If you are from Harbin Institute of Technology and then want to win research places, there must be extra points in the national prize of mathematics competition. The school's research policy is generally: grade score+award-winning score, and the specific items are filled in your student handbook.

The regulation of our school is that mathematical models and national awards in entrepreneurship competitions are directly qualified for research, and there is no need to participate in ranking. But I don't know about the math contest. You can ask if you don't understand.