Importance of USAMO?

ana_ivanovic
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:40:57 +0000

know a kid who made usapho (not even the international one), got some c’s in school, didn’t have that great ec’s, etc., and is now at mit…and another one of the similar story at princeton

hooray!



Yeah, so there’s this one kid that goes to a nearby school. MOP in freshman, sophomore, and junior years, and I think he made USAMO in 8th grade. Probably going to be on the IMO team this year. I defy you to tell me that kid isn’t going to college anywhere he wants (at least any college of the techie sort).

EDIT: Oh, he also got a perfect AIME last year (his junior year). and missed one question on the AMC12. It’s maddening, I tell you.

holy cow ■■■■ that’s amazing. he’ll almost definitely get into every school he’s going to apply to…:O