NYU team coach here writing from Russia. :) Indeed, most of the top competitors have been practicing since high school. We were lucky to assemble a team that h

NYU team coach here writing from Russia. :) Indeed, most of the top competitors have been practicing since high school. We were lucky to assemble a team that has been training well before. MIT's team consists of freshmen who are still in good training since their national high school math olympiad trainings from their respective countries.