***Official Harvard University 2015 Decisions Thread***

IndianaHick
Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:32:56 +0000

I think the activities are mostly spot on but the rankings seems to be embellished. This cousin may be Neil Gurram. I did some quick stalking (don’t hate) and here is what I found:

Gurram placed 3rd in the Mandelbrot Competition in 2009-2010 ([The Mandelbrot Competition](http://web.mandelbrot.org/dynamic/standings/?league=national&group=individual&year=2009))

Gurram’s school “Detroit County Day” won the soccer championship in their division in 09. I’m not sure if he was captain at that time, however as he would have been a sophomore. ([Boys’ Rankings](http://www.mihisoccer.org/boysrankings.htm)) You have to scroll down quite a lot…till it says “2009 Boys’ Rankings - Final Rankings” and look at Division 3.

Gurram placed 9th in the HMMT’s Calculus Division in Feb. 2010. ([HMMT: Archive](http://web.mit.edu/hmmt/www/datafiles/results/2010.shtml))

Gurram also participated in ARML AND qualified to USAMO(look at page 20: http://www.michmaa.org/newsletters/37_1%20Fall%202010%20Newsletter.pdf)

OR all of this ^^ evidence is simply coincidence. But some of the numbers on these competitions don’t match up with what Shaggy said.