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Math Prize for Girls at MIT
On Sunday, September 20, the 7th annual Math Prize for Girls competition was held at MIT. The Math Prize for Girls competition’s goal is to encourage young women with exceptional potential to become the mathematical and scientific leaders of tomorrow. Each year, students must apply and if the students earn a certain qualifying score on the American Mathematics Competition (AMC), then the students are invited to attend.
In 2012, Mary Zhong (class of 2015) was the only representative of Math Prize for Girls at MIT. This year, the US Math Club had the following seven representatives competing in the prestigious math competition.
Hallie (Qinyi) Gu
Elizabeth Guo
Jasmine (Mumin) Jin
Lydia (Yanlin) Li
Annie (Zhen) Lin
Elizabeth Zhou
Vivian Zhou
There were a total of 270 ladies from 32 states and 2 Canada provinces. The girls had 2.5 hours to complete a twenty question examination. Hockaday was one of the most represented schools. The girls did a fantastic job representing Hockaday, so please congratulate the girls if you see them.
The Hockaday School
Within the private school community, The Hockaday School is an independent college-preparatory day school for girls from grades PK–12 located in Dallas, Texas. Students realize their limitless potential through challenging academic curricula, arts, athletics, and extracurricular programs so that they are inspired to lead lives of purpose and impact.
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.
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.