USC High School Math Contest - 1996 Results

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Individual Results: [table of contents]

Written Exam

For receiving the highest score on the written exam, Ioana Gradinaru has been awarded a four-year full tuition scholarship to attend USC.

For receiving the second highest score on the written exam, Patrick Davidson has been awarded a four-year half-tuition scholarship to attend USC.

The table below lists the top 16 official participants. We would like to congratulate these students as well as all of the students who have worked so hard and performed so well on our written exam.

Top 16 Scores on Written Exam (Official Participants)
Student Name Score (out of 150) Grade Level High School
Ioana Gradinaru 140 Sophomore A. C. Flora High School
Patrick Davidson 110 ? Wren High School
David Blackwood 108 ? Southside High School
Daya Nathan 107 ? Southside High School
Kathy Mancuso 101 Freshman A. C. Flora High School
Adams Rackes 100 ? Dreher High School
Danny Kim 98 ? Ben Lippen School
Zack Kinlaw 96 ? Hammond School
Tim Wescott 95 ? Cardinal Newman High School
Lucas Hager 91 ? Hammond School
Mark Rogers 90 ? Southside High School
Jonathan Mason 90 Sophomore Dreher High School
Matt Skvoretz 90 ? Dreher High School
Paul Brannon 89 ? Academic Magnet High School
Ryan Ochylski 89 ? Southside High School
Jay Thompson 87 ? Palmetto High School

Tournament

The top 16 scorers on our written exam participated in our Mathematics Tournament. Ioana Gradinaru was the winner and Lucas Hager was the runner-up. Congratulations to both of them!

Team Results: [table of contents]

Schools are divided into two divisions based on the number of students, the number of teachers, the scope of the math program, etc. For each team, we average the top 3 written exam scores. This score is added to the score from the ciphering contest to give us the team score. Trophies are awarded to the schools with the top three team scores from each division. Congratulations to the following schools.

Division 1
  High School Top 3 Average Ciphering TEAM SCORE
First Place A. C. Flora High School 105.3 36 141.3
Second Place Dreher High School 93.3 38 131.3
Third Place Southside High School 101.7 27 128.7

Division 2
  High School Top 3 Average Ciphering TEAM SCORE
First Place Ben Lippen School 88.7 36 124.7
Second Place Hammond School 88.3 29 117.3
Third Place Academic Magnet High School 81.3 33 114.3

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