Why is MIT so good at Putnam?

It’s mostly because MIT has a *lot* more people who did well on math olympiads in high school than Caltech does. There are probably ten times more olympiad medalists. The people who get elite scores on the Putnam were generally elite math contest people in high school also.

Why is Caltech not in Ivy League?

CalTech is not an Ivy League school. Founded in 1958, the Ivy League consists of eight private research schools, including Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University.

How well known is Caltech?

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has been top of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the past three years and has produced 32 Nobel Laureates in just 123 years. Here, Times Higher Education rankings editor Phil Baty gives his 10-point guide to the elements that make Caltech special.

Has anyone gotten a 120 on Putnam?

Among the three top scorers — Sah, Zhang, and Zhu — two earned a nearly perfect score, and one (who prefers not to be named) earned a perfect score of 120 points. This is only the fifth time in Putnam’s history that a test-taker received a perfect score. Competitors were also ranked by participating institution.

Has anyone got perfect Putnam score?

The competition is considered to be very difficult: it is typically attempted by students specializing in mathematics, but the median score is usually zero or one point out of 120 possible, and there have been only five perfect scores as of 2019.

Is MIT better than Caltech?

MIT scores better than Caltech across three of the four indicators in the USA rankings: research, diversity and internationalisation, and employability. However, Caltech outperforms MIT in learning experience, claiming the title of the best school in the USA for learning experience.

How are MIT Putnam competitors preparing for the exam?

Many MIT Putnam competitors have prepared for the exam by participating in the first-year Putnam Seminar 18.A34 (Mathematical Problem Solving, Putnam Seminar), taught by Zhao, who was a three-time Putnam Fellow when he was an undergraduate at MIT.

Is MIT better than Caltech for learning experience?

However, Caltech outperforms MIT in learning experience, claiming the title of the best school in the USA for learning experience. In the latest USA rankings, the biggest gap between the two is in the diversity and internationalisation, where MIT has a sizeable lead.

What is the average SAT score to get into MIT/Caltech?

At Caltech, the average SAT score is a1545 and the average ACT score is a perfect 36. At MIT, the average SAT score is 1535 and the average ACT score is 35. One huge factor for most students is cost.

Who are MIT’s top test-takers of 2019?

Among the top 192 test-takers overall, 76 were MIT students. The 2019 Putnam Fellows, listed in alphabetical order, are seniors Ashwin Sah and Kevin Sun, junior Yuan Yao, sophomore Shengtong Zhang, and first-year Daniel Zhu. Yao and Zhang were 2018 Putnam Fellows, and Sah was a 2017 Putnam Fellow.