Our Year 12 team were recently awarded a semi-final prize in the MathWorks Math Modeling (M3 Challenge), securing a shared scholarship of $1500. The M3 Challenge is an engaging contest designed for High School Juniors and Seniors in the United States, as well as Sixth Form students in England and Wales. In this competition, students experience what it is like to work as a team to tackle a real world problem under time and resource constraints.
Out of 655 teams spanning the US and UK, our semi-finalists finished in the top 2%, between 7th and 12th place.
Working tirelessly over a 14-hour period, the students completed a maths modelling task using computer modelling and statistical analysis. The problem itself involved using several data sets to code and build mathematical models to predict housing and homelessness in Manchester and Brighton and Hove. Each paper submitted then went through rigorous examination by a judging panel made up of American PhD Applied Mathematicians.
The scholarship prize of $1,500 (£1,225) will be divided equally among our semi-finalist team and paid directly to the colleges or universities where they ultimately enrol. A big congratulations to the whole team, made up of Dawei (L6C1), Oliver (L6M2), Aryan (L6R1), Devarshi (L6J2) and Rajarshi (L6J2)