2012 AMC 8 Texas Perfect Scores

Congratulations to all of the students who earned perfect scores (25/25) on the 2012 AMC 8.  It was good to see that many of the perfect scores were earned by Texas students and that a good number of those are attendees of the Metroplex Math Circle.

First Initial	Last Name	Grade	School Name
S	AHMAD	7	HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE	HOUSTON, TX
M	BU	8	EUDAIMONIA ACADEMY HOME SCHOOL	FRISCO, TX
K	CHANG	7	BECK JHS	KATY, TX
B	CHEN	6	RICE MS	PLANO, TX
K	FENG	7	FOWLER MIDDLE SCHOOL	PLANO, TX
E	GUO	7	HOCKADAY SCHOOL	DALLAS, TX
K	HAN	8	ST MARK’S SCHOOL OF TEXAS	DALLAS, TX
B	HO	8	RICE MS	PLANO, TX
E	LI	8	FORT SETTLEMENT MS	SUGAR LAND, TX
H	LIU	7	BECK JHS	KATY, TX
A	LIU	7	THE VILLAGE SCHOOL	HOUSTON, TX
J	SHOEMAKER	6	Holy Family Catholic School	Austin, TX
V	VALE	7	EUDAIMONIA ACADEMY HOME SCHOOL	FRISCO, TX
J	WANG	6	SCHIMELPFENIG MIDDLE	PLANO, TX
B	XU	8	FORT SETTLEMENT MS	SUGAR LAND, TX
A	YANG	8	BECKENDORFF JUNIOR HIGH	KATY, TX
E	ZHANG	6	RICE MS	PLANO, TX

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2012 Texas USAMO and USAJMO Qualifiers

Congratulations to all of the Texas students who qualified to sit for the 2012 USAMO or the USAJMO.

USAMO Qualifiers:

• S. Chen, Westwood HS, Austin
• D. Fan, Dulles HS, Sugar Land
• B. Ferguson, Ferguson Homeschool, Dallas
• G. Ge, Texas Academy of Math & Science, Denton
• P. Guo, Westwood HS, Austin
• N. Gupta, Texas Academy of Math & Science, Denton
• K. Li, A&M Consolidated HS, College Station
• M. Ma, Rice MS, Plano
• A. Sadun, Liberal Arts & Science Academy HS, Austin
• B. Shen, Dulles HS, Sugar Land, TX
• K. Tian, Westwood HS, Austin
• A. Whatley, North Houston Academy of Science & Mathematics, Spring
• L. Wu, Stephen F. Austin HS, Sugar Land
• S. Xu, Dawson HS, Pearland
• A. Zhao, Texas Academy of Math & Science, Denton
• D. Zhou, Harmony School of Advancement, Houston

USAJMO Qualifiers

• N. Balachandar, Shepton HS, Plano
• R. Guo, St Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas
• M. Hwang, Dulles HS, Sugar Land
• L. Ilic, Westlake HS, Austin
• A. Jain, William P Clements HS, Sugar Land
• S. Jiang, William P Clements HS, Sugar Land
• P. Konduri, Harmony School of Advancement, Houston
• W. Li, William P. Clements HS, Sugar Land
• X. Lin, St. Stephens Episcopal School, Austin
• E. Nguyen, Robert L. Paschal HS, Fort Worth
• V. Vale, Gnanam Academy, Richardson
• G. Venkat, Fort Settlement MS, Sugar Land
• D. Whatley, North Houston Academy of Science & Mathematics
• A. Yang, William P. Clements HS, Sugar Land
• V. Zhou, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas

Please use the comments below to congratulate these students many of whom attend the Metroplex Math Circle.

 

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MMC Regulars Continue on to MATHCOUNTS Nationals!

Our MMC regulars: Vinjai Vale, Michael Ma and Jeffrey Huang continued their success this weekend in Austin at the State MATHCOUNTS competition. Jeffrey came in first, Michael received second and Vinjai received 7th place all in their first year of eligibility! Michael and Jeffrey will now represent Texas at nationals! Please join us in congratulating the boys by liking this post.

Top 3 team round schools: 1st place, Ft. Settlement Middle school from Sugarland, 2nd – Rice Middle school and 3rd – Harmony School of Excellence from Houston.

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UT Arlington Math Competition Results

The results from the May 14th UT Arlington Math Competition are in and many MMC participants were recognized in the top 5:

1. Pradhith Konduri, Harmony School of Excellence
2. Niranjan Balachandar, Frankford Middle School
3. Kevin Chang, Jasper High School
4. Paul Cruz , Harmony School of Excellence
5. Dominic Yurk, Paschal High School  /  Victor Zhou, St. Marks  (tie)

Congratulations to all of the participants and to Dr. Grantcharov on an a well-attended and challenging competition with participants coming from as far away as Houston.

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Top Teams 2010 Texas State MATHCOUNTS

They have recently announced the top 23 teams from this year’s Texas State MATHCOUNTS:

1. Fort Settlement Middle School
2. Harmony School of Excellence
3. Canyon Vista Middle School
4. First Colony Middle School
5. Westbrook Intermediate
6. Rice Middle School
7. Grisham Middle School
8. St. John’s School
9. Quail Valley Middle School #1
10. Keystone School
11. Trinity Valley School
12. Beckendorff Junior High
13. Frankford Middle School
14. Keller Middle School
15. Cedar Valley Middle School
16. Flour Bluff Middle School
17. West Ridge Middle School
18. Austin Area Homeschoolers
19. Cistercian Prepatory School
20. Schimelpfenig Middle School
21. St. Mark’s School of Texas
22. Friendswood Junior High School
23. Coppell Middle School West

In addition to the schools, many of the highest placing individuals have ties to Metroplex Math Circle and the Metroplex.  Patrick Pan (#1) is a past participant in Dr. Andreescu’s AwesomeMath Summer Camp.  Robert Tung (#4) and Victor Zhou (#10) represent Rice Middle School and have been frequent attendees of the Metroplex Math Circle.  Niranjan Balachandar (#16) finished first in the chapter competition and is a regular MMC attendee.

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