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Martlets Participate in Harvard-MIT Math Tournament
Westminster Math Club students Neil Hannah ’06, Sam Ogden ’06, Kevin Wu ’07, Adam Lewicki ’07, Woojae Eum ’07, and Kyle Zinn ’09 recently traveled to Harvard University to join more than 600 other high school students for the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament. The Harvard-MIT Math Tournament began in 1998, when those two universities joined with Washington University in St. Louis, and Rice University in Houston to hold one of the largest competitions in the nation.
This was the first time that Westminster students participated in the Harvard-MIT Tournament, but it was a very positive experience according to the students. The all-day tournament consisted of two individual rounds and two team rounds. For the individual rounds, there were general, algebra, geometry, calculus, and combinatorics subject tests each of which consisted of ten free-response questions. After the individual round tests, there was a team round, consisting of 20 proof questions. In addition, there was a team “Guts” round with 45 tough problems.
AIME Qualifiers
Seven Westminster Math students also qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME) sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America. The AIME is intended to provide further challenge and recognition to the many high school students in North America who have exceptional mathematical ability.
The Westminster students who qualified for the AIME are: Frank Borawski ’06, Brian Kwak ’06, Dale Michelson ’06, Benjamin Smith ’06, Adam Lewicki ’07, Andrew Ugalde ’07, and Josh Zalinger ’09.
The American Mathematics Competitions consist of a series of increasingly difficult tests for students in middle school and high school. Only students who score 100 or more out of a possible 150 on the Fifth and Sixth Former test (the AMC 12 or 120 or more on the Third and Fourth Former test (the AMC 10) are invited to take the AIME. These scores put Westminster students in the top one percent of all high school students sitting for the exam.
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This was the first time that Westminster students participated in the Harvard-MIT Tournament, but it was a very positive experience according to the students. The all-day tournament consisted of two individual rounds and two team rounds. For the individual rounds, there were general, algebra, geometry, calculus, and combinatorics subject tests each of which consisted of ten free-response questions. After the individual round tests, there was a team round, consisting of 20 proof questions. In addition, there was a team “Guts” round with 45 tough problems.
AIME Qualifiers
Seven Westminster Math students also qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME) sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America. The AIME is intended to provide further challenge and recognition to the many high school students in North America who have exceptional mathematical ability.
The Westminster students who qualified for the AIME are: Frank Borawski ’06, Brian Kwak ’06, Dale Michelson ’06, Benjamin Smith ’06, Adam Lewicki ’07, Andrew Ugalde ’07, and Josh Zalinger ’09.
The American Mathematics Competitions consist of a series of increasingly difficult tests for students in middle school and high school. Only students who score 100 or more out of a possible 150 on the Fifth and Sixth Former test (the AMC 12 or 120 or more on the Third and Fourth Former test (the AMC 10) are invited to take the AIME. These scores put Westminster students in the top one percent of all high school students sitting for the exam.
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