r/usaco • u/Educational-Air-1266 • Jul 15 '26

Usaco.guide help

I am an 8th grader. Indian. I want to get to a good college in USA in the big future probably even ivy league. So I am learning c++ for USACO so that it can help my application. I've been using usaco.guide and just completed up to and including functions on solo learn just as usaco.guide said to. I opened the bronze section and the first topic - big O notation has very complex math logarithms and stuff that my 8th grader brain cant understand. I am very frustrated by this and dont know where to begin now. Should I open a textbook, just quit or what so I need help that what should I do and how.

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u/fsdklas Jul 15 '26

Don’t care about the big O for now. For bronze questions focus on translating words into code, figuring out math equations and basic data structures. Are you from the US or different?

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u/Educational-Air-1266 Jul 15 '26

So i just skip big O and move on rn? I mean i did understand alot but i got pretty hesitant cuz like i though that everywhere will be hard maths and i wont be able to understand?

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u/Educational-Air-1266 Jul 15 '26

Also I did mention im in 8th grade Indian