Are you a US student training for USACO and currently high bronze/low silver level? Are you very determined to get better at competitive programming?
I am willing to tutor 1 person for free (with probably 2-3 live meetings per week) if you are able to do a minimum of 2 (but preferably 3+) problems at your skill level per day for next year and post all solutions on github for proof. You can have one mess up day per month, including during school year, otherwise I will stop deal immediately. If this interests you and you want a chance to be chosen, please link a new github repo/folder under this post that will contain all your solutions from one of next few days onward and I will choose from there based on who practices the most, preferably following close to my practice guide. I want someone who scored close to range of 333 on bronze to 333 on silver, but it is not strict. Must be elligible for IOI through US next year and < gold tho (if no one signs up that meets requirements I'll pick from gold tho). I am busy until June 1st (finals rip), I will select and start working with them then.
For perspective I am a previous USACO camper and tutored last USACO season and got a few people to plat and one to camp. This year I want to work with someone and see if I can get them to IOI from minimum prior experience in one year, but it won't work if they aren't dedicated enough. If they follow through, we should get roadmap to IOI from their github :).
If you aren't chosen but still want tutoring and are silver+/pupil+ skill level (gold is most fun for me tho), I do $60/h (with possible negotiation), and for paid you don't need to be US student. You can read my methodology here, but I also do silver now. Contact me on discord at "megumikatou" for info. I won't start until June 1st for this either (and may take while to respond on discord until then). Though tutoring might help improve faster, it is not necessary for success. Just follow my practice guide to get gud.
Addition: I will also maybe take another person who is gold+ under same conditions, because I wonder how different outcome would be. I am not sure if I will have enough time/money though and can't do a ton for free. However still post github and say that you are gold+ if you want a chance (like 50%).
Update on Chosen People: My top choice to select is SriniV, and I will begin meeting twice per week with him. However, since I have a bit more time now, I will also meet with InfinitePath, SwayamSahoo11742, and hazzlek (from gold) once per week. All of these will probably be 1h each meeting, please contact me on discord if you were chosen.
However, realize I am doing this for free and this is a lot of my time, so it is unlikely I will maintain all these people permanently, and for sure will not select more people for free. I hope to maintain probably two for entirety of next year based on who seems to have most potential. I will update on progress occasionally if their results are interesting :).
But for now, congrats to these individuals for working hard and hope they continue to do so and with help they can achieve highest levels possible! If you weren't chosen however, continue to work hard, if you continue the practice rate I specified and are diligent on doing problems at a hard level you will likely at minimum make platinum without any tutoring anyway. Good luck!
I am really interested. I try to do 3 problems a day minimum everyday anyways, so I think if I put in some extra effort, I will be able to do 3 challenging problems a day.
I have a question though, when you say "If this interests you and you want a chance to be chosen, please link a new github repo/folder under this post that will contain all your solutions from one of next few days onward" do you mean any codeforces problems we solve the next few days?
Anyways here's the new repo: https://github.com/SwayamSahoo11742/CPTutoring
Heres also a repo of all my solved CP problems: https://github.com/SwayamSahoo11742/CompetetiveProgramming/blob/main/changes.md
Thanks!
I want to see all the problems you solve, no matter the source, starting from now until June 1st in one place (and if selected will continue having you record them in same spot).
It will be nice for yourself if you have some organization, but I do not care if/how you do.
is this offer eligible for outside us people?
Unless you are eligible for IOI in US I am not willing to do for free, sorry.
chill bruh!!You dont need to be sorry. I forgive you
I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause
I will travel across the land
Searching far and wide
Teach Pokémon to understand
The power that's inside
In all seriousness, I think it's possible.
Hello!
Here is the github repo: https://github.com/SriniV4/CFProblems
Thanks for the opportunity :)
Edit: I am in low Silver btw
Funnily, I'm stuck at gold for 3 years and I just got to plat on USACO Open. I don't know how the hell I'm stuck for so long. USACO problems either get crushed by you, or you get crushed by them. I didn't really get the hang of solving them. However I see a lot of blues that get plat and I feel like a dumbo. Is this a luck issue or is this some US speciality?
The mindset for USACO is a little bit different than codeforces, but I do not think that much. While our cf ratings are similar, I think on almost all of the past few years' gold contests I would get perfect score, but I would expect that to be the case to be similar for most people of master rating.
I think some people who promote do get lucky by hitting right partials, but I feel moreso you were very unlucky. But maybe for someone in similarly stuck you should try doing more olympiad virtual contests to focus on how to allocate time, know when to try for subtasks, and better generate ideas for few problems over extended periods (especially over previous USACO contests if there are some you've not done in past ~5 years).
I'm not in high school anymore, but during my senior year I had a peak rating of Master during the entire USACO season and still failed to promote out of gold in any of the 4 contests. I also became Candidate Master when I was still silver during the previous season. I think some people are just better at Codeforces than USACO, and vice versa.
I am curious, for both you and NaOH_Frog, what do you feel was holding you back? Did you not know/have enough experience with techniques from problems, the problems felt they had very different insights, bad time management, or something else?
A lot of people I know more closely seem to promote with ratings much lower, but perhaps this is not the case for a more significant amount of others than I thought (I knew a few examples before but have been reading more in comments). It will be helpful for teaching to figure out why.
For me, I think my strengths in competitive programming back then lent themselves to doing well in Codeforces but not USACO. I'm usually good at solving problems fast and early on in contests, but this doesn't matter in USACO, and I'm usually better at solving adhoc/puzzle/interactive problems compared to other types, which don't come up as often in USACO.
Since then, I've likely made up some of this difference by preparing for ICPC, but I haven't taken a USACO contest since December 2021 so I'm not sure if I would have promoted or not.
Well, I'm somewhat similar to plourde27, I cope better in Codeforces than USACO. There aren't many ad-hoc problems in Chinese OI contests, which makes me sad. For me, maybe it's because that Chinese OI (typically) have some problems that is just a simple implementation of some useless(?) algorithm, whereas in USACO, problems don't require much algorithmic knowledge but they do require some brain.
Perhaps the reason I got to plat recently (with a perfect score also) is that I went through ~10 Gold contests (and the 3 recent Plats) during the two weeks before the contest. That probably gave me an idea of how to properly solve USACO problems(and some other standard technique problems outside of USACO). It's truly a very helpful problemset.
https://github.com/hazzlerr/GRIND
Rn im stuck in gold:(
Hi, I'm very interested. I am high bronze level and hope to reach the IOI. I am dedicated and willing to solve 3 problems a day, without quitting, as I have nothing to do over the summer except grind. I can't link a repo but I solved many problems, you can trust me, I am very diligent and ready student.
A bit about myself: my favorite problems are BKOI timeismoney and JOI constellations, and in my free time (of which I'll have none) I like to watch slice of life animes. I hope you choose me, I am more than ready to take on whatever problems you provide, and I know I will hit IOI for sure under your guidance.
I am interested in this. Since I am not too savvy with GitHub (yet). I will post my replit for progress. You will be able to see the commit history and when I have solved problems and the date corresponding to it:
Github: https://github.com/NodalTree/Competitive-Programming-Grind-/tree/master/src Schedule Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ueCilbq_UomvEtnvMM56M_FSpw5v1WQsDgWimI9kulU/edit?usp=sharing
Hi! I am very interested. I know I am not very good at CP but I am willing to put in the effort to do this.
I am currently in USACO Silver and my best score on a contest was 404. Is that too high? I do usually get 0s on a silver contest.
Here is my repository: https://github.com/Glastr1er/atharvd-CPTutoring
Not too high, glad your interested :)
Thank you! Here is so more info:
I forgot to mention that yes, I am IOI eligible.
I am 1050 rating on codeforces, so I usually try 1200~1300/B~C problems to challenge myself.
I sometimes use stopstalk.com or Dr. Mostafa Saad Ibrahim's practice problems spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-n9Fnvhsnvsqh-IerE_yyIshw5RUNer_7EjwF_GW-TA/edit#gid=0) to choose problems.
the grind never ends
Real great initiative with a great condition. I love when people do things like this. "I'm willing to help, but only if you're willing to work hard". Keep it up man!
Hey Rhythm! We've already talked on Discord before, my username is marvalarva2929#2859.
I'm currently a HS Sophomore and USACO Silver. I AK'd Bronze 2023 January, although that was the easiest Bronze to date. I currently practice doing ~1800 rated difficulty problems on CodeForces. I can confidently say though that I'm about high-bronze to low-silver level. I scored 333 on the last silver contest.
Here is my competitive programming repo:
https://github.com/marvalarva2929/Competitive_Programming. I already have a bunch of stuff on here, but if you want me to make a completely new one, that's fine. I suppose the only relevant folders on there for you are "USACO", "USACO Practice Problems", and "Codeforces".
I'm confident I can do about 3 problems a day. During the height of USACO Season (December — January) I sometimes solved more than that but I eventually dropped after USACO Season ended. I've been planning to start practicing again and I'll post all new solutions to problems in the repo above (or a new one, if you'd like).
Edit: New repository https://github.com/marvalarva2929/CPTutoring
Hello! Thanks for putting forth this offer.
I am currently a freshman in USACO Gold (since 2022 Feb) and scored 400 in this years December Contest, < 300 in Jan + Feb, and 350 in the US Open. I don't have a github repository for CP, but I keep a log of what problems I did and what I learned from them on this google sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16KOU5x9wv47tE_sNLOaSsekojpyBj6CKPr7q9k3L49I/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks and hope you select me! As you can see from the sheet, I practice 3-4 problems a day already.