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Which UK Year Group Are You In? A Grade-to-Year Conversion Table and How Many UKMT Seasons You Have Left
Chinese Grade 11 is not UK Year 11. A conversion table for Chinese, US, IB and A-Level year labels, plus a count of how many autumn UKMT seasons you have left. Read article
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Year 12 or Year 13? Choosing Which Year to Make Your Real BMO1 Attempt
BMO1 falls on 18 November 2026, after several application deadlines have closed. Why the Year 12 sitting usually carries more weight than the Year 13 one, and how to plan both. Read article
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What Your IB HL, A-Level or AP Maths Course Does Not Teach You Before BMO1 (2026-27)
Top grades in IB HL, A-Level Further Maths or AP Calculus do not transfer straight to BMO1. A map of what carries over, what does not, and what no school course teaches. Read article
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Your BMO 2026-2027 Prep Roadmap: 14 Weeks from Summer to BMO Round 1
A week-by-week summer-to-autumn BMO prep plan for China-based international students, mapping the run from SMC in October to BMO Round 1 in November. Read article
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BMO vs China’s National Olympiad Track: Gaolian, CMO and the British Route Compared for International-School Students (2026)
How the BMO compares with China’s Gaolian-CMO ladder: access from international schools, exam style, awards and which route fits your profile in 2026. Read article
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The UKMT Mentoring Schemes Explained: What They Are, Why China-Based Students Often Can’t Join, and How to Replicate Them (2026)
UKMT runs nine free mentoring schemes toward olympiad problem-solving, but access is nomination-only through UK-registered schools. Here is how they work and how to build the same rhythm from China. Read article
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BMO1 vs BMO2: What Really Changes Between Six Questions and Four Problems (2026)
BMO1 and BMO2 run the same 3.5 hours, but the jump from six questions to four problems changes what the paper rewards. A head-to-head for international students. Read article
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How Your SMC Score Gets You Into BMO1: The Invitation Gateway, Discretionary Entry and What It Means from China (2026)
Nobody sits BMO1 by signing up. Here is how the SMC qualifying score and discretionary entry actually decide who is invited, and what that means for China-based students. Read article
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Beyond BMO2: The IMO Selection Funnel, Trinity Training Camps, and Why Reaching Round 2 Is the Real Admissions Signal (2026)
What happens after BMO2: the narrowing funnel toward the UK IMO team of six, and why reaching Round 2 already carries the admissions weight that matters. Read article
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Reading Your BMO1 Score Out of 60: What the Marks Mean, Where the Prize Line Sits, and How to Set a Realistic Target (2026)
BMO1 is marked out of 60. Here is how to read your score, where prizes and BMO2 invitations sit, and how to set an honest first-year target. Read article