Maxime Bocher, author of Bocher's theorem, Harvard prof, prez of @amermathsoc (in 1909): "Just as one cannot become a painter without a certain amount of skill, so one cannot become a mathematician without the power to reason accurately up to a certain point... MORE
No serious graduate program in mathematics bases its admissions decisions primarily on the standardized test scores of applicants. No competent mathematics professor agrees to supervise the doctoral work of any student because that student has high standardized test scores.
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didn't mean to imply "primarily"
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Standardized test scores are typically the least important variables in all these decisions. Indeed, professors seldom bother even to consult them when deciding whether to advise a student's graduate work. Other far more revealing data are available by that time.
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