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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If grade inflation is happening at elite colleges or Ivy League schools, as reported by the New York Times and other outlets, how do on-campus recruiters distinguish between applicants? I’ve also heard that some hedge funds and investment banks actually ask for or look at applicants’ prior math-competition results (such as USAMO or AIME). This was mentioned in the Chinese social media—is that actually true?[/quote]
USAMO gets you in the door.  Colleges are not important, they recruit USAMO qualifiers even from state flagships.  Jane Street, Citadel, DE Shaw, all doing this.[/quote]

That's good to know. I also heard that recruiters also look at high schools to access background because college grade inflation, is that true?[/quote]

No, high school doesn't matter because most kids, even brilliant ones, have absolutely zero control over where they want to high school.

I guess maybe if you graduated as Valedictorian of Stuy or TJHSST you might get a second look, but even among smart kids, that type of background would be rare.[/quote]

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