Although this course is named after a contest, its purpose is not to breed competition. Rather, we seek to develop a collaborative team spirit among the community of sharp and motivated students who self-identify themselves by joining this course. The Carnegie Mellon University Putnam seminar currently involves about 3% of the undergraduate student body, and provides a venue for this fellowship of scholars to gather on a weekly basis, with topics of discussion ranging from mathematics to career advice.
简单统计了 2021 Putnam 比赛结果. MIT几乎收录所有的顶级数学牛娃。S,P,H只有零星1,2个。CMU收了不少普通级的数学牛娃, 大部分可能是SCS的。 据说今年CMU SCS 录取率大概是3.2%,学校总录取率 11%.
University
Top 5
Next Top 10
Next top 12
HM
Top
106-193
Top
212-489
Total
MIT
5
9
9
39
19
29
110
S
0
1
0
2
3
11
17
P
0
0
2
0
6
6
14
H
0
0
1
3
5
3
12
CMU
0
0
0
10
15
36
61
UCLA
0
0
0
3
1
10
14
Duke
0
0
0
2
2
10
14
UCB
0
0
0
2
2
8
12
UM
0
0
0
1
2
4
7
WU
0
0
0
2
1
1
4
JHU
0
0
0
1
0
3
4
Y
0
0
0
0
4
12
16
Brown
0
0
0
0
3
5
8
Chicago
0
0
0
0
3
4
7
UIUC
0
0
0
0
2
5
7
CIT
0
0
0
0
1
4
5
Upenn
0
0
0
0
1
4
5
Cornell
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
GIT
0
0
0
0
0
8
8
Columbia
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
🔥 最新回帖
而不是搞全民刷题
几年前有次看报社釆访mathcounts 全国冠军,问他以后想干什么,回答是长大以后去华尔街,当时心里觉得有点儿怪怪的。一般数学好的娃去花街还说得过去,做到顶尖了,似乎有点大材小用了
🛋️ 沙发板凳
当年2018年,美国有四个IMO高中毕业,哈佛录取了其中的两个,最后都没有来哈佛,另外没有被哈佛录取的两个IMO,其中一个还是两个,很想来哈佛。
https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/Putnam/2021/AnnouncementOfWinnersFall2021.docx%20%284%29.pdf
在忙其他的事
大学头两年靠编程竞赛进Jane Street做了两次intern,现在也猛拼数学竞赛,最近这次putnam进了106-196,虽然看起来一百开外,其实已经很牛了,一个曾进过两次MOP现在MIT的娃中学同学也在排在此列。此小哥考虑double major Math。
现在CS那么热,卷得不成样子,如果没把握进CS的话,也可以考虑MATH专业,再double major CS,或者选一些CS课,也差不太多。
什么时候数学也成了 EC了?
就像有些人觉得写code是一种折磨,另一些人却觉得写code是一种享受,是一种艺术创作,看着全世界的人都在用自己写的code,很有成就感。不管做哪方面的工作,如果娃能够enjoy自己的事业,才会有快乐的人生。如果不喜欢数学和编程,最好不要去学CS,否则会很痛苦。
数学娃是对数学感兴趣的娃,什么时候能刷出一个兴趣?家里有个没刷题的数学娃。
你也可以鄙视那些为了参加奥运会刻苦训练的运动员
Training 时最强调的是“不要害怕去用你的 creativity.” 我还以为只有音乐和体育算 EC 呢!
到了大学其实要学习数学太多机会了,而且方向更多,真要喜欢数学,不需要参加竞赛就能享受的。真正的喜欢,是高处不胜寒。
https://www.math.cmu.edu/~ploh/2021-putnam.shtml
Although this course is named after a contest, its purpose is not to breed competition. Rather, we seek to develop a collaborative team spirit among the community of sharp and motivated students who self-identify themselves by joining this course. The Carnegie Mellon University Putnam seminar currently involves about 3% of the undergraduate student body, and provides a venue for this fellowship of scholars to gather on a weekly basis, with topics of discussion ranging from mathematics to career advice.