Maths Olympiad

PurpleFistMixer · 16-11-2005 5:39pm #1

Wasn't sure whether to post this here or in the Maths forum, but meh, here wins.

I got an invite for this today, so I'm just wondering, anybody doing it*?

(Yes, I realise the sheer nerdiness of the entire affair, but maths ftw tbh.)

*It being a series of lecture-type things with the ultimate aim of getting a team for the International Maths Olympiad.

jono087 · 16-11-2005 7:40pm

didn't hear about it......
which is surprising cos i'm the only person in my school who'd be able for it:rolleyes:

Raphael · 16-11-2005 7:42pm

It's not based on schools afaik, it's based on what percentile of the whole country you're in.

Matthewthebig · 16-11-2005 9:08pm

You get invited if you did well in your Jc, you can still go even if you are not invited it's just rather hard from what i have seen

meeka · 16-11-2005 9:32pm

Aw. /me has not been invited.

*High fives Steph* - Maths is indeed ftw

Matthewthebig · 16-11-2005 9:36pm

it is good

but chemistry pisses all over it

PurpleFistMixer · 16-11-2005 9:56pm

Chemistry would be nowhere without Maths.

To get in without being invited you can take one of their approved tests. Where and when these happen I do not know. What I do know is they're way harder than the JC.

Matthewthebig · 18-11-2005 7:35am

so's YORE FACE

Jack Lynch · 18-11-2005 3:36pm

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

Wasn't sure whether to post this here or in the Maths forum, but meh, here wins.

I got an invite for this today, so I'm just wondering, anybody doing it*?

(Yes, I realise the sheer nerdiness of the entire affair, but maths ftw tbh.)

*It being a series of lecture-type things with the ultimate aim of getting a team for the International Maths Olympiad.

I did it last year. My God Almighty, it was the most boring 10 weeks of my life! The only good thing about it was the doughnuts i got at the shop outside of UCC.

PurpleFistMixer · 18-11-2005 5:15pm

Damn, I don't think there's a donut shop near UCD.

Feral Mutant · 18-11-2005 6:42pm

I did the ones at UCD last year. This year I'm gonna do the test but may pass on the lectures. There were other CTYI people there last year as well.

Btw the lectures can get excrutiatingly boring and/or confusing at times.

jono087 · 18-11-2005 7:04pm

Raphael wrote:

It's not based on schools afaik, it's based on what percentile of the whole country you're in.

soz, ya i did the programming one two years ago,

lemon_sherbert · 18-11-2005 7:04pm

I went to the lectures last year and it was unbelieveably confused. Looking back i think it was just cause TY melted the brain, cause I understand a load of the stuff now. Fun enough though if there's a group of you, or if you make some friends.

cookiemonst3r · 19-11-2005 2:20pm

Jack Lynch wrote:

I did it last year. My God Almighty, it was the most boring 10 weeks of my life! The only good thing about it was the doughnuts i got at the shop outside of UCC.

wheres this doughnut shop?? how come ive never seen it?!?

the evil lime · 19-11-2005 5:02pm

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

Damn, I don't think there's a donut shop near UCD.

Nine one one sells donuts. It's near the arts block.

Jack Lynch · 20-11-2005 10:14pm

Yeah, 911 was what i was on about. They have this one doughnut that's covered in pink icing but its also got white icing shavings on top and inside theres jam! After five of them in one day (three before, two after) they still dont lose their deliciousocity.

mentalimplosion · 25-11-2005 8:04pm

911 doughnuts = ucd's only redeeming feature imo.

Hugh Hefner · 26-11-2005 4:34am

I was thinking of going to the NUI Maynooth one tomorrow but a) I don't want to miss the reunion and b) I like my Saturday morning sleep-ins.

Raphael · 26-11-2005 2:36pm

see, b there is the same reason i just missed their open day

emptyspoon · 26-11-2005 7:54pm

Oh I got an invite. Can't go, but might have gone just for the Dublinness of it all.

Hey look, a new smiley! :v: :v:
Mmm shiney.

smiley_knees · 26-11-2005 11:09pm

Raphael wrote:

see, b there is the same reason i just missed their open day

You should have gone, I was there this morning!!!

What I do know is they're way harder than the JC.

That's not really saying much though...

Piste · 26-11-2005 11:42pm

Hugh Hefner wrote:

I was thinking of going to the NUI Maynooth one tomorrow but a) I don't want to miss the reunion and b) I like my Saturday morning sleep-ins.

NUI Maynooth looks like Hogwarts. Also they have their lectures while levitating in a crumbling castley place.

smiley_knees · 26-11-2005 11:56pm

Go if you like being up for 9.30am on a sat morning to study maths you don't need and will never use, if you like sub-zero temperatures and creaky old buildings.. That's all I got out of it...

Ludraman · 27-11-2005 12:06am

Probably going to do the maths, but more importantly I got picked for the Science olympiad team and get to go all expenses paid to Indonesia! Yay!

PurpleFistMixer · 27-11-2005 12:40am

Mutter mutter indonesia wish I got to go mutter kill you in your sleep mutter.

In other news, the first maths olympiad thing was today, and it was... interesting. I can now conclude that UCD is both overpriced in the food department, and airport-like in the Arts-building-appearance department.

Feral Mutant · 27-11-2005 1:47pm

For some reason the UCD building (where the second bit was on last year) has multiple sets of stairs about 20 feet apart going from the same floor, both going to the same floor below and plugs on the ceiling. I still don't know why.

PurpleFistMixer · 27-11-2005 2:07pm

Some room in TCD has a short pole coming from the ceiling with four mains sockets on the end, like a lightbulb hanging from a ceiling but with... sockets. This is why physics is great.

Jack Lynch · 27-11-2005 9:20pm

Ludraman wrote:

Probably going to do the maths, but more importantly I got picked for the Science olympiad team and get to go all expenses paid to Indonesia! Yay!

Well done!

The Maths Olympiad was on last year in Mexico. That would have been nice. This year, it's Romania. It's also not officially an Olympaid, but still.

Squirrel · 27-11-2005 9:26pm

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

Mutter mutter indonesia wish I got to go mutter kill you in your sleep mutter.

In other news, the first maths olympiad thing was today, and it was... interesting. I can now conclude that UCD is both overpriced in the food department, and airport-like in the Arts-building-appearance department.

I was at it yesterday, go to 911 and get a Philadelphia Chicken roll for €4.40, the best €4.40 ever spent

The first lecture thing was grand, the second bit not so grand, probably should've paid atention for it. I'll go for the next few and get kicked out on the 4th of February with the test thing. That's my plan anyway

PurpleFistMixer · 27-11-2005 9:36pm

How is it not an official olympiad?

The second part of the lecture was really odd. And required concentration, which is just silly. I reckon he went too fast, and that tree on the side of the presentation was really distracting. Yup.

Squirrel · 27-11-2005 9:39pm

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

How is it not an official olympiad?

The second part of the lecture was really odd. And required concentration, which is just silly. I reckon he went too fast, and that tree on the side of the presentation was really distracting. Yup.

Yeah I know, I kept looking at that fecking tree. It was like he taught it as if we already had the basics after a while. First lecture was alright I thought

PurpleFistMixer · 27-11-2005 10:49pm

'Twas okay, but it's really easy to lose yourself in a sea of "Area of AEB is proportional to BAC blah blah A blah C B A blah letters". Especially when you're drawing things.

TalkISCheap · 29-11-2005 10:16pm

I spent a better €4.40. Exactly €4.40 it was too... *smug*

PurpleFistMixer · 29-11-2005 10:26pm

I can't help but get suspect prostitutes were involved from that level of smugness...

snuffles · 30-11-2005 4:39pm

Hehehe, mathletes!

Jack Lynch · 30-11-2005 5:45pm

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

How is it not an official olympiad?

Olympiads happen every four years. These mathletes happen every year. Ugh, i disgust even myself.

He he, mathletes

PurpleFistMixer · 30-11-2005 6:01pm

Damn, so I'm not an olympic (m)athlete yet.

Actually, would that mean that the run for US President would be an Olympiad of sorts? =P

TalkISCheap · 30-11-2005 6:55pm

There were no prostitutes. Guess again, my padawan...

Raphael · 30-11-2005 7:00pm

You bought Midochlorians?

TalkISCheap · 30-11-2005 7:04pm

Closer, but no...

Surprisingly.

modular · 30-11-2005 8:43pm

By the way. The first half of the lecture was less cool than the second half, in that he wrote and drew and talked letters at us. This confused me.

The second half involved bridges, lines and a projector, thus being higher-tech and better. But that tree was distracting. Although we learned that the dodecahedron's last face is EVERYWHERE.

Spooky stuff.

Jack Lynch · 01-12-2005 9:17pm

I got a letter today about a Science Olympiad on in DCU on the 28th of January. Is anyone else going? Does anyone know anything about it?

twirly sponge · 01-12-2005 9:44pm

I got that letter too, I don't know anything about it, haven't decided yet if I'm gonna go...

PurpleFistMixer · 02-12-2005 3:08pm

Woo, got a letter about the Science Olympiad today. Shall be going along I'd say, just gotta pick a particular subject first.
Does anyone know what kind of standard they expect? Like, we're not gonna have to know leaving cert course things right?

twirly sponge · 03-12-2005 11:11am

I just had a look at the website and there's two categories, people who did the JC in 2004/2005 born 1989 or after, and people who did the JC in 2003/2004. I'm in the senior one and cos I would be in 6th year if I didn't do TY I reckon the standard will be Leaving Certish... So I'll be totally lost... I dunno bout the junior one though.

jono087 · 04-12-2005 9:06pm

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

Woo, got a letter about the Science Olympiad today. Shall be going along I'd say, just gotta pick a particular subject first.
Does anyone know what kind of standard they expect? Like, we're not gonna have to know leaving cert course things right?

I'd assume they'll go fairly slow at the start to make sure everyone's on board.......

Aoibheann · 04-12-2005 11:24pm

Science Olympiad exams are... interesting. Well, EUSO anyway. I did the biology one last year, and the questions were either stuff we had on our course but hadnt yet covered, or material not on our course. Questions weren't so bad, multiple choice, and choices can be eliminated by logic, or a guess once in a while!

If you get top two in your chosen subject, you get on the Irish team for EUSo, which I believe is in Brussels this year? 'Twas in Galway last year, much fun was had. Go for it, it'll be one of the best weeks you'll have. Befriending random Belgians is great.. (by random, I of course mean they were on the Belgian team.

)

twirly sponge · 05-12-2005 6:17pm

jono087 wrote:

I'd assume they'll go fairly slow at the start to make sure everyone's on board.......

It's not lectures for the science olympiad, it's a test...

Jack Lynch · 05-12-2005 9:02pm

It may be a test, but it could also be a mini-reunion. Hmm, hmm?

Come on, humour me, im from Cork

PurpleFistMixer · 09-12-2005 11:58pm

Okay, bit late notice, but oh well. Due to leaving early for the crime talk I missed the end of the maths thing last week, so does anyone know when the next one in UCD is happening?
Hopefully not tomorrow...

Squirrel · 10-12-2005 5:09pm

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

Okay, bit late notice, but oh well. Due to leaving early for the crime talk I missed the end of the maths thing last week, so does anyone know when the next one in UCD is happening?
Hopefully not tomorrow...

The 21st of January, I'm nearly positive, there's a break because they're on holidays in UCD

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