Metroplex Math Circle Well Represented at the USAMO and USAJMO

Qualifiers for the 2011 USA Mathematical Olympiad and the USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad have just been announced and once again participants in the Metroplex Math Circle were well represented. USAMO Qualifiers from Texas: Steven Chen, Westwood HS, Austin Alexandra Ilic, Westlake HS, Austin George Qi, Westwood HS, Austin Kevin Tian, Westwood HS, Austin Kevin Li, A&M Consolidated HS, College [...]

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AMC 10 / 12 B Location Announced

For those of you planning to take the AMC 10 or 12 B at UT Dallas this year, Dr. Andreescu has announced that it will be in the Conference Center in room 1.102.  If you are familiar with the campus you will note that the Conference Center is just across Rutford from the building where [...]

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Math Circle Regulars Dominate Chapter MATHCOUNTS

Many Metroplex Math Circle students participated in today’s Preston Trails Chapter MATHCOUNTS competition.  But we are particularly proud of the performance by two of our most regular attendees, Niranjan Balachandar and Jeffrey Huang.  Both were selected to participate in the high pressure countdown round by scoring in the top 10 on the written portions of [...]

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Amy Chyao to Sit with the First Lady at State of the Union

Our own Amy Chyao is receiving a great honor tonight as she has been invited to sit with the First Lady during the State of the Union speech: PLANO (January 25, 2011)—Among First Lady Michelle Obama’s guests Tuesday night during the State of the Union address will be Plano East High School junior Amy Chyao, [...]

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Online Math Circle

Many students aren’t fortunate enough to live near a thriving math circle (much less the two that we have in Dallas, Metroplex Math Circle and the Mid Cities Math Circle).  To address this need an entrepreneurial young man in Wichita Falls, Shri Ganeshram, has launched the Online Math Circle. Shri was assisted in this effort [...]

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New Testimonials 4-2010

I’m very proud to post 3 new testimonials from some of our most accomplished math circle participants: I’d like to thank Dr. Andreescu…for [his] time and efforts that made MMC such a wonderful experience for me. I have attended MMC since 2nd grade. I enjoyed the various lectures, learned a lot from the math professors that [...]

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2010 Texas State MATHCOUNTS

I was fortunate to attend the state MATHCOUNTS competition in Austin this weekend.  After a speech by Governor Rick Perry, they began the countdown round to select the 4 members of the Texas team that would compete at MATHCOUNT nationals.  This is particularly significant since Texas has won 4 of the last 5 national competitions [...]

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