Texas 2013 MATHCOUNTS Results

North Texas and Metroplex Math Circle participants were well represented in both the team and individual results at this year’s Texas State MATHCOUNTS competition.  Congratulations to all of the participants.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2013 Preston Trails Chapter MATHCOUNTS Results

Congratulations to all of the teams and individuals from our local MATHCOUNTS chapter who are advancing to state.  You will see in the list below many regular Metroplex Math Circle participants:

Team Rank 1:  Rice Middle School, Head Coach:  Laura Liu

• Michael Ma
• Jeffrey Huang
• Brian Du
• Daran Zhao

Team Rank 2:  Schimelpfenig Middle School, Head Coach:  Chris Mutke

• Michael Shen
• Jett Wang
• Kenny Huang
• Anthony Jiang

Team Rank 3:  Renner Middle School, Head Coach:  Michelle Edwards

• Max Bu
• Alex Cheng
• Rich Zhou
• Andrew Gu

Team Rank 4:  Fermat School for Math and Science, Head Coach:  Titu Andreescu

• Vinjai Vale
• Adrian Andreescu
• Milena Djordjevic-Kisacanin
• Jonathan Aberle

Team Rank 5:  Hendrick Middle School, Head Coach:  Kathleen DeLaVergne

• Jason Yu
• Annie Zhao
• Eeshan Kumar
• Joy Li

Team Rank 6:  Murphy Middle School, Head Coaches:  Clarice Perry and Kim Dau

• Jeremiah Budiman
• Rishad Islam
• Andrew Kwon
• Harshal Madhavapeddi

Individual Qualifiers

• Eric Zhang, Rice Middle School
• Vincent Huang, Schimelpfenig Middle School
• Brandon Chen, Rice Middle School
• Abhilash Potluri, Schimelpfenig Middle School
• Yash Chandak, Coppell Middle School

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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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Correlation or Causation?

The Preston Trail Chapter MATHCOUNTS competition was held at UT Dallas today.  We would like to congratulate all of the participants but especially the three winners of the Countdown round who are all regular Metroplex Math Circle attendees:

1. Jeffrey Huang
2. Vinjai Vale
3. Michael Ma

Best of luck at the state competition in Austin!

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February 4, 2012 – Dr. Titu Andreescu – AMC Preparation

The American Mathematics Contest (AMC) is an extremely important contest for any students interested in pursuing a STEM education and career.  Many of the elite universities use AMC scores to sort out the many applicants who easily achieve 800 SAT math scores.

Our Metroplex Math Circle students are particularly fortunate to have access to Dr. Titu Andreescu as they prepare themselves to take the test.  Dr. Andreescu was the director of the AMC and coach of the US International Mathematical Olympiad team, whose members are selected from among the very best performers in the AMC, AIME and USAMO sequence of contests.

Students should make sure that their schools are offering the A version of the AMC 10 and 12 tests on February 7th.  For those students who do not have access to the test at their school or who are homeschooled, Dr. Andreescu will be offering the test at UT Dallas on February 22, 2012.  Please leave a comment below if you would like to register to take the test at UT Dallas so we can order sufficient tests.

The “10″ and “12″ refer to the maximum grade in which the test may be taken, however, there is no lower limit on the age of the participant.  Many of our younger students take it with the goal of improving their performance each year and identifying areas to focus their studies.  One extraordinary elementary student, under Dr. Andreescu’s tutelage, even achieved a perfect score on the AMC 10!

 

 

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2011 AMC 8 Texas Achievement Roll

Congratulations to the many students in Texas who took the 2011 AMC 8.  We would like to especially recognize those Texas students in sixth grade or below who scored above a 23 on this challenging 25 point test.  Many of these students are regular attendees of the Metroplex Math Circle:

• Dachey Lin, Rice Middle School, 25/25
• Michael Ma, Rice Middle School, 25/25
• Kevin Feng, Fowler Middle School, 24/25
• Luke Robitaille, Oakridge School, 24/25
• Gyumin Ro, Spartan Learning Academy, 23/25
• Vinjai Vale, Eudaimonia Academy, 23/25
• Jerry Yang, Rice Middle School, 23/25

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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 Station
• Brian Ferguson, Ferguson Homeschool, Dallas
• Taeyeon Ham, Highland Park HS, Dallas
• Adam Su, Texas Academy Math & Science, Denton
• Michael Ma, Wyatt Elementary, Plano
• Bobby Shen, Dulles HS, Sugar Land
• Lawrence Wu, Stephen F Austin HS, Sugar Land

USAJMO Qualifiers from Texas:

• Patrick Guo, Westwood HS, Austin
• Kensen Shi, A&M Consolidated HS, College Station
• Niranjan Balachandar, Frankford MS, Dallas
• Victor Zhou, St Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas
• Erik Nguyen, Robert L Paschal HS, Fort Worth
• Dominic Yurk, Robert L Paschal HS, Fort Worth
• Paul Cruz, Harmony School of Advancement, Houston
• Andrew Jin, Harmony School of Advancement, Houston
• Patrick Pan, Home School, Houston
• Brian Xu, The Village HS, Houston
• Siddharth Seethepalli, Seven Lakes HS, Katy
• Kevin Chang, Jasper HS, Plano
• David Hao, Jasper HS, Plano
• Daniel Suh, Jasper HS, Plano
• Robert Tung, Jasper HS, Plano
• Angeline Rao, First Colony MS, Sugar Land
• Alexander Yang, First Colony MS, Sugar Land
• Eric Yu, The Woodlands College Park HS, The Woodlands

 

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2010 USAMO Winners and Qualifiers

Well, Texas didn’t have anyone with a top 12 position in the 2010 USAMO or an Honorable Mention (more reason to get our students involved in math circle earlier and take advantage of the other great resources we have in the Dallas area).    We were proud, however of the students, who did qualify for the USAMO in north Texas, many of whom have honed their skills at the Metroplex Math Circle and are young enough to compete in many future Olympiads.

USAMO Qualifiers:

• Jay Hashop grade 12 Greenhill School, Addison
• Brian Ferguson grade  10 Ferguson Homeschool, Dallas
• Hongzhi Zhao grade 10 Jasper HS, Plano
• Michael Ma grade 4 Wyatt Elementary, Plano

USAJMO Qualifiers

• Taeyeon Ham grade 10 Highland Park HS, Dallas
• James Rowan grade 9 St Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas
• Andrew Shi grade 10 Clark HS, Plano
• Kevin Chang grade 9 Jasper HS, Plano
• Victor Zhou 8 grade Rice MS, Plano

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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 visited our circle and benefited from their insight into the world of math. I hope this program will continue.

-Michael Ma, 4th grade [Ed. In 2009 Michael had the unprecedented accomplishment of scoring a perfect AMC 10 and qualifying for the USAMO as a third grader.]

I have been attending the Metroplex Math Circle for a couple of years, and I think it is definetely worth my time. Dr. Andreescu gets amazing speakers with interesting topics to come educate us. I think this is a great program, and I hope it continues to attract new participants.

-Victor Zhou, 8th grade [Ed. In 2010 Victor astounded the audience, including Governor Rick Perry, by winning 5 countdown rounds in a row at the Texas state MATHCOUNTS competition.]

After having attending for a few years, I believe that the Metroplex Math Circle program has helped me much in my mathematical studies. The brilliant guest speakers and, of course, Dr. Andreescu, give great lectures in a way that is extremely helpful and also enjoyable to students like myself. I have thoroughly enjoyed the MMC experience and have also learned a lot.

-Robert Tung, 8th grade [Ed. In 2010 Robert was selected to represent Texas at the national MATHCOUNTS competition.]

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