<p>Artofproblemsolving has most of the info. in its board on the Putnam in the ‘College’ section. Usually, people get 2x’s their USAMO scores if they qualify or their AIME scores in the other cases. The Putnam is also graded a bit more stringently.</p>
<p>Our team was actually optimized this year. We probably wouldn’t have placed above 10 otherwise. But our math department is still pretty good, and our students are pretty sharp:). I’d like to think that the faculty is probably a little better, comparatively, than the student body in UC, but that’s speculation. </p>
<p>And finally, Putnam math isn’t exactly research math.</p>
<p>But we still have bragging rights for future yrs, and really, isn’t that the only thing that matters?</p>