With the completion of the March Statewide competition March 15 at Nova Southeastern University, the Mu Alpha Theta monthly competitions officially draw to an end.
As usual, the competition consisted of two rounds. One was an individual-oriented competition where students were given a 30-question 60-minute test in their specific category—mu, alpha or theta. The other was a bowl round where individuals in teams of two to four solved a set of 13 multi-parted questions.
Additionally, an interschool competition was offered where students from each participating school were invited to attend a general lecture about Nova Southeastern University and then answer questions about the talk. The team placed second in this category. “The best part was running around the campus trying to turn in the interschool before the other schools,” freshman theta Hasini Chintapudi, one of the students who participated in this part of the competition, said.
Ranking high in every category, each bowl and individual performance contributed to the overall ranking of the team: first. The team finished strong for their last monthly competition of the school year. The next stop is math states.
Congratulations to all individuals who competed and placed at this year’s March Statewide Competition. Below is the list of all individuals and teams who placed:
Algebra 1 Individual
Seventh grader Ralph Bruner – 2nd
Seventh grader Kelly Xu – 3rd
Seventh grader Ashnia Bhatia – 6th
Seventh grader Mira Nair – 8th
Seventh grader Max Cheng – 15th
Algebra 1 Team
Seventh graders Ashina Bhatia, Ralph Brummer, Max Cheng and Mira Mair – 1st
Geometry Individual
Eighth grader Arnav Bhatia – 1st
Freshman Henry Pratt – 3rd
Freshman Christine Yu – 4th
Freshman Melody Cheng – 10th
Geometry Team
Freshmen Melody Cheng, Olivia Chung, Henry Pratt and Christine Yu – 1st
Individual Algebra 2
Freshman Asher Bernstein – 1st
Freshman Alexander Alain – 2nd
Freshman Jesse Deng – 6th
Freshman Neel Ganeriwala – 13th
Freshman Siddhartha Gupta – 15th
Algebra 2 Team
Freshmen Alexander Allain, Jesse Deng, Siddharth Gupta and Dhruv Ralhan – 2nd
Pre-calculus Individual
Sophomore Jonathan Schwartz – 3rd
Freshman Kabir Gandhi – 4th
Freshman Daniel Zhao – 5th
Sophomore Ellie Kong – 6th
Sophomore Krishang Thakkar – 8th
Sophomore Lance Stus – 14th
Pre-calculus Team
Freshman Kabir Gandhi and Daniel Zhao, Sophomores Julia Diez and Anika Mishra – 3rd
Statistics Individual
Junior Elizabeth Xiao – 3rd
Junior Kaitlyn Lee – 6th
Junior Yulu Dai – 12th
Junior Guillermo Selva Randall – 13th
Statistics Team
Juniors Kaitlyn Lee, Henry Nathanson, Guillermo Selva Randall and Elizabeth Xiao – 2nd
Calculus Individual
Senior Yusuf Sheikh – 1st
Junior Samuil Petrov – 2nd
Junior Jayden Lang – 4th
Senior Timothy Kong – 5th
Senior Jack Finneran – 10th
Senior Junsouh Hong – 12th
Senior Xuzhou (Tiger) Ren – 14th
Calculus Team
Seniors Timothy Kong, Yusuf Sheikh, Xuzhou (Tiger) Ren and Junsouh Hong – 1st
Algebra 1 team: Seventh-graders Max Cheng, Mira Mair, Ashina Bhatia and Ralph Brummer. (Photo/Kayla Wang)
Geometry team: Freshmen Olivia Chung, Henry Pratt, Melody Cheng and Christine Yu. (Photo/Kayla Wang)
Algebra 2 team: Freshmen Siddharth Gupta, Dhruv Ralhan, Jesse Deng and Alexander Allain. (Photo/Kayla Wang)
Pre-calculus team: Sophomores Julia Diez and Anika Mishra with freshman Kabir Gandhi and Daniel Zhao. (Photo/Kayla Wang)
Statistics team: Juniors Guillermo Selva Randall, Elizabeth Xiao, Kaitlyn Lee and Henry Nathanson. (Photo/Kayla Wang)
Calculus team: Seniors Yusuf Sheikh, Timothy Kong, Xuzhou (Tiger) Ren and Junsouh Hong. (Photo/Kayla Wang)
