I did pretty well on Olympiad stuff but never had a teacher before college who really cared about it at all. So, your mileage may vary. What country are you fr

I did pretty well on Olympiad stuff but never had a teacher before college who really cared about it at all. So, your mileage may vary. What country are you from? These behaviors are very different in different places - if you are from Romania then culturally people will care a lot more than in the US.