Competition+descriptions

The FML's are a series of 6 30-minute competitions that take place on Tuesdays in October-March at school. They consist of six questions that include a variety of Mathematical topics. Last year, RE placed first in Dade County out of 8 schools that participated in the FML's and 18th in the state with over 100 schools participating. Within our school our top scorer was Matthew Susskind (2011) and Matthew Mistele was in 2nd place. If you want more info go to...FML

The AMC is a national mathematics competition that takes place in February each year at school. The top 5% of students who take the AMC12 and the top 1% of those who take the AMC10 go on to take the AIME (a 3 hour exam!). One of our students, Matthew Mistele, went on to take the AIME last year. In addition, several of our students did very well on the AMC10 and AMC12. If you want more info go to...AMC

The David Essner exam is an exam given by the University of Miami conmemorating one of their outstanding Mathematics PhD students who passed away in a motorcycle accident. The first round is given in December each year at Ransom and the top 50 students are asked to attend a second round at the University of Miami. Last year four of our students, Jacob Stern, Ben Berman, Matthew Mistele, and Nicola Ferretti were asked to go on to the second round (out of 750 students) and Matthew Mistele went on to finish in 7th place overall. If you want more info go to...David Essner

The FAMAT competitions take place on Saturdays at various schools throughout the state. These are division specific competitions hosted by the Florida Association of Mu Alpha Thetas, and they culminate in a State competition in April. In addition, many of the schools that compete in FAMAT competitions go on to attend the National convention hosted by the National Mu Alpha Theta. If you want more info go to...FAMAT