Advice for Physics Olympiads

[untilthecern]

Hi, I'm a high school student and I want to get accept to Oxford University, so I need a strong self-history for UCAS motivational letter, and I think the Olympiads must be the correct door for it. Could you guys give me some advice for physics Olympiads? What topics or lectures should I go deeper? What strategies should I follow when solving an Olympiad question?

(Note: I have almost 2 years to work on it)

 

[GlitchedGluon]

I don't know about getting into Oxford, but for the Physics Olympiad the best strategy is probably to solve a lot of problems from previous years.

 

[MidgetDwarf]

I know that students who partake in the physics olympiads have gone through Irodov.

Maybe even Kleppner and Kolenkow as well.

 

[GlitchedGluon]

You may also be interested in checking out Kevin Zhou's webpage: https://knzhou.github.io/
He has coached the US Physics Team for some years. There is a good deal of useful material in there, including advice.