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How to reach pupil?
By ___zerO, history, 10 months ago, In English

I want to become a pupil coder within the next 4 months. What if it's you? What steps should I follow to achieve this? I need your suggestions. any problem list for me ? Thank you in advance.❤

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Track Your Progress:

Use tools or websites to track your Codeforces rating and progress over time. This can help you see how far you've come and set new goals.

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    Can you name some tools/websites to track progress?? TIA

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      Codeforces Profile:

      Codeforces itself provides a profile page for each user where you can see your rating history, solved problems, and other statistics. You can access this information by visiting your Codeforces profile.

      Codeforces Rating History: Codeforces allows you to download your rating history in CSV format from your profile settings. You can then analyze this data using spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets to track your progress over time.

      Codeforces Visualizer: Codeforces Visualizer is a third-party website that offers a graphical representation of your Codeforces rating history. It can provide a more visually appealing and interactive way to track your progress.

      cfviz.net: cfviz.net is another third-party website that provides detailed visualization of your Codeforces rating history. It offers various charts and graphs to help you understand your performance better.

      Codeforces Contest Reminder Bot: You can use Telegram or Discord bots like "Codeforces Contest Reminder Bot" to receive notifications about upcoming contests and keep yourself updated on contest schedules.

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me too. however you can try div 4 , div3 a,b,c , div2 a,b . and so on.

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give virtual contests, it helps a lot. understand the topics that you are facing problem in, like binary search or dp and practice them.

4 months is enough to become expert, you'll reach pupil in no time

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    thank you ! i hope this will work for me !

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    It took you seven months to become pupil

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      Because I was not giving any virtual contests or practicing unsolved questions from contests. I became expert in last one month when I started doing this.

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    i think it is better to solve B problems or A problems where u think it is hard to u , while contest you need to think a lot on some problems u can't solve it or u don't know the topic i think this site is good : https://c2-ladders.com/

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virtual contests as much as you can, remember that practice makes perfect.

topics such as prefix/frequency/binary search/two pointers (speaking with these topics after being decent in stls ofc).

adhocs.

A-B in div2, A-B-C in div3, A-B-C-D in div4 with a decent time, and you will be pupil, gl!

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    thank you ! i hope this will work for me !

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One special advice to you. Stop wasting time by trying to hack other's solution. You've tried multiple times in hacking other's solution and successfully failed in each and everytime. So, Better focus on learning topics in that time. Best of Luck for your journey ahead.

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solve problems in the range 800-1200, and try solving them within time limit, it will help for sure

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    thank you ! i hope this will work for me !

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just solve problems with greedy/constructive algorithms/math/binary search tags to make suru you can solve these problems quickly and accurately. take virtual participation everyday, and try to solve the problems you didn't solve during the contest as much as possible after the contest.

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    thank you ! i hope this will work for me !

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just practice in train.usaco.org.I also trained there and reached specialist.(this is my alt acc).

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Honestly, pupil is not too hard. Just upsolve. I use mostafa sheet, have found it very helpful. Do some cses too to learn new concepts. If (and only if) you put in the hard work, you'll easily reach pupil in 4 months.

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    thank you ! i hope this will work for me !

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I would suggest you to do speed practice on problems <= 1200

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    thank you ! i hope this will work for me !

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Do rated contest

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    thank you ! i hope this will work for me !

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Be intrepid when it comes to solving arduous problems. The journey may seem interminable, but have faith in yourself. Don't fall in the trap of temerity once you gain momentum, keep solving tougher problems. Your problemset should replete of the color green, showcasing your problem solving ardor and your perseverance to not falter throughout the drudgery.

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    I can assure onething. One might not learn anything from ur comment but would definitely learn "How Little Vocabulary They Know"! Thanks a lot for ur Vocabulary Boasting!

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      I am GRE bhediya

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        What is the meaning of Bhediya?

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          Don't you see? We are all bhediyas in search of our TCS. Some puerile freshman is spending hours on inane problems hoping to get placed in his dream company, hoping that all this drudgery has some meaning to it. Whereas, an irate senior envies his friends getting more successful than him, yet he covets all the fame. In the end, he feels TCS is his only path to atonement, the same TCS which was looked down upon hitherto, detested to its core.

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            someone milking TCS lol!

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            Now, tell me what is TCS? P.S. I've successfully failed to understand what is Bhediya even after reading ur whole passage and googling to understand almost half a dozen of ur words. Please write it in short simple English so that I can understand the meaning of both TCS and Bhediya??

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              TCS is short for Tata Consultancy services. It is a service based based company in India which is known for their low pay for freshers. Some people in India use TCS as a way to mock people who are not from good colleges saying no matter how hard you try you won't get placed at google you will only be placed in TCS with a CTC of 3.5lpa. Bhediya is a hindi word which means wolf in English like how a wolf at night howls in search for prey we people keep looking for placements. Hope you understood:)

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                Thanks man <3. Finally understood everything.

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I couldn't help but notice we're both chasing that elusive Pupil badge.Let's turn this into a friendly competition – a Codeforces showdown!.Let's see who can reach Pupil status first and celebrate our progress together.Feel free to join in if you'd like to add a welcoming touch!

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Solve A&B fast in div.2 and practice Qs in Range of 1000-1400

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    thank you ! i hope this will work for me !

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ادهوك و ماث (اختباري)

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if only i knew how to reach pupil... i feel so depress

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Aim higher, there is no glory in reaching Pupil!

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    Yes there is it is like reaching grandmaster... its so hard

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Solving all 1200 and 1300 rated problems here got me to pupil. If necessary do 1400 problems after that.

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Learn basic maths and work on your implementation skills.

Avoid spending time on data structures except for arrays, stacks, and queues.

Keep giving contests whatever the case be.

Start solving 1200 to 1400

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Topics that you should know in my opinion:

  1. Binary search
  2. Two pointers
  3. Basics of dfs and bfs
  4. cumulative sum
  5. some base in math That's what i remember for now.

get good at greedy problems, a lot of the A and B questions are greedy. get comfortable solving problems until 1300 rating.

try from time to time to time yourself and see how many questions of difficulty range of 900-1200 can solve in a specific time frame.

Most importantly, try to learn something from every question you solve, maybe take notes of what you learned from that question, or what mistakes you made and how to not make them again in the future.

good luck!

Edit: Learn how to not get nervous during competition, when you are nervous you can't think properly, stay relaxed and sharp. This will come as you compete more.

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learn fft

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You can start with this from a https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XoBR-ElVDumheL2_G85QT9q5pO8yI_LOxCAqsEuBIlI/edit#gid=1160016643

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