Announcing the USMCA
by BOGTRO, Aug 29, 2018, 10:32 PM
Hello everyone,
After more than a year in the making, I'm extremely excited to finally announce the US Math Competition Association (USMCA)!
As some of you know, the USMCA is an organization I've been working on developing for some time now, with the broad aims of improving college-run math competitions nationwide. We do this along two major axes:
1. Developing technical tools for contests to use, e.g. for problem management and grading.
2. Organizing a "national circuit", to spur participation and increase the geographical reach of the math contest ecosystem.
I'll be mostly talking about (2) in this post, but if you are a contest organizer (or especially an aspiring contest organizer!), we highly encourage you to reach out to us for more about (1).
The USMCA national circuit works as follows: teams earn "circuit points" by in partner competitions, and near the end of the year the top 30 organizations qualify for the USMCA national championship. This year, the partner competitions are:
Princeton University Math Competition (PUMaC): November 17, 2018
Caltech Harvey Mudd Math Competition (CHMMC): December 2, 2018
Carnegie Mellon Informatics and Mathematics Competition (CMIMC): January 26, 2019
Berkeley Math Tournament (BMT): March 2019
Math Majors of America Tournament for High Schools (MMATHS): April 2019
The USMCA national championship itself is a remote contest that can be taken during a one-week window in early May, with two divisions: Premier (top 10 teams) and Challenger (next 20 teams). The Premier contest consists of an 2-hour, 8-problem Olympiad style test, while the Challenger division consists of an 2-hour, 30-problem short answer style test. Both divisions admit teams of up to 8 participants. More details will be sent to qualifiers in late April.
I'll be around in this thread to answer any questions
You can also contact us on social media, so please help spread the word!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USMCA01
Twitter: https://twitter.com/USMCAmath
e-mail: director (at) usmath.org
After more than a year in the making, I'm extremely excited to finally announce the US Math Competition Association (USMCA)!
As some of you know, the USMCA is an organization I've been working on developing for some time now, with the broad aims of improving college-run math competitions nationwide. We do this along two major axes:
1. Developing technical tools for contests to use, e.g. for problem management and grading.
2. Organizing a "national circuit", to spur participation and increase the geographical reach of the math contest ecosystem.
I'll be mostly talking about (2) in this post, but if you are a contest organizer (or especially an aspiring contest organizer!), we highly encourage you to reach out to us for more about (1).
The USMCA national circuit works as follows: teams earn "circuit points" by in partner competitions, and near the end of the year the top 30 organizations qualify for the USMCA national championship. This year, the partner competitions are:
Princeton University Math Competition (PUMaC): November 17, 2018
Caltech Harvey Mudd Math Competition (CHMMC): December 2, 2018
Carnegie Mellon Informatics and Mathematics Competition (CMIMC): January 26, 2019
Berkeley Math Tournament (BMT): March 2019
Math Majors of America Tournament for High Schools (MMATHS): April 2019
The USMCA national championship itself is a remote contest that can be taken during a one-week window in early May, with two divisions: Premier (top 10 teams) and Challenger (next 20 teams). The Premier contest consists of an 2-hour, 8-problem Olympiad style test, while the Challenger division consists of an 2-hour, 30-problem short answer style test. Both divisions admit teams of up to 8 participants. More details will be sent to qualifiers in late April.
I'll be around in this thread to answer any questions
You can also contact us on social media, so please help spread the word!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USMCA01
Twitter: https://twitter.com/USMCAmath
e-mail: director (at) usmath.org
August 2018
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