http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/31/national-spelling-bee-winner-2012-snigdha-nandipati_n_1561120.html

In the run-up to the bee, Nandipanti studied 6 to 10 hours a day on weekdays and 10-12 hours on weekends – a regimen that she'll need to maintain to get through medical school, her father said. "She says this is harder than being a neurosurgeon – maybe," said her mother, Madhavi.