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Hockadaisies Excel at 2015 American Mathematics Competition
American Mathematics Competition is the America’s longest running and most prestigious math contest. AMC is a 25-question, 75-minute, multiple choice examination. We had 54 students take the AMC A version on February 3, 2015 and 20 students take the AMC B version on February 25. The students’ names are attached.
Based off your AMC score, you can be invited to take the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME). The AIME is a 15 question, 3-hour examination. We had 14 quality for American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) and 13 of them competed on March 19. We continue to improve on our number of qualifiers for AIME each year. Please congratulate the following girls on their outstanding performance:
- Hallie (Qinyi) Gu
- Effie Guo
- Elizabeth Guo
- Lori Jia
- Jasmine (Yuhan) Jiang
- Jasmine (Mumin) Jin
- Lin Lin Lee
- Lydia (Yanlin) Li
- Violet (Ziwei) Li
- Annie (Zhen) Lin
- Mary Zhong
- Elizabeth Zhou
- Sarah Zhou
- Vivian Zhou
Students who receive a certain qualifying index score from their performance on AMC and AIME are invited to take United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) or United States of America Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO). This test is a six question, two-day, 9 hour essay/proof examination. Two Hockadaisies came very close to qualifying for this prestigious competition.
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The Hockaday School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its educational, admissions, financial aid, athletic, and other policies and programs.