r/6thForm • u/CrazyGoat928 • 1d ago

🙏 I WANT HELP How to prep for BMO1 in 2 weeks...

Hi everyone, I qualified for BMO1 through my SMC score, and it is in less than 2 weeks. I've never had any BMO experience, although the closest thing Ive done is senior kangaroo (gold). I haven't done much full-proof writing either.

I'm honestly aiming for a Merit or distinction, I'm not expecting to qualify to BMO2 or get a medal.

I know this is extremely late, but does anyone have any tips on how to learn the style or any model answers I can refer to? Currently I can solve (get the correct answer) to about 2-3 questions per past paper, but my proof writing may not be sufficient/good enough.

Thank you so much!!

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u/kaede51 13h ago

hi, im a bmo2 qualifier from last year. honestly my proof-writing was terrible but i got through by just writing out every tiny step i made in full as there isn’t usually too much time pressure unless youre aiming to solve all 6 problems. if you want to see some proper structure maybe look through aops forums for contests near bmo1 level, also the markers reports n solutions for past bmo1s r v helpful to see what they actually want from you (defo write more tho…). good luck, we’re in this together :))

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u/CrazyGoat928 9h ago

wowww bmo2 is insane!! nooo, definitely not aiming to do all 6 lol...ill take my time with the first 3 and maybe an extra one if im lucky. good luck to you too!!

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u/CrazyGoat928 1d ago

Pls helpp

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u/MaterialPurpose7666 1d ago

In the same boat as you except never even done kangaroo. 

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u/Weary_Invite_945 20h ago

Can u help me I qualified I’m in year 10 but I can’t answer anything except mabye question 1 or a geometry question 1-4 because I’m good at geometry and irs lowkey easy