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I represented UT Austin twice for the world finals. I was really blown away by the amount of practice the Eastern European and Chinese students had (biweekly in
by pathikrit 13y ago
I represented UT Austin twice for the world finals. I was really blown away by the amount of practice the Eastern European and Chinese students had (biweekly intra/inter school contests and regular coaching/TopCoder sessions). Even most top American schools (Stanford, CMU) had Asian grad students (they allow 1st year grad students in ICPC) and even those schools did not manage a top 10 ranking.