<p>^holy crap ur going to Harvard
Yea, it pretty much shows that American culture is more sports-oriented than math-oriented…I mean if this was Europe, the USAMO guy would definitely get into better colleges than the varsity athlete, given that he is academically-qualified. I mean, getting into the USAMO is pretty difficult…
I prepped somewhat this summer and got into AIME, though I failed on that (got like 3 or 4).
But seriously, knowledge > physical strength…
How would those national athletes do so well if there were no smart people to engineer the football stadiums anyways? Or to develop their highly advanced spandex?</p>