National Science Bowl

simfish
Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:59:12 +0000

People win fantastic awards from doing this competition, sponsored by a branch of the US government. But I’ve just looked at the questions: they’re pure memorization! The math questions are especially ridiculously easy (What’s 2+4i multiplied by 4+8i or something along the lines of that).

Still, do colleges regard this competition highly or shhould I spend my efforts more on actual problem-solving competitions, such as the olympiads?