lewelma Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 DS is going to Romania! We found out last night. Kind of expected, but still super cool!! And this year they are actually going to train in Romania. Hong Kong was too expensive, and Rio was unsafe, but Romania is apparently awesome. Hurray for no jet lag when taking a 9-hour, super-duper, hard exam! Ruth in NZ 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegs Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 How cool is that?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 He always tells people, "Oh, it's a great time minus the 9-hour incredibly competitive exam." 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Well done. Seems like only yesterday that it was the first time though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 He’s got this :). Let us know if he needs funding support again, ‘K? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 You are so sweet! He has raised $1600 out of 2k so far, so we are doing well. Do you know that NZ is the only country that doesn't fully fund its team? Definitely a language arts country! Well, there is a lot less pressure this year than last year. He is already into university, so the scores are just for him and not to put on an application. He is getting better just by getting older with all that math maturity people talk about, but he is focusing on math that is not actually on the IMO. Last year he really prepared for it by doing previous years IMOs, but this year he is just going to let the chips fall where they may. He has a reasonable chance at a silver, just depends on which type of problems are #2 and #5. If they are in his specialty, then he can show off his skills better than if they are #1 and #4 (the first and easiest problem of each day). Definitely, an element of luck like any competition. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black-eyed Suzan Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 How exciting for him!!! I've been to Romania several times. The landscape is beautiful (especially the mountains) and I found the people very friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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