by Christina Xu
What’s
better than a fun math competition coupled with scholarships? The Moody’s Mega
Math Challenge is a realistic math application competition where participants
have exactly 14-hours to come up with a math model to solve a real-world
problem. Last year, when I participated, the problem was with car sharing and
the increasing usage of carpooling.
This challenge is not your typical
math computation, against-the-clock, strategic problem set sort of competition–
rather, it’s about finally making your math teacher’s words of “you will use
this in real-life” come true. While it definitely is a different way of looking
at the formulas, numbers, and rules you have been taught, the application truly
gives you a new perspective into math and the problems we are faced with today.
And if that wasn’t enough initiative
to participate, did I mention there is $150,000 in scholarships? As a
participant last year, I highly encourage everyone to give it a shot–because
who knows? You might just be flying over to NYC in a couple months to receive
your award.
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