The uninvited outstanding winner of Question B of the 20 14 American Games, whose thesis was also selected in the official magazine UMAP Daily.
I also participated in the 20 13 American tournament, and my score was Meritorius, so I know the difference between Meritorius' experience and excellent experience. This is just a comparison.
20 13 years, I am a sophomore. When the results of the American competition came out, I checked the merits and found it quite good. I won the first prize. As a result, I asked my classmates who participated in the competition around me, and they all won the first prize ... There were 20 teams in our school that year, of which 13 was the first prize. So the sense of accomplishment is gradually weakened, and I feel that I am only the average level of the school team, and there is nothing to be proud of.
20 14 years, I am a junior. I didn't plan to participate originally for two reasons: the time of the beauty pageant was particularly bad, and it was very close to the Spring Festival. It's too wronged to go to school to play in the first few years of the lunar new year; I have done meritorious service and don't expect a breakthrough. But @ Li Jingling, the goddess of the next class, has never participated in the mathematical modeling competition, and said that she really wants to experience it. I hope I can take her to the competition. I couldn't resist the temptation to team up with the goddess and agreed. We found another schoolmate @ Ding in the same grade to form a new team to participate in the competition. Our team is relatively immature, both of them are novices in mathematical model, and I haven't touched the mathematical model competition for a year; During the period of 65438+February, I felt that our team was going to play soy sauce, but I didn't expect any good results. We did two mock matches before the game, and suddenly found that our team's fighting capacity was considerable and the team atmosphere was very good. The two simulation games are simple and interesting. In the process of the final, my personality broke out and I got an excellent grade. At the same time, we also won a single award, the Frank Giordano Award, and the paper was finally selected as the only paper on topic B in the official magazine.
To get an excellent experience, first of all, the sense of accomplishment is definitely far beyond the merits. After my meritorious service, I added a line to my resume, and my life has not changed substantially. After outstanding, he went to the homepage of the department, the homepage of the college and the homepage of the school, which made him famous. Various organizations, such as the Mathematical Model Association, also invited me to give lectures on mathematical models. Some mathematical modeling will invite our team to give a report; Some institutions also invited me to write a book; Within one month after winning the prize, QQ was basically exploded ... All in all, all this gave me the illusion of a diaosi counterattack.
Maybe this is the whole experience. But I feel that many people overestimate the role of Excellence. Although it made me famous in the circle of mathematical modeling competition, it may not be so useful for practical study, work and application. Later, in May, I got an internship offer from Alibaba, and in September, my professor of magnetism also gave me an oral offer. But looking back at its process, it is not the role of awards; Neither Ali's interview nor the professor's interview with me knew what the mathematical modeling contest was for. Although they asked me about the award in the interview, they didn't show much interest. I feel that I passed the interview more because of other qualities than this award.
Similarly, because the proportion of outstanding winners is too low, many mathematical model players may myth the strength of outstanding winners, thinking that the winners of this award are all learning gods and have accumulated a lot. In fact, according to my personal experience, mathematical modeling is not a competition that depends entirely on strength, but it is still influenced by luck and inspiration. I feel that our team this year is not stronger than mine 13, and even obviously weaker in the strength of mathematical modeling competition. Two of my teammates 13 are the first prize in the national competition, and my teammates 14 are newcomers; And I haven't made any progress in digital and analog for a year.
So what's the difference between Excellence and meritorious service? I think for us, it may be details and inspiration. Of course, it does not rule out the existence of O-prize winners who are stronger than others. For example, Tsinghua scholar Han Yanjuan, the winner of this year's ICM Prize, is very popular recently. I believe that his skills in mathematics and mathematical modeling have completely exploded in my street, that's for sure.
But you don't have to go to this state to stand out. I think a team with meritorious service will be outstanding if it meets its own inspirational topic and does better in details. Good luck to the students who will take part in next year's beauty contest!
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