Math Team Announcements
It has been a busy year for the Math Team! Below are some highlights from each of the competitions.
The Math Team captains are seniors Erica Dong, Rishi Patel, and Jared Rosen. They have organized practices for the team of 40+ students almost every Wednesday during A, B, and C terms. The practices have focused on developing math competition skills as well as teamwork and collaboration.
The Team
Each student listed competed in one or more of the competitions listed below.
The Seniors
Hartej Anand, Samhitha Bodangi, Sophia Caramanica, Adnan Dembele, Erica Dong, Hari Charan Raj Koornala, Vasudevan Lakshmanan, Rishab Nair, Sasha Nandyala, Rishi Patel, Armaan Priyadarshan, Keira Reid, Gustavo Rodriguez, Heidy Rodriguez, Jared Rosen, Rohan Sarikonda, Abhinav Sharma, Daniel Shi, Abhikhya Sonti, Maya Sushkin
The Juniors
Anshu Adiga, Raihan Ahmed, Varsha Alladi, Lilian Amer, Rishi Avadhuta, Jasmin Bella, Adel Benchemam, Ila Chakravarthy, Anh Dao, Vyshnavi Donthabhaktuni, Jessica Froment, Thomas Giolas, Hasini Gujjari, Daniel Harn, Sophie He, Ayaan Hegde, Andrew Kalashnikov, Lauren Kim, Hannah Lambert, Saketh Madhusudhan, Charlotte Martin, Lydia Metcalf, Maria Mischechkina, Niranjan Nair, Vatsal Patel, Luciana Piarulli, Sharvi Pujari, Sohini Saini, Ishana Saroha, Ashwin Sivagaminathan, Anika Sivasankar, Sriaditya Vaddadi, Caroline Walczak, Jackson Whitley, Adam Yanco
We had 8 students place in the top 25 for WOCOMAL participants: Rishab Nair, Sriaditya Vaddadi, Andrew Kalashnikov, Erica Dong, Adam Yanco, Raihan Ahmed, Sophie He, Jared Rosen
Rishab Nair received a scholarship award for his performance. The Matt Smith Scholarship of $100 was awarded to him for being the top-scoring senior in Varsity.
Thank you to everyone for participating and giving their best effort!
New England Math League
All juniors competed in this contest. The contest has six rounds of six one-point questions.
The top scorers for Mass Academy were Andrew Kalashnikov, Sriaditya Vaddadi, Adam Yanco, and Raihan Ahmed.
Check out the New England Math Competition site.
Massachusetts Association of Math Leagues (MAML)
Approximately 700 Massachusetts students competed in the MAML Olympiad Level 1 contest on October 17, 2024 (10 Mass Academy students).
The top scorers for Mass Academy were Andrew Kalashnikov, Niranjan Nair, Sriaditya Vaddadi, and Adam Yanco.
Based on their high scores, these 4 students competed in Level 2 of the contest on February 25, 2025.
Check out the MAML Competition site.
High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM)
Mass Academy had 16 teams (13 junior teams and 3 senior teams) compete in the HiMCM in November 2024. The teams worked diligently to prepare their papers on one of the two choices for modeling problems: “To Play or not to Play: Modeling Future Olympic Games” or “Examining the Environmental Impact of High-Powered Computing”. It was a memorable experience for our students and we are so proud of their dedication to completing this challenge. There were a total of 1055 teams, representing 474 schools and 20 countries/regions.
We had one team qualify for the 5-day International Math Modeling Challenge by scoring a designation of Meritorious on their HiMCM paper:
Team 15600: Raihan Ahmed, Vatsal Patel, Ashwin Sivagaminathan, Jotham Sserwadda
Check out the COMAP (HiMCM) competition site.
Worcester County Math League (WOCOMAL)
Mass Academy had over 50 students compete in WOCOMAL this season. The four meets took place at Shrewsbury High School. Each student competed in 3 individual rounds and the team round. The results are recorded on the WOCOMAL site.
Mass Academy placed 2nd overall and 1st in small school! We had 3 of the 10 top scorers in WOCOMAL: Rishab Nair, Sriaditya Vaddadi, and Andrew Kalashnikov.
Check out the WOCOMAL competition site.
Massachusetts Association of Math Leagues State Meet
Based on our team’s performance in WOCOMAL, Mass Academy received an invite to participate in the MAML State Meet. This took place on March 27th. We had one team of 5 students compete at this meet: Rishab Nair, Jared Rosen, Sriaditya Vaddadi, Andrew Kalashnikov, and Adam Yanco. Each student competed in 3 individual rounds and the team round. We placed 2nd in the Small Schools Division!
Check out the MAML competition site.
New England Association of Math Leagues Regional Meet
Based on our team’s performance at the MAML State Meet, Mass Academy received an invite to participate in the NEAML Regional Meet. This took place on May 2nd. We had one team of 5 students compete at this meet: Jared Rosen, Rishab Nair, Sriaditya Vaddadi, Raihan Ahmed, and Ishana Saroha. Each student competed in 3 individual rounds and the team round. We placed 3rd in the Small Schools Division.
Check out the NEAML competition site.
American Math Contest (AMC12)
Mass Academy had 24 students participate in the AMC 12B contest in November. We had 3 students qualify to participate in the American Invitational Math Exam, the AIME. This 15-question, 3-hour AIME took place on February 6th.
AIME Qualifiers: Raihan Ahmed, Andrew Kalashnikov, and Sriaditya Vaddadi
Check out the AMC12 competition site.
Purple Comet
All Mass Academy juniors participated in the Purple Comet Math Competition on April 23rd. The contest is a 30-question, 90-minute team competition for high school students in teams of up to six.
Check out the Purple Comet competition site.
Modeling the Future Challenge
All Mass Academy juniors participated in the Modeling the Future Challenge (MTFC) this year as part of our Math Modeling Course. MTFC, a program of The Actuarial Foundation, is a unique, project-based competition that encourages students to harness the power of data analytics and mathematical modeling to tackle real-world problems. Participants use cross-curricular skills and engage in collaborative efforts to make predictions about pressing topics like climate change, healthcare, technology and recommend solutions to affected stakeholders.
All Mass Academy Juniors competed in this Challenge, working in teams of five. In December, each team submitted a project proposal to MTFC on a topic of their choosing, in which they implemented the five steps in the Actuarial Process. The Challenge was extremely competitive with a total of 251 teams entering from 37 different states. Only the teams that demonstrated exceptional potential for an actuarial research project were invited to the Project Phase of the Challenge. All 10 Mass Academy teams were declared Semi-Finalists and moved onto the Project Phase!
| Team Name – Team Members | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Team Skib – Jasmin Bella, Lauren Kim, Sharvi Pujari, Varsha Alladi, Sophie He | Busting the Bias Behind Bars |
| Pi-rates – Anika Sivasankar, Ishana Saroha, Avani Jain, Hasini Gujjari, Vyshnavi | Fatal Scrolling: The Hidden Toll of Social Media on Mental Health |
| Feel the Burn(s) – Jianna Bixho, Caroline Walczak, Lydia Metcalf, Ila Chakravarthy, Thomas Giolas | Grape Expectations: The Real Cost of Spotted Lanternflies and Grape Production |
| Team Sigma – Adel Benchemam, Sohini Saini, Anthea Sun, Jessica Froment, Grace Qiu | From AFK to MVP: Crunching the Numbers to Respawn E-sports |
| Data Diddlers – Noah Proctor, Jackson Whitley, Ashwin Sivagaminathan, Ayaan Hegde, David Baker | The Breaking Point |
| You GOMPEI for This! – Vatsal Patel, Jotham, Sriaditya Vaddadi, Anshu Adiga, Medhansh Choudhury | Marketing the Market and Profiting from Prophecies: Using a Mathematical Model to Reduce the Risk of Stocks |
| What the FUNCTION – Charlotte Martin, Anh Dao, Aarushi Khatri, Maria Mishechkina, Hannah Lambert | Effects of Social Media on Behavior, Attention Span, and Academic Performance |
| The Guys – Adam Yanco, Niranjan Nair, Mary O’Brien, Andrew Brown, Aansh Patel | Concrete Ways to Reduce Carbon Emissions in Future Construction |
| Less Than Three – Lilian Amer, Luciana Piarulli, Ravena Arun, Evan Cheng, Rishit Avadhuta | You About Soil Erosion! |
| Ctrl + Alt + Predict – Andrew Kalashnikov, Raihan Ahmed, Daniel Harn, Harshil Hari, Saketh Madhusudhan | Coastal Lobstah Population Loss |
During the Project Phase, teams were mentored by professionals in the Actuarial Science field. At the end of this phase, they submitted a 25-page project report.
Check out this competition here.
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