Incoming links: Knowledge olympiads are stupid
Knowledge olympiad Created 2024-07-12 Updated 2026-01-30
E.g. International Mathematical Olympiad, International Physics Olympiad, competitive programming, etc.
The most triggering thing possible is when programming competitions don't release their benchmarks as open source software afterwards: at least like that they might help someone to solve their real world problems. Maybe.
Some irrelevant people highlight that knowledge Olympiads can have good effects, because they are "an opportunity to meet university teachers and their research organizations". Ciro's argument is just that there are much more efficient ways to achieve those goals.
As an alternative way to get into university, this is not 100% horrible however, e.g. the University of São Paulo accepted students from olympiads in 2019 and then again 2023: jornal.usp.br/institucional/usp-oferece-200-vagas-em-mais-de-100-cursos-de-graduacao-para-alunos-participantes-de-olimpiadas-do-conhecimento/?a
Resources to study for knowledge olympiads:
- savchenkosolutions.com contains collaboratively created solutions to the Savchenko Problems in Physics. It appears to be a frontend for: github.com/savchenko-physics/savchenko-solutions. Closed license, kind of sad.