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Friday, 30 April 2021

Monday, 26 April 2021

Google Code Jam 2021 Round 1B Results

Top 10

The top 1500 contestants in this round will advance to Round 2.

Singapore's participants in the top 1500

Rank nickname (real name), score

#54 jacobtpl (Jacob Teo), 100

#59 Feeder, 100

#157 SmileyFace (Zhang Guang Xuan), 100

#172 Orang3 (Daniel Choo), 100

#210 TrueBamboo, 82

#256 yunruiw@gmail.com (Wang Yunrui), 77

#271 rocketninja7 (Andrew Yapp), 77

#341 meeeep (Li Yao’an), 77

#385 nzqrc (Howe Choong Yin), 69

#392 4yn (Chang Si Yuan), 69

#441 estelle0500 (Estelle Lee), 61

#495 Avain, 61

#664 limli (Lim Li), 59

#682 pooty, 59

#690 bayweiheng (Bay Wei Heng), 59

#730 damianhxy (Damian Ho), 59

#865 cstuart (Stuart Lim), 43

#895 Momoofhappiness (Luke Tan), 43

#978 gylfruit, 43

#1004 andyk, 43

#1365 gerhean, 36

Saturday, 24 April 2021

IMO 2021 Singapore Team

The 62nd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) will be held from 14 to 24 July 2021, and hosted by St Petersburg Russia.

The Singapore Team comprises the following students: (not in order of ranking)

Lucas Boo, RI Year 6 (IMO 2019 Gold, 2018 Silver)

Low Choo Ray, RI Year 6 (IMO 2020 Bronze)

Hu Xinghui, RI Year 5 (IMO 2020 Silver)

Etienne Ong, RI Year 6

Lai Pengchong, RI Year 5

Shevonne Chia, NUSH Year 5

Congratulations!

Tuesday, 13 April 2021

S.E.A. Aquarium, Resort World Sentosa

Saturday, 10 April 2021

Google Code Jam 2021 Round 1A Results

Top 10

The top 1500 contestants in this round will advance to Round 2.

Singapore's participants in the top 1500

Rank nickname (real name), score

#62 clarence.chew (Clarence Chew), 85

#91 jianzhi (Wang Jianzhi), 75

#101 lovemathboy (Huang Xingchen), 75

#137 eutroph, 75

#180 czxcjx, 75

#276 anonymoussquid, 75

#292 errorgorn (Ashley Aragorn Khoo), 75

#401 dantoh000 (Daniel Toh), 69

#471 btzy (Bernard Teo), 61

#613 jonathanirvings (Jonathan Irvin Gunawan), 60

#678 shenxy (Shen Xing Yang), 60

#702 Jamezzz, 60

#730 oneplusone (Lim Jeck), 60

#734 SmileyFace (Zhang Guang Xuan), 60

#781 9mat, 60

#808 kai824 (Tan Yi Kai), 60

#967 zengminghao (Zeng Minghao), 60

#975 Thallid, 60

#1054 level.51, 60

#1084 fenwicktree, 60

#1107 xTheBHox, 60

#1121 HuaJun07 (Teow Hua Jun), 60

#1122 mesaliason, 60

#1144 funy, 60

#1186 ncduy0303, 60

#1213 Zheyuan (Yu Zheyuan), 54

#1246 pwypeanut (Pang Wen Yuen), 54

#1325 socho (Soumyaditya Choudhuri), 54

#1407 lichenkoh (Koh Li Chen), 54

#1464 jiahng (Koh Jia Hng), 54

Friday, 9 April 2021

Wednesday, 7 April 2021

IPhO 2021 and APhO 2021 Singapore Teams

The 51st International Physics Olympiad 2021 (IPhO 2021) will be organised in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, from 17 to 25 July.

The following Year 6/JC2 students are representing Singapore at the IPhO 2021:

Lewin Basil Slader Marsh, HCI

Akshat Chaudhary, NUSH

Sim Hui Xiang, NUSH

Tan Chien Hao, RI

Wang Yunrui, RI

The 21st Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO 2021) will be held in Taiwan from 17 to 24 May. It will be an online competition.

The following Year 6/JC2 students are representing Singapore at the APhO 2021:

David Teo Kai, ACSI

Derrick Chew Bowen, RI

Shen Zhen Yang, RI

Gyan Seah Jia'en, NUSH

Johnson Kathiravan, NUSH

Paul Seow, NUSH

Whang Shih Ee, NUSH

Vishal Mohanty, NUSH

Monday, 22 March 2021

NOI 2021 Top Contestants and Top Schools Results

Top 4 Contestants
1. Tan Yi Kai, HCI
2. Zeng Minghao, Manjusri Secondary
3. Shen Zihan, NJC
4. Stuart Lim Yi Xiong, HCI

Top Secondary School Students
1. James Sng Sun Jie, NUSH
2. Yaw Chur Zhe, HCI

Top Female Medalist
Jamie Lim Jia Sin, NUSH

Youngest Medalist
Dylan See Yuzhi, DHS

Top Junior Colleges
1. HCI

2. RI

Honorable Mention: United World College South East Asia Dover Campus

Top Secondary Schools
1. RI
2. NUSH

QS Business Masters Rankings 2021: Finance

Thursday, 18 March 2021

Offer Letters from MIT and Cambridge

Friday, 12 March 2021

Masters Applications and Admission Results

Undergrad Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Major: Mathematical Sciences (Class of 2017)
GPA: 4.97 / 5

GMAT (taken in Oct 2020):

Overall Score: 720
Quantitative: 51/51
Verbal: 35/51

Reasoning: 8/8
Analytical Writing: cancelled due to covid19

Program Applying: Master of Finance

Applied to:
Cambridge: Accepted on 17 Mar (with interview & test)
MIT: Accepted on 12 Mar (with interview & test), Attending!

Oxford: Rejected on 10 Dec (without interview)

Princeton: Rejected on 6 Mar (with interview & test)
Stanford (Computational Finance): Rejected on 26 Feb (without interview, did not take GRE)

Thursday, 4 March 2021

Registration for Code Jam 2021 is open

Schedule

Round, Start to End (Singapore Time), Duration

Qualification Round - 26 Mar (Fri) 9 pm to 28 Mar (Sun) 3 am, 30 hrs

Round 1A - 10 Apr (Sat) 9 am to 11.30 am, 2 hrs 30 mins

Round 1B - 25 Apr (Sun/Mon) 12 am to 2.30 am, 2 hrs 30 mins

Round 1C - 1 May (Sat) 5 pm to 7.30 pm, 2 hrs 30 mins

Round 2 - 15 May (Sat) 10 pm to 16 May (Sun) 12.30 am, 2 hrs 30 mins

Round 3 - 5 Jun (Sat) 10 pm to 6 Jun (Sun) 12.30 am, 2 hrs 30 mins

World Finals - 7 Aug (Sat) 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm, 4 hrs

Tuesday, 2 March 2021

Sky Nets Walking and Canopy Park, Changi Jewel

Adult ticket $13.50, Senior ticket $9. Paid with SingapoRediscovers Vouchers.

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Free Olympiad-Style Mathematics Courses for P6 to Sec 2 Students by Cambridge Students

This is posted on behalf of Kvanta EN.

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We are a group of students from the University of Cambridge aiming to provide the best possible education for kids all over the world. On Saturday 20th February we are launching our first sequence of courses on olympiad-style mathematics (this is free of charge for now!). Our teachers are among the best mathematicians of their age in their countries and our educational process is different from what most other clubs have. Please have a look at our website (en.kvanta.xyz) for more details.

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