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Re:Standings in 38th Annual World Finals of the ACM Internat... by gleenn on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @02:21AM (#7942532)
Seriously, having competed in only 1 regional ICPC myself, I was blown away at the level of knowledge of some of the students. Some kids were coming in from high school with serious programming skills. Makes me sad when I go back to work now and never get to use any of these interesting algorithms.
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Re:Standings in 38th Annual World Finals of the ACM Internat... by boxysean on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @02:45AM (#7942600)
NYU team coach here writing from Russia. :)

Indeed, most of the top competitors have been practicing since high school. We were lucky to assemble a team that has been training well before.

MIT's team consists of freshmen who are still in good training since their national high school math olympiad trainings from their respective countries.

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Re:Standings in 38th Annual World Finals of the ACM Internat... by itsnotvalid on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @03:40AM (#7942687)
What puzzled me is that training for high schools varies so much that not all students interested was given some basic help.
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