• Re: International Physics Olympiad :-)

    From _@21:1/5 to physfitfreak@gmail.com on Sun Jun 16 16:50:13 2024
    On Sat, 15 Jun 2024 21:44:29 -0500, Physfitfreak
    <physfitfreak@gmail.com> wrote:



    This year's competition will be held in Esfahan in about 5 weeks and
    ends after 1 week. I think Iran's team for this year has already been
    formed cause the leader had a meeting with them today.

    Scores and winners will be announced sometime after the olympic is
    concluded, and medals are given for "per country" and per person.

    For about 20 years, if I remember it correctly, China has won almost
    every gold. Even the American team is often made of Chinese students.

    The competition is held between late high school age students, not
    university age students.

    For Iranians, the yearly university entrance exams is somewhat
    equivalent to these olympiads competitions (there are olympiads for
    math, computer science, and other fields also).

    The two exams have their own interesting features, and both are fun to
    look into. The Iranians university entrance exams are tougher than the >olympiad questions, but competition is only with other Iranians of age
    18 or very close to 18. While, for the Olympiad exams, questions may be
    a tiny bit simpler, but the competition is with the whole world! So the
    top ones in both exams, will sure shine!...

    So I can't wait to see the results of this year's olympiad. The Iranian >university entrance exams have already been carried out, but the results >aren't out yet. The presidential helicopter crash postponed it a bit.

    It would be pretty boring to again see Chinese got all the golds (and if
    say two Americans got gold their names are Chinese names), so that's not
    what I'm waiting for. What interest me are those exceptions, and
    generally those individuals or teams that get very close to Chinese team
    and individuals, because it really doesn't matter that much if you get
    Gold or get Silver or Bronze over there at the top, if the competition
    was against what the whole world had offered. Just being there among
    those few top ones already says a great deal about them.


    Hi is there an age limit?any person can compete?can you provide a
    link?can a person compete from home?

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  • From bertietaylor@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 19 00:02:50 2024
    Clowns and jugglers, etc.

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