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So Im currently prepping for USAMO and I am now mocking around an 9 on past AIMEs. However, I am really bad at geometry and struggle with any geo problem past #15 on the AMC 12. What book is recommended to improve my geometry to late-AIME level? If you guys have any suggestions for number theory I would appreciate those as well as I am only slightly better in that area.

I am currently in the middle of doing data collection and analysis for my first paper and I feel like I may be moving too fast. So far I have spent 5 weeks and am estimating another 2-3 weeks before I am complete with analysis. A part of me thinks this is too fast but at the same time I don't feel that there is much else for me to do regarding the data. Should I slow down or is this pace normal?

Intended Major:

Math+CS

SAT:

1520(730 ERW, 790 Math), Im gonna retake again so Im looking at prob a 1550+

UW/W GPA and Rank:

4.0 UW GPA
Rank 5/~540

Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores, etc:
Took 12 APs(taking 6 more this year):

• APHUG(5)
• AP World(5)
• APCSA(5)
• AP Precal(5)
• AP Seminar(3)
• AP Phys 1(5)
• AP CSP(5)
• AP Research(4)
• APUSH(5)
• AP Lit(4)
• AP Calc AB(5)
• AP Phys C(5)

Awards:

• 3x AIME qualifier(will be 4x this year)
• Scored a 11 on the AIME
• 1x AMC 12 HR
• ISEF Finalist
• 2x congressional app challenge winner
• USACO Silver
• DECA ICDC(good chance I go again this year)

ECs:

• Did research sophomore summer in comp bio with local uni professor. Created a dataset and a paper, both were published in two different Q2 journals.
• Did research at T30 university in the intersection of Math and AI. Published as first author in Q1 journal.
• 1k users on my congressional app challenge winning website
• Built urban flooding risk predictor
• Built a fall detection bracelet that offloads computation to a phone
• Am gonna do another engineering project idk what to do yet tho, but I plan for it to do with edge AI and math applied in some field.
• ~100 hours of volunteering at local library and from doing math tutoring
• Band for 6 years(varsity for 2 years)
• School math volunteering club VP

Intended Major:

Math+CS

SAT:

1520(730 ERW, 790 Math), Im gonna retake again so Im looking at prob a 1550+

UW/W GPA and Rank:

4.0 UW GPA
Rank 5/~540

Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores, etc:
Took 12 APs(taking 6 more this year):

• APHUG(5)
• AP World(5)
• APCSA(5)
• AP Precal(5)
• AP Seminar(3)
• AP Phys 1(5)
• AP CSP(5)
• AP Research(4)
• APUSH(5)
• AP Lit(4)
• AP Calc AB(5)
• AP Phys C(5)

Awards:

• 3x AIME qualifier(will be 4x this year)
• Scored a 11 on the AIME
• 1x AMC 12 HR
• ISEF Finalist
• 2x congressional app challenge winner
• USACO Silver
• DECA ICDC(good chance I go again this year)

ECs:

• Did research sophomore summer in comp bio with local uni professor. Created a dataset and a paper, both were published in two different Q2 journals.
• Did research at T30 university in the intersection of Math and AI. Published as first author in Q1 journal.
• 1k users on my congressional app challenge winning website
• Built urban flooding risk predictor
• Built a fall detection bracelet that offloads computation to a phone
• Am gonna do another engineering project idk what to do yet tho, but I plan for it to do with edge AI and math applied in some field.
• ~100 hours of volunteering at local library and from doing math tutoring
• Band for 6 years(varsity for 2 years)
• School math volunteering club VP

I mostly want to know what my target and reach schools are. I wanna go to U chicago but idk if thats realistic for me.

Intended Major:

Math+CS

SAT:

1520(730 ERW, 790 Math), Im gonna retake again so Im looking at prob a 1550+

UW/W GPA and Rank:

4.0 UW GPA
Rank 5/~540

Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores, etc:
Took 12 APs(taking 6 more this year):

• APHUG(5)
• AP World(5)
• APCSA(5)
• AP Precal(5)
• AP Seminar(3)
• AP Phys 1(5)
• AP CSP(5)
• AP Research(4)
• APUSH(5)
• AP Lit(4)
• AP Calc AB(5)
• AP Phys C(5)

Awards:

• 3x AIME qualifier(will be 4x this year)
• Scored a 11 on the AIME
• 1x AMC 12 HR
• ISEF Finalist
• 2x congressional app challenge winner
• USACO Silver
• DECA ICDC(good chance I go again this year)

ECs:

• Did research sophomore summer in comp bio with local uni professor. Created a dataset and a paper, both were published in two different Q2 journals.
• Did research at T30 university in the intersection of Math and AI. Published as first author in Q1 journal.
• 1k users on my congressional app challenge winning website
• Built urban flooding risk predictor
• Built a fall detection bracelet that offloads computation to a phone
• Am gonna do another engineering project idk what to do yet tho, but I plan for it to do with edge AI and math applied in some field.
• ~100 hours of volunteering at local library and from doing math tutoring
• Band for 6 years(varsity for 2 years)
• School math volunteering club VP

I mostly want to know what my target and reach schools are. I wanna go to U chicago but idk if thats realistic for me.

lowk thinking about applying for next summer and was wondering what they look for. is it olympiads, prior research, awards, projects or are they mainly looking for character? I

So I'm aiming for a T20 and these are my current ECs:

Interned with local uni prof and used ai to understand what factors most directly contribute to the spread of viruses and then published a paper on my findings. I also worked with some of his students on their work

Built a fully local, AI powered smart home system that is ~10x cheaper than a professionally built version or one that is powered by google nest, alexa or some other alternative.

Built an AI model that can predict extreme weather events(85% accuracy) that won the Congressional App Challenge in my district

~50 hours of volunteer tutoring(i know its not a lot)

Won some small hackathons

I already have some good awards like DECA ICDC, USACO Gold(certified) and getting a 12 on the AIME. A lot of ppl have told me that I am missing smth? Any suggestions that are CS or Math related?

What math olympiad prep books for geometry are out there that are easier that EGMO(Euclidean Geometry in Mathematical Olympiads) but harder than AOPS intro to geometry.

im doing aime mocks now and unlike the AMC tests they require you to take much more time to solve. only issue is that my idiot self just gets too bored on the problem and checks the solution after 5 mins if i dont get anywhere. Im scoring ~6 on these mocks and its annoying me bc i could be scoring higher than that. is there any easy way to fix this or do i just need to force myself to stare at a problem for longer before giving up.

What summer programs and other activities can I do that prove my math talent besides usamo. many ppl have told me that usamo alone isnt enough due to the immense cheating so I am looking for smth to go alongside it to prove i am legit.

How much harder is the princeton review mock tests vs the actual AP test, im lowk getting borderline 5s on them right now and I am worried