Also the note about incentives being larger in North Korea also applies to much of eastern Europa to a lesser degree, where qualifying for imo is seemingly enough to get access to any university
I think that’s the case anywhere; qualifying for IMO is a pretty big deal.
At least the big Brittish schools this doesn’t clearly hold based on the experience of people i know. Granted the evidence i have is consistent with them only caring about silver or better.
Also my impression for the Russian schools was that not speaking Russian was a problem they were happy to work around (which certainly isn’t true everywhere)
I think that’s the case anywhere; qualifying for IMO is a pretty big deal.
At least the big Brittish schools this doesn’t clearly hold based on the experience of people i know. Granted the evidence i have is consistent with them only caring about silver or better.
Also my impression for the Russian schools was that not speaking Russian was a problem they were happy to work around (which certainly isn’t true everywhere)