<p>The 3 students making up a school’s team are selected prior to the test, so they aren’t necessarily the top 3 scores for a school. Although no Princeton students were named Putnam Fellows this year, 3 of the next 11 were from Princeton.<br>
The following links give the lists of the top students:
[2008</a> Putnam Competition Results](<a href=“http://www.unl.edu/amc/a-activities/a7-problems/putnam/-html/putnam2008results.html]2008”>http://www.unl.edu/amc/a-activities/a7-problems/putnam/-html/putnam2008results.html)
The scores associated with each rank:
[2008</a> Putnam Competition Statistics](<a href=“http://www.unl.edu/amc/a-activities/a7-problems/putnam/-html/putnam2008stats.html]2008”>http://www.unl.edu/amc/a-activities/a7-problems/putnam/-html/putnam2008stats.html)
and a discussion with additional results:
[Art</a> of Problem Solving Forum](<a href=“http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=266342&sid=64ba3231e303c4ae27998ddf045a0029]Art”>http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=266342&sid=64ba3231e303c4ae27998ddf045a0029)
The discussion points out that over 47% of those taking the test scored zero, which makes the top scores even more impressive.</p>