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The sixth annual Pepperdine Math Day was held on Saturday, November 10, on the campus of
Pepperdine University in Malibu.
The primary purposes of this annual event are to promote interest and reward excellence in mathematics and science,
as well as to increase the interaction between Pepperdine and our local Southern California high school faculty and students.
Nearly 300 students and accompanying faculty and parents from 20 Southern California schools were in attendance.
This year we were priviledged to have as our guest speakers Annie Chang and Rod Bogart.
Annie is Vice President of Post-Production Technology for The Walt Disney Studios Digital Production Technology group,
and Rod is head of color science at Pixar Animation Studios, overseeing the technology for creating the final distributed masters of the movies.
The other main event of the day was a
competitive written math exam.
On the exam, the overall average score was 21.5 out of 45 (no penalty for incorrect answers).
A breakdown of results on the exam is here
or a sorted (by percentage correct) version is
here.
Also, a grade by grade breakdown of the scores is as follows:
| Grade | Low | Average | High | |
| 9 | 10 | 21.7 | 34 | Dean Li, Arcadia |
| 10 | 6 | 20.6 | 37 | Brian Deng, Walnut |
| 11 | 3 | 21.4 | 36 | Bryan Tiu, Arcadia |
| 12 | 7 | 22.2 | 43 | Donovan Lieu, Arcadia |
Top scorer from each school
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Donovan Lieu
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Arcadia High School
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Matthew Daniel
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Burbank High School
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Hyunho Jeon
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Concordia High School
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Corey Chen
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Diamond Bar High School
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Shawnt Karakozian
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Ferrahian High School
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Jake Mattinson
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Granada Hills Charter High School
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Philip Chung
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John A. Rowland High School
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Jesse Weinstein
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Malibu High School
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Jackson Chang
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Mark Keppel High School
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Brandon Flannery
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Oaks Christian High School
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Kevin Lu
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Oak Park High School
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Grace Yao
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Oxford Academy
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Royce Chen
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Palos Verdes High School
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Michelle Lin
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Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
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Serena Hu, Sandra Zhang Ding
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Ribet Academy
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Tom Hu
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San Marino High School
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Jinnu Kim
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Torrance High School
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Bryan Kronenberg
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Vistamar School
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Brian Deng
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Walnut High School
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Top three team scores
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First Place
Arcadia High School
(average score of 38.2)
Donovan Lieu, Aritro Biswas,
Edwin Ma, Bryan Tiu, Nathan Chou
Kerry King, faculty advisor
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Second Place
Walnut High School
(average score of 35.2)
Brian Deng, Ziran Wu, Wesley Lin,
Daniel Suryakusuma, Ming-Wei Wang
Melanie Hildreth, faculty advisor
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Third place
Palos Verdes Peninsula School
(average score of 34.2)
Michelle Lin, Andrew Choi,
Cynthia Shi, Michael Wong, Alex Chang
Vararat Chaiyont, faculty advisor
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Honorable Mention:
Mark Keppel
Oxford Academy
Top individual scorers (4 of the top 5 pictured)
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Score |
Name |
School |
Grade |
| 43 | Donovan Lieu | Arcadia | 12 |
| 40 | Aritro Biswas | Arcadia | 12 |
| 38 | Jackson Chang | Mark Keppel | 12 |
| 37 | Edwin Ma | Arcadia | 12 |
| 37 | Brian Deng | Walnut | 10 |
| 36 | Bryan Tiu | Arcadia | 11 |
| 36 | Grace Yao | Oxford | 11 |
| 36 | Michelle Lin | Palos Verdes Peninsula | 12 |
| 36 | Ziran Wu | Walnut | 11 |
| 35 | Nathan Chou | Arcadia | 11 |
| 35 | Andrew Choi | Palos Verdes Peninsula | 10 |
| 35 | Wesley Lin | Walnut | 12 |
| 34 | 8 students | | |
Congratulations to all of the top scorers, and to all of the students who participated!
A number of prizes were awarded, including a total of $15,000 in scholarship money to Pepperdine, as well as approximately $3000 worth of mathematical computer software and calculators donated by our sponsors, whom we thank for their generous support this and every year.
Finally, thanks to all of the Pepperdine students and faculty who helped with the day!
See you all at Pepperdine Math Day 2013!
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