4 ms·
I think MIT has been specifically trying to recruit IMO winners - if you look at the Putnam winners recently MIT has been dominating. This wasn't the case until
by lacker 2y ago
I think MIT has been specifically trying to recruit IMO winners - if you look at the Putnam winners recently MIT has been dominating. This wasn't the case until the past few years though.
For example see:
https://news.mit.edu/2024/four-peat-mit-students-first-place-putnam-math-competition-0301 https://news.mit.edu/2024/four-peat-mit-students-first-place...
- nb_quant 2y agoIt seemed like things began to change in the early nineties. I'm trying to track down who in the admissions office instigated it. I don't suppose you know?
- singhrac 2y agoAt least when I was involved with math contests (early 2010s) it was more that there were a lot of ex-campers at MIT/Harvard, and that did a lot to convince me. Po Shen did a lot to recruit students directly to CMU, but I'm not sure there was a similar direct line at MIT.
- daveed 2y agoThe recent MIT period of dominance correlates very well with professor who is coaching the team there.