently a rising sophomore in high school and want to get into an ivy league, looking to major in finance with a possible minor in cs. Below i have listed some basic extracurricular and stats I have and wonder what I can do this summer to get a better shot at an ivy.

4.0 gpa uw
taken ap micro outside of school (a in class, score not released yet)
Will take sat next year, scoring 1520 on bluebook practice tests without prep

Basic ecs/awards
secretary for investment club coming next year
member of a few clubs (deca,fbla,ai,math)
member of track and cross country team
60 hours volunteering

distinguished honors stanford math tournament (top 10%)
will start participating in deca/fbla comps next year

I know my ec profile is a weak, but I want to know what can I do to improve with summer starting