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Maths Olympiad

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    #32
    PurpleFistMixer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭PurpleFistMixer


    '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.


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    #33
    TalkISCheap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 400 ✭✭TalkISCheap


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


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    #34
    PurpleFistMixer
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    I can't help but get suspect prostitutes were involved from that level of smugness...


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    #35
    snuffles
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    Hehehe, mathletes!


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    #36
    Jack Lynch
    Registered Users Posts: 448 ✭✭Jack Lynch


    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


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    #37
    PurpleFistMixer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭PurpleFistMixer


    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


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    #38
    TalkISCheap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 400 ✭✭TalkISCheap


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


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    #39
    Raphael
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    You bought Midochlorians?


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    #40
    TalkISCheap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 400 ✭✭TalkISCheap


    Closer, but no...


    Surprisingly.


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    #41
    modular
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    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.


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    #42
    Jack Lynch
    Registered Users Posts: 448 ✭✭Jack Lynch


    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?


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    #43
    twirly sponge
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭twirly sponge


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


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    #44
    PurpleFistMixer
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    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?


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    #45
    twirly sponge
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭twirly sponge


    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.


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    #46
    jono087
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    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.......


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    #47
    Aoibheann
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    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. :D)


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    #48
    twirly sponge
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭twirly sponge


    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...


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    #49
    Jack Lynch
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    It may be a test, but it could also be a mini-reunion. Hmm, hmm?

    Come on, humour me, im from Cork


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    #50
    PurpleFistMixer
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    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... =)


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    #51
    Squirrel
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    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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    #52
    simply_dee
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    Does anyone know when the first round test is for the maths olympiad? I should really make an appearance for that...


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    #53
    SOL
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    Just, while i'm here, I did the Chemistry olympiads in 2003 and I would definitely reccomend it, its only one saturday and if you do well theythen give you another week of training before the final showdown to get on the trip abroad. Best trip ever, IBM gave us money and everything...

    But seriously, if your in anyway interested I'd really recommend it, I got to go to Greece,


    As for the standard, if you doing the old one (not euso) you want to be able to do your chemistry course and I'd recommend learning three other things, one, understanding molecules written as lines, 2, revise some algebra in maths and some integration, and 3, revise nomenclature because if you can understand the questions towards the end your doing better than most from what i remeber..


    It is 2 papers, the first a good general should get most of it out paper, the second is the fun one. enjoy...

    And the standard isn't that high, they gave me a silver medal at it, nuff said.

    Have fun


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    #54
    SOL
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    oh and it's not multiple choice, atleat very little of it is, only the euso one is


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    #55
    Jack Lynch
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    I suppose 5th years wouldn't know enough to do well in it. Still, sounds alright.

    So who is going to it?


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    #56
    jennyq
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    I got an invite for the Maths one, but I'd have to go to NUI Galway, which is nowhere near where I live (South Tipp, but my school is just on the verge of being North Tipp, so possibly North Tipp students get invited to Galway). There's no way I could get to Galway every Saturday for ten weeks, but I was thinking of finding out if it'd be possible to go to UL instead. Just want to know from someone who's done it before if it'd really be worth going to all that effort? I'm also the only one from my school invited.

    Got an invite for the EUSO too, I'm going for Physics. I'm in TY now so I don't have much hope of doing well, but I'll have a go anyway.


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    #57
    PurpleFistMixer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭PurpleFistMixer


    Woo, I am also doing the physics in the EUSO.

    But yeah, I thought for the maths you could go to whichever university you wanted? That's what mine, said, anyway.


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    #58
    jennyq
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭jennyq


    The exact text of my letter is "I am writing to invite you to participate in this year's NUI, Galway Mathematical Enrichment Course. Each year, the most talented secondary school students in the country are invited to participate in similar courses that are held at various third level institutions throughout Ireland (UCD, UCC, NUI Maynooth & UL also run similar courses)."

    So I think I'll look into the possibility of going to UL instead, & then make up my mind, as late winter/early spring is pretty hectic at home so it might not be convenient either way.


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    #59
    Jack Lynch
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    They usually allow you to change where you do it. I was invited to the Cork one last year, and on the letter they said i could attend the Limerick one if it was more convenient. Of course, the Limerick one started 6 weeks before the Cork one, but fortuinately it was convenient.


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    #60
    Feral Mutant
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    I'm not going to the lectures this year since I went to them last year and I'm a little preoccupied with the Leaving Cert. Plus I just couldn't be bothered. I still want to do the test though. Does anyone know what day it's on?


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    #61
    jono087
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    Feral Mutant wrote:
    I'm not going to the lectures this year since I went to them last year and I'm a little preoccupied with the Leaving Cert. Plus I just couldn't be bothered. I still want to do the test though. Does anyone know what day it's on?

    it's a bit early to be getting preoccupied with the leaving cert isn't it? maybe i'm being a bit too casual but there's a lot of important stuff going on between now and the start of exams....


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