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Longfellow doesn't need a monopoly on having the top 30 mathcounters in the chapter.  What if Longfellow has 4 of the top 6, 7 of the top 10, 15 of the top 20, etc... does Bobby13 in Longfellow not get the opportunity to compete because s/he is unluckily in a too-good school?
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Bobby13 is actually quite lucky to be in a too-good school.  Sure, they didn't make the cut for Mathcounts, but thanks to being at a highly competitive school, they got to do AMC8, AMC10, TJIMO, mathleague, and probably half a dozen other contests.  Thanks to the excellent program and coaching at their highly competitive school, they had the tools to do well at these other contests.  If you're going to fret about anyone, worry about the top kids in the schools with weak programs, who aren't being given the coaching to succeed and who might not even know about the many other contests out there.

All teams and competitions have to draw a line somewhere.  12 kids per school is the line that the Mathcounts organization thought made the most sense. [/quote]

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