Importance of USAMO?

Anarch
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:20:25 +0000

ok here is what I am going to do, Anarch, tell this guy to post his stats on here and then let me look at it, and then I will predict whether he will make it or not.
If I am wrong on any accounts, I’ll pay you 50 bucks, through Paypal (i hope you have an account); If you are wrong, you pay me.
Sound good to you,? because honestly you all seem pretty confident, someone needs to take the fall

I’m no betting man.

I don’t know this fellow all that well, but his accomplishments also include a 2400 SAT, finalist or something in the Intel Science Fair, perfect GPA (I think salutatorian), mass community service, won every state math competition he’s been in save for one, near-perfect USAMTS scores all four years of high school, some other more minor accomplishments in science competitions and such. Obviously, recommendations and essays are no problem for him. That said, outside of these uber-strong academic talents, he’s neither an athlete, a dramatist, nor a musician. But honestly, with his sort of stats, does that really matter?