Mathematics Meet at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 

Brimmer and May students recently participated in an annual invitational mathematics meet sponsored by Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Mathematical Sciences Department.

Participating schools entered teams of four students each. Brimmer and May was represented by Jason Yu '10, Junjie (Jacky) Liang '11, Tae Jun Moon '12, and Daniel Bleck '13.

Teams were welcomed by the WPI math department chair before beginning the individual round, a 45-minute exam. The team meet followed in the form of another 45-minute exam. The top individual sorer from every school received a $1,000 scholarship to WPI. Math Department Chair Nancy Bradley says, "We are proud to announce that Tae Jun Moon '12 was the recipient of this award." Students prepared for the competition with Nancy Bradley during the Math Club Activity by doing practice tests.

There were 89 participating schools in the WPI competition.

 

46th Annual Massachusetts Mathematics Olympiad

In October, ten Brimmer and May students participated in the 46th Annual Massachusetts Mathematics Olympiad, a high school competition conducted by the Massachusetts Association of Mathematics Leagues (MAML) and sponsored by The Actuaries' Club of Boston. The first level exam consisted of a 90-minute, 25 question non-calculator exam. Contest coordinators state, "The problems on this contest are purposely of an original and challenging nature. Screen the students carefully..." Ten of Brimmer and May's talented math students were chosen to participate. Students competing were: Bielinsky Brea '10, Chul Yoon Chung '10, Yeun Sik Eum '10, Ga Yeon Lee '11, Min Jin Lee '11, Junjie Liang '11, Zachary Mark '10, Tae Jun Moon '12, Trevor Sullivan '12, and Luke Wooster '12 .

The top 100 students will be invited to the second level of this contest.