International competition

MinJaBenji
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:22:20 +0000

lol Unfortunately, International Competitions are nothing like real research.

Many people who are incredibly good at competing at the international level- fall short when actually having to design and carry out their own research in the lab.

Tenacity, creativity, and luck are incredibly hard things to test for.

Mind you, I’m not knocking international competitions. People who compete and do well are fantastically brilliant. But there are also many many bright people who can succeed and do well who have no competed in these international competitions. also, people who did well at these international competitions have no guarantee of doing well in college, though they do certainly have a leg up.

Ahh well. It all gets equalized at the end. The work is never ending- so pace yourselves.