Case Studies
directly from happy and successful Students
Jay Fu
usaco silver to usaco platinum (advanced 2 division) in 7 weeks!
perfect score of 1000 in silver!
Chancharik Mitra
perfect score of 1000 in silver!
Completed usaco silver in 4 weeks!
Update: Chancharik is now studying computer science in UC Berkley EECS department!
Ishaan Singh
Completed usaco silver in 5 weeks!
… before entering 9th grade!
Sahil Kuchlous
USACO Platinum
Jackie Wen
USACO gold
Yash Vij
USACO bronze to usaco silver
Anish Rajeev
USACO silver
Students sign up with VPlanet Coding for these 2 things:
be EFFICIENT with your time
Every hour you spend will be getting you closer to your goal division, instead of being spent trying different strategies and reinventing the wheel.
If you can’t solve a problem on your own, reading the solution and implementing it will not lead to much improvement. To get the most out of every problem, you need to figure out how you should have approached the problem in order to get to the next step of the solution on your own, because this knowledge will be helpful for solving a brand new problem in a contest.
It is also imperative that you don’t work on too easy or too hard problems as you don’t learn much from those. Working on problems that are just slightly above your level is where you will get the most improvement.
Study using a proven system to ensure that you don’t waste your time.
Reasonable advancement times
Here is how fast you should be advancing:
Bronze —> 1-3 months —> Silver
Silver —> 1-3 months —> Gold
Gold —> 1-3 months —> Platinum
Platinum —> 5-6 months (but depends on what grade you are in) —> Camp
The large range of time (1-3 months) comes from how much time a student dedicates to USACO. During summer, it should take 1-2 months while during the school year it may take upto 3 months.
Any USACO Silver contestant that prepares the right way should be ready to make USACO Camp in under one year.
Who is behind VPlanet Coding?
Riya Arora
- Founder and CEO of VPlanet
- MIT Class of 2023, Computer Science Major
- USACO Finalist 2017, 2018, 2019
- USACO Camp Coach 2020, 2021, 2022
- MIT Zero Robotics International Space Station Finals 2016 (code was run on the International Space Station)
- Coached over 200 students for USACO
Ready to get started? Schedule a call here!
Schedule a free call with a member of our team right now and we’ll see if we can help you reach your goal USACO division.
If none of the times work, email support@vplanetcoding.com and we’ll schedule a time that works for both you and us.
Both the student and the parent should attend this call. We will immediately end the call if there is no parent.
Number of openings for applications:
We are only taking students at the USACO Platinum level with a goal to be a USACO finalist (either EGOI finalist or IOI finalist).