We are aware that the SAT and GRE quant sections have low ceilings, which is why you also need a very high verbal score to qualify through one of those tests alone. But some extremely intelligent people fail to clear the verbal cutoff (especially likely when English isn't their first language), so we figured it was worth mentioning that performance on the level of Putnam Honorable Mention gets you in regardless of your standardized test scores.

Also keep in mind that these are just automatic qualifying criteria. We'll admit a fair number of volunteers who don't satisfy any of them.

Christopher Chang, BGI Cognitive Genomics