SMO Junior

[wmd]

Two national team members fell in a competitive examination. (SMO 2009)

[mjl]

wmd:

Two national team members fell in a competitive examination. (SMO 2009)

Two IMO team members .. not National Team members. Every year 6 IMO team members are selected from 20+ National Team members.

You actually scrutinised the whole list :lol: Good observation!

In competitions, there is always an element of luck (the questions set may not be the student's best topic) and also the student's mood/frame of mind/attitude/determination.

[MdmKS]

kiasiparent:

http://sms.math.nus.edu.sg/Competitions/SMO2009.aspx


Lim Jeck is really good.

Kiasiparent, do you know who are top, 2nd and 3rd by school? Up till which level of awardee are attending the prize giving day?

[mjl]

MdmKS:

kiasiparent:

http://sms.math.nus.edu.sg/Competitions/SMO2009.aspx


Lim Jeck is really good.

Kiasiparent, do you know who are top, 2nd and 3rd by school? Up till which level of awardee are attending the prize giving day?

For SMO(Junior), the top is NUSH, 2nd is HCI and 3rd is RI. (inside info )

NUSH did extremely well this year, considering their student population is very small as compared to other sec schools & JCs.

All awardees in the list above will attend the prize giving ceremony. Team winners are in a separate list (given to the schools) and they will also attend the same ceremony.

[corneyAmber]

wmd:

Contestant [] P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 Total Rank Award

Abs. Rel. (%)
Team results 42 29 11 17 17 0 116 30 71.8 S, S, B, B, B, HM
Jia-Han Chiam 7 3 7 1 7 0 25 117 79.43 Silver medal
Yao Chen Ivan Loh 7 4 1 5 7 0 24 130 77.13 Silver medal
Ryan Jun Neng Chan 7 7 0 5 2 0 21 181 68.09 Bronze medal
Jeck Lim 7 7 1 3 0 0 18 208 63.30 Bronze medal
Tian Wen Daniel Low 7 7 1 0 0 0 15 249 56.03 Bronze medal
Jia Hao Barry Tng 7 1 1 3 1 0 13 283 50.00 Honourable mention

Leader: Yan Loi Wong
Deputy leader: David Chia

All boys winners? Girls hopeless in Math?? :?

[Fairy]

mjl:

For SMO(Junior), the top is NUSH, 2nd is HCI and 3rd is RI. (inside info )


NUSH did extremely well this year, considering their student population is very small as compared to other sec schools & JCs.

All awardees in the list above will attend the prize giving ceremony. Team winners are in a separate list (given to the schools) and they will also attend the same ceremony.

It goes to show that NUSH's strategy of 'chopping' the MO Platinum Awardees in their DSA exercises is the correct one. An invitation for tea, an offer of waiver of fees & a hint of a confirmed place goes a long way in buttering up the ego of the candidates who will continue to win at competitions and bring honour to the school. These kids are already trained. It's like imported talent. Afterall, being a specialised Maths & Science school whose students' performance need not be compared to most of the cohort as they award their own Diploma, there is no presure for the school to compete at 'A' levels for uni entrance. The only way the school can show success is to top the chart at competitions.

Their students are already (supposedly) good in Maths & Science and DO NOT HAVE TO spend too much time in subjects they are not good at where the emphasis is not as great. No wonder it is so popular with the PSLE students.

[Jenn]

mjl:

For SMO(Junior), the top is NUSH, 2nd is HCI and 3rd is RI. (inside info )


NUSH did extremely well this year, considering their student population is very small as compared to other sec schools & JCs.

All awardees in the list above will attend the prize giving ceremony. Team winners are in a separate list (given to the schools) and they will also attend the same ceremony.

Ya, looks like NUSH has a number of juniors who will help them win math awards in the years to come.

Lim Jeck is only in sec 2 and represented Singapore at the IMO. Probably the youngest person to represent singapore at math olympics.

Amongst the NUSH students in the SMO junior top ten places, only Lim Jeck is in sec 2. http://sms.math.nus.edu.sg/Competitions/SMO2009.aspxThe rest are in sec 1. All were Platinum holders in SMOPS last year.

Muhammad Haikal was last year top Malay student. Heard he is taking his O level this year. Way Tan is actually younger than sec 1 and had skip levels so he is now in year 1 at NUSH. All taking year 3 or above maths at NUSH. Year 3 maths at NUSH is pitch at the JC level. By the time they complete NUSH, they would probably have completed university maths.

[mjl]

ks2me:

All boys winners? Girls hopeless in Math?? :?

http://www.imo-official.org/year_info.aspx?year=2008
Madrid, Spain (Home Page IMO 2008), 10. 7. - 22. 7. 2008
Number of participating countries: 97.
Number of contestants: 535; 55.

http://www.imo-official.org/year_info.aspx?year=2009
Bremen, Germany (Home Page IMO 2009), 10. 7. - 22. 7. 2009
Number of participating countries: 104.
Number of contestants: 565; 59.

For both IMO 2008 and IMO 2009, there were 90% male, 10% female. I think genetically boys are stronger than girls in Maths.

[corneyAmber]

mjl:

http://www.imo-official.org/year_info.aspx?year=2008

Madrid, Spain (Home Page IMO 2008), 10. 7. - 22. 7. 2008
Number of participating countries: 97.
Number of contestants: 535; 55.

http://www.imo-official.org/year_info.aspx?year=2009
Bremen, Germany (Home Page IMO 2009), 10. 7. - 22. 7. 2009
Number of participating countries: 104.
Number of contestants: 565; 59.

For both IMO 2008 and IMO 2009, there were 90% male, 10% female. I think genetically boys are stronger than girls in Maths.

Thanks for sharing. Looks like kids these days are learning very advanced Math and majority of girls get weaker at higher levels.

[Dharma]

To be fair to the girls, I think they are more balanced and all rounded academically. RGS made almost a clean sweep in the recent \"The World Scholars Cup\" in both Junior and Senior divisions and came out top in Art, Lit, History, Science and Maths in the Junior Division.