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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Colleges look for future leaders, that concept is vastly different from Olympiad winners.  Olympia competition is limited to math, physics, chemistry, biology, information science.  Limiting seats to Olympia winners is an extremely weird idea.  The majority of math Olympia winners end up at Jane Street and Citadel.  Do we want that for our society as a whole? Naw.

I think, if anything, we should exclude these Olympia people from the top colleges.  They are free to attend state universities and such.  [/quote]

Yeah, if you’re a camper in high school, JS or Citadel will take you no matter which colleges you attend.  [/quote] I thought we didn't want these kids going to JS and Citadel? So why put them in an environment where it's their only realistic exit? At least at a top university they'll be able to do a PhD and academically challenge themselves if they wish. Many state schools, on the other hand, do not allow skipping prerequisites and doing things like take real analysis first semester.[/quote]

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