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High school contest skills have minimal direct impact on grades in university math courses, as the specific tricks learned in contests do not translate well to university-level material. Instead, the problem-solving skills developed through contest preparation are valuable and beneficial for tackling complex concepts in university math, such as topology proofs. Ultimately, success in university courses relies more on understanding the material through textbooks and coursework rather than relying on contest strategies.
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How much does high school contest skill improve your grades in university math courses? Currently I find that all the contest tricks that I've learned play almost no role in my university courses, and studying my textbooks is all that matters now. Any clever thinking I had for those contests is just not helping me much in my topology proofs, for example, at least not directly.
 
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It sounds like you've answered your own question.
 
That's my opinion only.
 
The tricks themselves don't really help, however the problem solving skills learned helps tremendously.
 

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