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NEML 1 Results 21-22!

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An all-time high of 42 students sat for the 1st round of the New England Math League!

NEML #1

The team finished with an average individual score of 2.55 and a team score of 22!

Here are the top finishers by grade:

  • 12th – 5 points – Bruton Strange
  • 11th – 3 points – Connor Capshaw, Getchell Gibbons, Shuei Harada, Shirley Shi
  • 10th – 4 points – Jeffrey Warner
  • 9th – 5 points – Jack Berrien
  • 7th – 4 points – Leo Ahtaridis

The second round of the New England Math League takes place on Thursday, November 4th in Schoolhouse 25! Anyone at any level of math is welcome to compete! The competition lasts 30 minutes, you may use a calculator, and you must begin before 3:15pm.

Our team score is the sum of our top 5 scoring students:

  • 5 points: Bruton Strange, Jack Berrien
  • 4 points: Sarah Markey, Sofia Michalski, Vishal Remvelu, Frannie Cataldo, Joe Zhou, Jeffrey Warner, Leo Ahtardis
Posted in: Math Team Successes, NEML

AMC 2021 Signups!

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The AMC10/12 competitions are coming up!

Please fill out this form 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. 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 Wednesday, November 10th from 9:45 to 11:15am. [Competitors will miss E period and some or all of advisory.]

The AMC10B and AMC12B competitions will be given on Tuesday, November 16th from 3:30 to 5pm.

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 high 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.

Both A and B dates will be administered online through the AoPS system. All competitors will need to bring their Surface, charger, and at least 2 pencils to the competition which will most likely be administered in Plimpton classroom.

Lots of AMC example problems and solutions are online here.

Posted in: AIME, AMC 10/12

New England Math League 21-22!

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NEML fun!

The NEML is a 6-round individual math competition. Each round consists of 6 questions that are each worth 1 point. Topics range from Algebra 1 to Trigonometry. A sample contest can be found here.

Anyone at ANY level of math is welcome to compete!

This year the rounds will run on:

  • Round 1 = Thursday, October 21st, 2021
  • Round 2 = Thursday, November 4th, 2021
  • Round 3 = Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
  • Round 4 = Thursday, January 13th, 2022
  • Round 5 = Thursday, February 10th, 2022
  • Round 6 = Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022

Each round takes places in Schoolhouse 25, lasts 30 minutes and participants may use a calculator.

Participants may begin any time between 2:45 and 3:15pm on competition days.

No sign ups are needed. Just show up at Schoolhouse 25 with a pencil and a calculator!

Each round our team score is the sum of our top 5 individual scores.

This year prizes will be awarded to the top finishers from each grade at Williston!

Posted in: NEML

’20-’21 New England Math League Final Standings

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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:

  • 1st – Vishal Ramvelu ’22
  • 2nd – Anita Hua ’22
  • 3rd – Joe Zhou ’24
  • 4th (tie) – Jack Berrien ’25
  • 4th (tie) – Anfisa Bogdanenko ’21

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

Posted in: NEML

Yahya and Jack score big! Ji Soo begins the USAMO!

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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!

  • Yahya!
  • 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!

Ji Soo!
Posted in: Math Team Successes, NEML, USAMO

Ji Soo Hwang Has Qualified for the USA Math Olympiad!

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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!

Posted in: AIME, AMC 10/12, Math Team Successes, USAMO

NEML and AMC Results!

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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!

  • Ji Soo
  • JunSeok

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

Posted in: AMC 10/12, NEML

Broadcasting the successes of the Williston Math Team