The American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC)

Student Mathematics League Competition

Organized by the Club of
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM Club)
Oakton Community College
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tingxiu Wang, 847-635-1751

The AMATYC Student Math League Competition is sponsored by the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges. There are more than 165 colleges in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda and over seven thousand community college students involved. There will be two rounds of competition each year. All Oakton students are welcome to participate. Send a note of your participation with your name, social security number, phone number and/or e-mail address to Dr. Wang, Department of Mathematics, or to tingxiu@oakton.edu. You may request a sample test from Dr. Wang. Please contact Dr. Wang for any questions regarding the competition or awards.

OAKTON AWARDS

Each Oakton student who participates in a round of competition will receive a certificate of participation. To be eligible for an Oakton award, a student must enroll in a credit course. Students who score 10 points or higher in each round will receive a certificate of honorable mention. The highest five scores in each round will receive medallions. Each academic year, medallists of the first round will not receive medallions in the second round, but are eligible to receive the annual awards if their total scores are high enough. The highest five of total scores in two rounds will receive the annual awards. Besides certificates and medallions, winners could receive other appropriate gifts.

LEVEL OF COMPETITION

The level of the tests is precalculus mathematics. Questions are taken from a standard syllabus in College Algebra and Trigonometry and may involve precalculus algebra, trigonometry, synthetic and analytic geometry, and probability; questions that are completely self-contained may be included as well. All questions are short-answer or multiple choice (multiple choice questions will have at least four response choices). No partial credit is allowed in scoring. Oakton student competition results will be available at the end of each semester. The availability of national results will be determined by the AMATYC.

CALCULATORS AND OTHER MATERIALS

Students are permitted to use any scientific or graphics calculator, provided they do not have a keyboard (such as, for example TI-92) or a disk drive. However, no books, mathematical tables, computers or questions are permitted during the test.

AMATYC AWARDS

The grand prize for the qualified individual with the highest total score on the two exams is a $3,000 scholarship to be used to continue his or her education at an accredited four-year institution. In the case of a tie for the grand prize, the scholarship will be evenly divided. The top ten ranking individuals will receive appropriate prizes of a mathematical nature, as will the five highest ranking members of the first place team. The five highest ranking teams, as well as the team and individual champions from each of AMATYC's eight regions (Central, Mid-Atlantic, Mid-West, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest, and West), will receive plaques at the following year's AMATYC annual conference. The scholarship must be used within two years of its award at the conference. In addition, certificates of merit will be awarded to the top five individuals from each participating college. The prizes, plaques, and certificates are sponsored by the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges.

ELIGIBILITY FOR AMATYC AWARDS

To be eligible for an individual AMATYC award, a participant must compete on both exams. Any student at Oakton who has not earned a two-year college or higher degree is eligible to compete for AMATYC awards. In addition, to be eligible to receive the AMATYC grand prize, a student must have successfully completed a minimum of 12 semester hours of Oakton course work by the end of the spring 2003. Students enrolled in a four-year institution or in high school at the time of the competition are NOT eligible for the grand prize, nor are previous recipients of the Grand Prize. The Oakton team score consists of the best five scores on the exam in each round. The individual student team members may change from exam to exam.

SPONSORS

The American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC)
The National Science Foundation Project at Oakton Community College:
Partnership to Increase STEM Enrollment and Student Success
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
The Board of Student Affairs