by shrig94 » Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:14 pm
Programs help you get your score up quickly from about 180-200s to maybe 230. (they allow you to do more problems and be more accurate).
But programs do not win you state or get you in the 280+ region. For that, you must know the material, study the test, or do a lot of math.
I don't really practice UIL material as much as most who are serious competitors, but I can get decent scores, right under 300, probably over 300 on any test prior to region now, because I do a lot of other math (AMC, AIME, USAMO) which help boost my recognition speed on problems that are new or different. What helped me not drop 50 to 100 points like most everyone else in 3A between district and region is that recognition speed and just looking at the past few UIL math tests and working them the day before.
NS-355
M-348
CA-274
S-136
CS-160
Shri, AAA, Hirschi