<p>I was going to say something nice about the Putnam, but then I saw the above post ^ and I just wanted to say: why on earth would you assume jomjom is Harvard? The kid’s profile doesn’t indicate it, and his/her posts support the idea that he/she is just a ■■■■■ or a high schooler who really hopes to get into Harvard (but who probably wouldn’t if his/her posts accurately reflect his/her opinions). You say “socially crippled,” I say: pot and kettle.</p>
<p>Anyways, Putnam is a great honor, so kudos. What are the individual finishes for the competition? And I’m a newb to math stuff, so are the teams chosen ahead of time before the competition and not based off of which individuals have the highest scores? Because I think I saw the results for one year where the top individual scores were all from Caltech yet Caltech didn’t place in the top 3 teams. I’m also somewhat surprised Caltech and MIT don’t perform better than they already do (and they already perform quite well) since they’re Tech schools.</p>