<p>Does anyone know what college-level math competitions Rice could offer to its students?
The only one I know so far is the Putnam..
It's a little bit too hard for me.
So I was wondering if there is any alternative ones.</p>
<p>As far as I know, there aren’t that many college-level competitions to begin with. I do know that Rice has competed historically in the Putnam, I’m not sure if we’ve done so recently. You’d have to talk to the Math Club to see what they’re involved in.</p>
<p>There aren’t very many college-leve math competitions. The Putnam is really the main one in the US and Canada.</p>
<p>The problem-solving spirit of the IMO, etc. in high school seems to generally get replaced by a pursuit of deeper theoretical understanding in college, which is not very amenable to competition it seems.</p>