From AMC to USAMO / CMO
Grade 9 and 10
In grade 9, I sucked at math and got 75 on the AMC 10. But I enjoyed it, so I drilled deep and began spending 4+ hrs on problems per day.
In grade 10, I scored 124.5 on the AMC 10. I also just missed the USAJMO and CMO cutoff, which was super disappointing for me. Luckily, I still qualified for the Canadian Junior Math Olympiad (CJMO).
Grade 10 Summer
My CJMO qualification led to an invitation to Canada Math Camp, for top 20 COMC scorers in grade 10 and under. I made many new friends here!
Grade 11
I qualified for the USA Math Olympiad (USAMO), a contest which only 300/30,000+ AMC participants reached! As well, I qualified for the Canadian Math Olympiad (CMO), top 90/5000+.
On USAMO, I ended up getting Honorable Mention (top 150) and on CMO, I got Second Quartile (top 47)
Other Awards
Fermat Math Contest: 1st/18,000+ total contestants, perfect score (University of Waterloo)
Cayley Math Contest: 1st/21,000+ total contestants, perfect score (University of Waterloo)
AMC 12A 2025 Top 2.5%
AIME I 2025 Top 5%
Team Math Contests
I had a lot of fun at team contests like the ARML and Harvard-MIT Math Tournament. These are the reason why TopsOJ contests are often team-based rather than individual.
Math Club
As Copresident, I guide our club in weekly lectures, lead team practices for our math team (we won 1st at the Canadian Team Math Contest), and organize our annual interschool Math Tournament.