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Fairfield Math Club Member in News
A news article on Fairfield Math Club MathCounts was published in Fairfield Minuteman, Feb 7, 2008. Please e-mail me at mbhattac@yahoo.com if you want to read it (web link not available).
Congratulations to Arvind Kalra or being a top scorer in 2008 AMC 12
at Ludlowe High School Fairfield, CT. AMC 12 is a challenging premier
math contest for students in grade 12 or lower. In 2007 more than
128,000 high school students took AMC 12 internationally. This year the
contest was more challenging as calculators were not allowed. Arvind deserves special kudos because he took it as an eigth grader.
For more information on AMC 12 click here.
See the news articles on Arvind Kalra
Indian New England click here
CT Indian Life click here
Congratulations to Aakash Bhattacharya for qualifying for the prestigious 2008 AIME
(American Invitational Mathematics Examination), second time. Aakash
earned the Certificate of Merit for score of 90 or more by a student in
grade 10 or below. His 2008 qualifying score is 118.5 - last year only
13 students in Connecticut (out of 3839) had a greater score and only
140 Connecticut students qualified for AIME. He is his school winner with this score. Aakash qualified for AIME in 2007 and also earned the Certificate of Merit in 2007. For more information on AIME click here.
Aakash also came in the First place individually inthe Greater New Haven Math League 2007. His school team Choate Junior Varsity Math team also came in the first place.
See the news articles on Aakash Bhattacharya
The News: Choate Rosemary Hall click here
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College Information Sessions
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Want to get a heads up on what colleges are looking for in the applicants? It's never too early to start, even for incoming freshman (those finishing up grade 8) and their parents. Getting to know the big picture helps you plan your choice of courses in high school and extracurricular activities. I went to the Yale session last year and learnt many useful things.
The sessions are free but advance registration is necessary to keep a spot - they fill up quickly.
Duke/Georgetown/Harvard/UPenn/Stanford coming to Connecticut jointly of the following days. Click here for registration.
Hartford
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
7:30 PM
Sheraton Hartford
100 East River Drive
East Hartford, CT 06108
Stamford
Thursday, May 22, 2008
7:30 PM
Marriott
Trumbull
180 Hawley Lane
Trumbull, CT 06611
University of Chicago is coming to New York. Click here for registration.
Sunday,
April 27 at 3:00 p.m.
Dean of Admissions Theodore O'Neill will discuss
the college selection and application process. Hilton New York
1335 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
Also parents check out this book:
What High Schools Don't Tell You: 300+ Secrets to Make Your Kid Irresistible to Colleges by Senior Year click here
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News on Math Education in U.S.
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This is an interesting articles on math competitiveness of the Unites States:
New York Times March 14, 2008 click here
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Looking Ahead
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No practice during March, April, May 2008
We are taking a break after our hectic contest season. Will be back in June 2008.
Two of our members have qualified for the Awesome Math Summer Camp (which had an admission test). They are looking forward to three weeks of Olympiad style challenging problem-solving coaching in University of Dallas, Texas. Click here for more information on the camp.
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