Welcome all!: September 2013

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Primary School Students in SMO (Junior) Top 30

In recent years, the Singapore Mathematical Olympiad (SMO) Junior competition, which is suitable for Sec/Year 1 & 2 students, has attracted quite a number of primary school students to take part. In 2013 SMO (Junior), out of the 14 primary school students who had made it into the special round, 12 were existing P6 students and 2 were current P5 students. Some of these primary school students had even made it into top 30 of the SMO (Junior), which is no mean feat, considering the competitiveness of the competition!

Last updated: 1/9/18

Primary school students who had secured top 30 positions in SMO (Junior):

2018:
10th - Drew Michael Terren Ramirez, St Hilda’s Primary (P6)
11th - Yu Qinxi, Nan Hua Primary (P6)

2017:
13th - Su Zixuan, Nan Hua Primary (P6) [joined RI]
24th - Wu Xinyue, Qihua Primary (P6) [joined NYGH]

2016:
23th - Hu Xinghui, Raffles Girls' Primary (P6) [joined RGS]

2015:
5th - Lucas Boo Tse Yang, Nanyang Primary (P6) [joined RI]
21st - Low Choo Ray, Nanyang Primary (P6) [joined RI]

2014:
21st - Timothy Ho Li Xiong, ACS Primary (P6) [joined NUS High]
30th - Lucas Boo Tse Yang, Nanyang Primary (P5)

2013:
6th - Joel Tan Junyao, Catholic High Primary (P6) [joined NUS High]
29th - Cheng Puhua, Nan Hua Primary (P6) [joined RI]

2012:
18th - Dylan Toh Shan Hong, Nanyang Primary (P6) [joined NUS High]

2011:
28th - Clarence Chew Xuan Da, Tao Nan Primary (P6) [joined NUS High]

2010:
21st - Jeremy Tan Jie Rui, Rosyth Primary (P6) [joined NUS High]
22nd - Liu Yijia, Nan Hua Primary (P6) [joined RI]
24th - Sheldon Kieren Tan, Rosyth Primary (P6) [joined RI]

2007:
8th - Lim Jeck, Queenstown Primary (P6) [joined NUS High]

Most of these students continue to perform well in the Math Olympiad arena, after they moved on to secondary school. The following are some notable achievements of these young students:

Joel Tan - 2017 IMO Gold, 2016 IMO Silver, 2015 CWMI Gold

Dylan Toh - 2017 IMO Silver, 2016 IMO Gold, 2014-2015 IMO Silver, 2013 CWMI Gold

Clarence Chew - 2017 IMO Bronze, 2016 CMO Silver, 2015 CMO Gold, 2014 CWMI Gold, 2013 CWMI Silver, 2012 CWMI Gold

Liu Yijia - 2015 IMO Bronze, 2014 IMO Gold, 2013 IMO Silver, 2012 CWMI Gold

Sheldon Tan - 2014-2016 IMO Gold

Lim Jeck - 2011-2013 IMO Gold

I am confident that in the years to come, these young students will help Singapore to secure more IMO Gold medals. :))

Singapore's performance at the IMO from 1988 - 2016
Gold medals: 17. Silver medals: 48. Bronze medals: 68. Honourable mentions: 21.

Monday, 16 September 2013

Another Moving Thai Video Clip

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Tuesday, 10 September 2013

QS World University Ranking 2013/2014 (NUS vs NTU, World Top 3)

QS World University Rankings	2013 / 2014
(compared to 2012/2013 rankings, in brackets)
Top 50 at a Glance	(Full Listing)
	NUS	NTU	World #1	World #2	World #3
Overall	# 24 (+1)	# 41 (+6)	MIT	Harvard	Cambridge
Medicine	# 20 (+1)		Harvard	Oxford	Cambridge
Biological Sciences	# 17 (+14)		Harvard	MIT	Cambridge
Psychology	# 28 (-13)	# 38 (+4)	Harvard	Oxford	Cambridge
Pharmacy/Pharmacology	# 7 (-4)		Harvard	Oxford	Cambridge
Physics & Astronomy	# 32 (-3)		MIT	Cambridge	Harvard
Mathematics	# 9 (+2)	# 46 (-)	Cambridge	MIT	Harvard
Environmental Sciences	# 19 (-8)	- (# 45)	UCB	Stanford	MIT
Earth & Marine Sciences			Harvard	UCB	MIT
Chemistry	# 13 (=)	# 49 (-)	MIT	Cambridge	UCB
Materials Sciences	# 6 (+1)	# 14 (+17)	MIT	UCB	Stanford
Comp Science & Info Sys	# 8 (+1)	# 22 (+4)	MIT	Stanford	Oxford
Chemical Engineering	# 6 (+1)	# 34 (-4)	MIT	UCB	Imperial
Civil Engineering	# 11 (-6)	# 8 (+5)	Imperial	UCB	Tokyo U
Electrical Engineering	# 10 (+1)	# 14 (+17)	MIT	Stanford	UCB
Mechanical Engineering	# 6 (-1)	# 11 (+5)	MIT	Stanford	Cambridge
Philosophy	- (# 43)		Oxford	Cambridge	Princeton
Modern Languages	# 9 (+1)		Oxford	Cambridge	Harvard
Geography	# 8 (-3)		Oxford	Cambridge	LSE
History	# 40 (-)		Cambridge	Oxford	Princeton
Linguistics	# 21 (+17)		Cambridge	MIT	UCLA
English Lang & Literature	# 14 (+8)		Oxford	Cambridge	Harvard
Statistics & Ops Research	# 5 (=)	# 23 (-5)	UCB	MIT	Stanford
Sociology	# 14 (-1)		UCB	Harvard	UCLA
Politics & Intl Studies	# 10 (+2)		Harvard	LSE	Yale
Law	# 22 (-12)		Harvard	Cambridge	Oxford
Economics & Econometrics	# 14 (+2)		Harvard	MIT	LSE
Accounting & Finance	# 11 (-3)	# 29 (+3)	Harvard	LSE	Oxford
Comms & Media Studies	# 4 (-1)	# 11 (+12)	UCB	Texas Austin	Columbia
Education		# 13 (+7)	Harvard	Cambridge	UMelbourne

NUS - National University of Singapore
NTU - Nanyang Technological University of Singapore

Saturday, 7 September 2013

SMO 2013 Prize Presentation Ceremony

Singapore Mathematical Olympiad (SMO) 2013 Results

Lim Jeck receiving SMO Open Individual 1st prize (with S$600 cash) from Prof Chong Chi Tat, the guest of honour. This is the 3rd time (the other two times were in 2011 and 2012) he wins the SMO Open Individual champion.

NUS High Team (Lim Jeck, Clarence and Pin Lin) emerged champion in SMO Open team category (with S$1000 cash)

RI Team (Yijia, David, Sheldon and Jiun Harn) won SMO Open team 2nd.

Prof Chong with IMO 2013 Team - Lim Jeck, Siah Yong, Yijia, Yan Hao, David and Eugene.

Five of the boys from IMO 2013 Singapore Team went for a table tennis game after the prize presentation. The video is taken by Eugene's parents. Thanks!