Math Team celebrates local, national successes
Erica '21 and Sheeline '21 scored in the top 25% nationally on a math competition and qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination. And during recent Nashville Interscholastic Math League competitions, Greta '22 was runner-up in the precalculus division, and Edward '23 was the winner of the geometry division.
By Justin Fitzpatrick, HS Math Teacher & Advisor
In February, many USN students took the American Mathematics Competition, a 75-minute contest consisting of 25 questions whose difficulty is simultaneously grueling and inspiring. Students who score in the top 2.5% nationally qualify for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination, which takes place later this week. We are proud to announce that Erica Friedman '21 and Sheeline Yu '21 both qualified for the AIME.
Both students have worked tremendously hard for this achievement. Sheeline completed an independent study a year ago in which she completed and studied many math contests of previous years to build her problem-solving skills. Erica is one of the co-chairs of the math team, helping to set both the foundation and trajectory for the learning that takes place there. Students who pass the AIME qualify for the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad, for which around 250 students qualify nationally. USN most recently had alumnus Dylan Young '14 qualify in 2014 during his senior year.
Both students have worked tremendously hard for this achievement. Sheeline completed an independent study a year ago in which she completed and studied many math contests of previous years to build her problem-solving skills. Erica is one of the co-chairs of the math team, helping to set both the foundation and trajectory for the learning that takes place there. Students who pass the AIME qualify for the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad, for which around 250 students qualify nationally. USN most recently had alumnus Dylan Young '14 qualify in 2014 during his senior year.
Building on that national success, USN also competed in the Nashville Interscholastic Math League in both February and March, with March being the closing contest of the year. Greta Li '22 was runner-up in the precalculus division in February, and Edward Crane '23 was the winner of the geometry division in March. The mathletes are setting high standards for one another and pushing each other to new bests in competition, but more importantly, better learning and more learning. It's an honor for me to be one of the teachers who gets to shepherd them. Please congratulate these students on their great successes.
