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Why Jane Street

I went to JaneStreet Insight programme and realized that the vibe and atmosphere at Janestreet is what I was aiming for. Also, Janestreet have some of the smartest people in the world, whom I try to work with and study from.

So this blogpost will be a document of how I try to go to janestreet.

Daily Logs

Oct 2025.

10.20
    Mental Math: 19+34+35+34 - 10min
    Guestimathon: read up to page 7 - 20 min
    Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability: 1-6 - 73 min

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10.21
    Mental Math: 42+37+45+36 - 10min
    Guestimathon: read up to page 29 - 15 min

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10.22
    Mental Math: 33+34+37+36 - 10min
    Guestimathon: read up to page 45 - 15 min

10.25
    Mental Math: 33+43+42+44 - 10min
    Guestimathon: read up to page 53 - 18 min
    Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability: 7-9

1 2	10.27 Mental Math: 51+46+44+44 - 10min

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10.28
    Mental Math: 39+46+31+48 - 10min
    Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability: 10-15

10.29
    Mental Math: 39+55+59+49 - 10min
    Guestimathon: read up to page 62 - 18 min
    Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability: 16-21

1 2	10.31 Mental Math: 45+34+32+40 - 10min

11.2
    Mental Math: 34+46+47+44 - 10min
    Guestimathon: read up to page 77 - 15 min
    Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability: 22 - 60min

11.3
    Mental Math: 45+41+35+41 - 10min
    Guestimathon: read up to page 83 - 15 min
    Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability: 23 - 90min

11.4
    Mental Math: 47+46+45+46 - 10min
    Guestimathon: read up to page 91 - 13 min
    Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability: 24-29 - 100min

11.8
    Mental Math: 48+49+42+45 - 10min
    Guestimathon: read up to page 100 - 19 min
    Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability: 30-33- 75min

11.9

1 2	Mental Math: 56+48+51+48 - 10min Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability: 34-35- 70min

11.13

1	Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability: 36-37- 30min

11.14

1 2	Mental Math: 51+44+45+47 - 10min Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability: 38-43 - 170min

11.16

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Mental Math: 48+46+42+45 - 10min
Guestimathon: read up to page 107 - 15 min
Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability: 44-46 - 170min

11.26

1 2	Mental Math: 41+42+46+44 - 10min Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability: 47 - 50min

11.27

1 2	Mental Math: 57+52+48+47 - 10min Guestimathon: read up to page 116 - 12 min

11.28

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Mental Math: 52+47+49+55 - 10min
Guestimathon: read up to page 123 - 16 min
Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability: 47 - 90min