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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Over 95% of all colleges are test optional, and we are talking about math competitions now?  If we can’t even agree on the most reliable predictor, how is it realistic to use a ultra niche one?[/quote]

The discussion started with the "grind" colleges (Hopkins, Princeton, CMU...) Hardly the 95% of colleges. And most of the "grindy" majors end up attracting these Olympiad kids (at least at CMU/MIT....)[/quote]

WHUT?  Even at MIT CMU, Olympiad kids are absolutely a small minority.  WTF are you talking about.  You are an idiot![/quote]

Let me explain it to you slowly, since you are slow -- I said that a majority of the Olympiad kids end up at these schools. Of course they are in the minority there. There are only a few 100 such kids and the total number of undergrads (STEM or otherwise) is in the thousands.

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That’s a stupid response.  You admits they are absolute minority, yet you propose using that as a criteria for screening applicants.  Did you see how stupid that is?  [/quote]

Who said anything about screening based on Olympiad performance? All I pointed out was that Olympiad problems are hard (AI struggles to solve it), so it should (and does) predict college success to a reasonable extent, more than SAT (at least in the STEM fields). And many if not the majority of these Olympiad kids end up in these "grindy" colleges (their choice). [/quote]

Ok, Ashley.  You are pointing to about 100 kids and stating the obvious.  Thank you for your contribution to the discussion.  Meaningless though.

Also, instant response is not required nor expected.  Find something better to do in real life.[/quote]

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