<p>Hi all, I'm trying to transfer to Yale this year and had a question for current Yalies. Not a traditional STEP school, how much value will Yale see in a math competition like Putnam?</p>
<p>I spent two years at a tier 2 private university. I was among top 1000 in Putnam in my freshman year (2009), expect to be in top 300 in my sophomore year (2010), and probably do even better in the next two years since I hadn't even finished the math courses on the Putnam exam. A bit of research showed that in the past 10 years, Yale had only five individuals that yielded at least HM (~top 80) on Putnam (now Yale has Xiaosheng Mu, a perfect score IMO winner), and I wonder, will Yale care to form a group for this thing and admit more contestants?</p>
<p>My other qualifications include REU and publications. The only short hand might be my supersonic curriculum -I'm nearly Senior standing now and unless I transfer out, I'll finish my four-year degree in only two years :P</p>