Does anyone here know anyone who has been to the International Maths Olympiad finals (or even the national levels in any country) ? Just curious - at what age they started studying for it , how difficult it was, and the general experience.
Why are you asking this? Just curious
My nephew who is 8 years old is comfortable with the Maths books for 5th/6th grade. Exploring whether this might be a good thing to aim for him
My cousin won 3 international math Olympiads, 3 international astronomical Olympiads and 2 physics Olympiads. He started preparing when he was in 6th or 7th grade
đ was he/she in US when this happened ?
No. He's Indian. He was in India. His dad who's pretty smart helped him prepare. He'd go to math, physics and astronomy Olympiads every year between 8th and 12th grades. Why are you asking about Olympiads
I started officially preparing in the 7th grade, but started competing in the 2nd. My dad has been giving me riddles and brain teasers since I could talk. Are you trying to come up with a parenting strategy?
Started competing in the 2nd grade ?? Guess you meant 8th/9th My nephew not my kid
I started competing on the regional level in the 2nd grade, had my first nationals in the 7th grade and qualified for the IMO for the first time in the 10th grade. Did Putnam in college once. Never won anything beyond the national level.
7-8th grade
I got through regional mathematics Olympiad several times, but couldn't get through the national. They need a strong hold of mathematics (general problem solving skills, brain teasers would help) and dedicated prep (Olympiad books). The concepts you have to apply during the exam may be a few grades higher than your current grade, but more important than that is to bring together different pieces of concepts you have studied across years and have a very strong hold on them. Also, I am not sure if the grading has changed since then but when I was a kid, they would concentrate a lot on step-by-step solving the problem, so thought process is as important as getting the right answer.
Made USAMO, USACO Platinum
Prep for IOI instead of IMO, it helps more with employment. :)
Whatâs IOI ?
The equivalent of IMO for computer science. Computer science > Math.
Leetmath
Kids start preparing around 2nd grade and by the time they reach grade 5/6 you get a good idea to stop or go further.
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I went for regionals. didn't clear for nationals(India). They need proper preperarion. when I went I was able to solve only 1 out of 7 questions!! but over the years I Realized if I would have prepared I could have solved more.
At what age did you go to the regionals ? Did you try again ? (I guess you can keep trying until 14 or so I believe)
I think I was 14 or 15 when i gave it. I used to live in a non metro, and school teachers had no idea about this. so basically no mentoring. if someone is interested they need to prepare and properly mentored.