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Re:UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors t... by klyrs on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @10:44AM (#24567692)
> A lot of the math competition winners I know are doing startups and HFT, so there’s that.

That's in line with my experience, too. Selecting olympiads is a preference for highly competitive people. In math, at least, collaboration is much more important.

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Re:UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors t... by MagnumOpus on Friday September 25, 2020 @12:49PM (#24591700)
Most of 21st century Fields medal winners are IMO medalists, so that seems to contradict your hypothesis. Terence Tao, Venkatesh, Miryam were all famously young and/or good contestants.
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