COMAP is an applied mathematicians organization that runs an international math modeling competition. One of our teams, consisting of juniors Brynn Litus, Keira Beaudoin, Emma Reese, and Chloe Ross, were rated as a Finalist team. This goes to the teams around the world that place in the top 5% - and there are only 8 US teams that placed this high - so it's a big deal! This is out of 1100 papers in the competition, which is now dominated by Chinese high school teams since they have some focus on real-world math modeling in their math curriculum. This is something I've been wanting in US math classes for the last 20 years, but that's another story.
Anyhow, see an Evanston Now news story about the team here! Congratulations to them, as they now prepare for both the International Math Modeling Competition (IMMC), and the MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge in the next month!
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