> It's a form of "achievement laundering". For sure [1]. But it is actually pretty easy to distinguish these groups of people. Was the person on the Putnam t

> It's a form of "achievement laundering". For sure [1]. But it is actually pretty easy to distinguish these groups of people. Was the person on the Putnam team? Did the person take Math 55 (or Honors Analysis at Chicago)? You could argue that these are noisy signals because people from unprivileged backgrounds have to do some catching up before they can crush a Math 55. [1] https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/09/david-e-shaw-college-donations.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/09/david-e-shaw-college...