Chandmani Adiya Achieved Top 3 in Korea at Harvard Crimson Global Quiz Bowl

The Harvard Crimson Global Quiz Bowl is an online competition held by AlgoEd for middle and high school students, with subjects like math, science, economics, and history. In the first round, each student takes a timed online test by themselves, and a team’s score is based on the team’s top two test results. Teams can be created with 2-5 students from the same school, and the best teams move onto the next rounds, which takes place live through Zoom. In this round, questions come quickly and students have to think fast. Students can pick any subject they are confident with to participate in the competition and prepare by the practice test they provide. Questions mostly consist of multiple questions and short answer questions.

The Computer Science category tests coding, data, and how computers and the internet work. They are tested at a level for middle and high school level. This event is a very global competition with about 2,000 participants from 35+ countries and 300+ schools! The competition awards the top three teams and people in each country, and Honors and Merit awards for scores that passed the cutline.

In this worldwide competition, Chandmani Adiya from 11th grade won the Top 3 Individual Award in the country for the Computer Science category! This means he achieved the highest individual score in South Korea.

Here is an interview with Chandmani Adiya to share his experience and some tips for future competitors.

Q. How did you first hear about the Harvard Crimson Global Quiz Bowl, and what motivated you join the competition?

The Ms.Grace gave me information about the Harvard Crimson Global Quiz Bowl, so I participated in the competition.

Q. Why did you choose the computer science category?

I chose computer science category because I was the most confident.

Q. How did you prepare for the competition?

I just watching some coding youtube, and reviewing mock test that official website gave it.

Q. What are some tips you can give for students who would be interested in participating these quiz bowls?

The hardest part was history of coding, so just prepare it.

Q. Did this competition make you more interested in computer science or were you able to learn something new?

This competition make me more interested in computer science and make me confident.