Senior Ji Soo Hwang was one of the top 5 scoring young women in all of New England on the AMC12B!
By virtue of her top 5 finish, Ji Soo was awarded an Akamai AMC12B certificate “in honor of [her] performance on the AMC 12B exam.”
Ji Soo’s AMC 12B score also propelled her to the USA Math Olympiad!
Congratulations Ji Soo!
The ’20-’21 NEML is now complete! After 6 thrilling rounds, Williston finished 16th out of 76 schools!
Please join me in congratulating the whole team!
Here are the top-scoring schools:
Here are Williston’s overall top scoring students:
Here are the top 3 Williston finishers by grade:
2021: Anfisa Bogdanenko, Na Kyung Lee, Kenshin Kadoya
2022: Vishal Ramvelu, Anita Hua, Francis Cataldo
2023: Avi Falk, Olivia Lu, Louisa Coughlin
2024: Joe Zhou, Crystal Tan, Charlotte Zeng
2025: Jack Berrien
The results are in from the 7th and 8th grade rounds of the New England Math League!
Yahya Wilson ’26 finished 6th in the 7th grade division and Jack Berrien ’25 finished 28th in the 8th grade! [Competitors from 30 schools from all around New England participated.]
Congratulations Yahya and Jack!
Ji Soo Hwang ’21 began the two-day USA Math Olympiad today. Each day she will have 4.5 hours to work on three proof-based problems. Good luck Ji Soo!
By virtue of her 249 index score (AMC12A + 10*AIME score), Ji Soo Hwang ’21 has qualified for the highly selective USA Math Olympiad!
The 2021 USAMO is a two-day event. Each day (April 13th and 14th), Ji Soo will be working on 3 different problems for 4.5 hours.
The top scorers on the USAMO go on to participate in the Math Olympiad Program, a summer program at Carnegie Mellon University. The main purpose of MOP, held since 1974, is to select and train the six members of the U.S. team for the International Mathematical Olympiad.
Good luck Ji Soo!
Please congratulate our New England Math League winners for the 7th and 8th grade divisions!
7th Grade – Yahya Wilson
8th Grade – Jack Berrien!
Our AMC10/12 results are in! Here are our top scorers!
| AMC10A 1st – Yihong Zhou 2nd – Shuei Harada 3rd – Daniel Zhang | AMC12A 1st – Ji Soo Hwang 2nd – Junseok Hwang 3rd – Yaning Shi |
| AMC10B 1st – Junseok Hwang 2nd – Cici Yu 3rd – Yihong Zhou | AMC12B 1st – Ji Soo Hwang 2nd – Yaning Shi 3rd – Qingyun Pan |
A big congratulations to Ji Soo Hwang and Junseok Hwang for scoring high enough to qualify for the prestigious AIME!
After 5 rounds of the New England Math League we are currently in 15th place out of 75 teams! The 6th and last round will begin on March 15th!
Here are our overall top scoring mathletes!
1st – Vishal Ramvelu – 25 points
2nd – Anita Hua – 23 points
3rd – Joe Zhou – 20 points
4th – Anfisa Bogdanenko – 17 points
5th – Jack Berrien – 11 points
Here are our top scorers by grade! (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
2021 – Anfisa Bogdanenko, Nikhil Sierros, Ji Soo Hwang
2022 – Vishal Ramvelu, Anita Hua, Francis Cataldo
2023 – Avi Falk, Olivia Lu, Louisa Coughlin
2024 – Joe Zhou, Crystal Tan, Charlotte Zeng
2025 – Jack Berrien
Please join me in congratulating our top three AMC 8 finishers!
1st – Jack Berrien
2nd – Brendan Capshaw
3rd – Sako Lively
The problems these math all stars worked on are right here.
You can check out the solutions guide here:
The AMC10/12 competitions are coming up!
Email Mr. Seamon (jseamon@williston.com) if you’d like to compete!
The AMC 10 and AMC 12 are both 25-question, 75-minute, multiple choice examinations in high school mathematics designed to promote the development and enhancement of problem-solving skills. The competitions will be given online. You’ll be able to take them from anywhere in the world. Complete info about the events is online here.
Not only are the competitions extremely fun, strong AMC scores can help you stand out during the college application process!
The AMC10A and AMC12A competitions will be given on February 4th.
The AMC10B and AMC12B competitions will be given on February 10th.
The A and B dates are the same difficulty. You can participate in BOTH events, but only at ONE level, either 10 or 12. (The advantage to competing on both dates is that you get two chances to score higher enough to qualify for the next competition, the AIME.)
The AMC 10 is for students in 10th grade and below, and covers the high school curriculum up to 10th grade. Students in grade 10 or below and under 17.5 years of age on the day of the contest can take the AMC 10.
The AMC 12 covers the entire high school curriculum including trigonometry, advanced algebra, and advanced geometry, but excluding calculus. Students in grade 12 or below and under 19.5 years of age on the day of the contest can take the AMC 12.
Lots of AMC example problems and solutions are online here.
We got some great coverage in the Willistonian!
And with that, the 1st annual Whitaker-Bement Girls in Mathematics Competition has come to a close! What. A. Day! A HUGE thanks to all of the MANY people that made the day truly magical! https://t.co/V28YhjUM6I @WillistonNS @WillistonMS pic.twitter.com/zMn2zeff6m
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) January 19, 2020
