Are T20s turning into prodigy schools

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With such competition it seems like Top schools are turning into schools like TJHSST.

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Pretty certain you don’t have to be a prodigy to attend TJ. You do have to be some combination of smart/dedicated.

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You also don’t have to be a prodigy for t20 colleges. But most are smart AND dedicated.

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I feel like MIT and Stanford are 3/4 filled with Oly and National Science fair winners

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Top schools have always been the home for top students. Pretty much by definition.

They aren’t. Given the number of admitted students (~2700 combined) and the number of Olympiad/National Science Fair winners (maybe a couple hundred including all competitions and all award levels) and the dozen other schools competing for the same students, maybe 3-5%.

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oh… well there are like 100s of USACO plats alone

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My son got in and I don’t think he’s won either. Think he won a math competition for his school??

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Depends on what you consider “winners”. This appears to be the number of competitors.

USAMO has 300 qualifiers but only 12 winners and 12 honorable mention.