Ever heard of a top-5 USAMO scorer getting rejected anywhere?

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<p>Scoring so highly on the USAMO is an outstanding feat that I think would make an applicant a shoo-in at any college.</p>

<p>Comments?</p>

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<p>Read this then:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/780905-did-harvard-really-turn-down-member-us-imo-team.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/780905-did-harvard-really-turn-down-member-us-imo-team.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>That’s surprising.</p>

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<p>Every year, there are many stories of USAMO, Intel finalists getting rejected from top schools. It’s not too surprising.</p>

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<p>The stories of rejection of applicants with amazing accomplishments are not surprising to me: each admission committee is admitting a person, with all of that person’s characteristics, not just setting a threshold of accomplishments for shoo-in status.</p>