Fairfax Student Wins Silver Medal at International Chemistry Olympiad
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TJ is one of a small group of high schools that consistently sends students to the highest level of national Olympiad competition and frequently sees some of those students go on to represent their country in international competition. This year, Janice Ong, TJ ’15, flew to Baku, Azerbaijan, to take part in the 47th International Chemistry Olympiad (ICHO) as a member of the US team. She came home exhilarated from her “once-in-a-lifetime experience,” excited about “how much more there is to learn.” To top it off, she received a silver medal and earned the second-highest score on the US team. Last year, William Long, TJ ’15, traveled to Bali, Indonesia for the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) as a member of the US Biology Olympiad (USABO) team, where he was awarded 5th place in individual competition. It was his second time as a national finalist. This year, Neeraj Prasad, TJ ’17, made it to the study-camp national finals. The TJ Physics Team, which proudly states on its website that TJ has produced “more members of the US Physics Team than any other high school in the nation,” administers the preliminary (F=ma) and semifinal exams each spring. In 2015, approximately 4,400 students from around the country participated in the F=ma exam, with the top 360 scorers — including eight from TJ — invited to take the semifinal exam. The top 20 scorers on the semifinal exam were then invited to attend the US Physics Olympiad (USAPhO) study camp at the University of Maryland, where the US team that competes at the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) is chosen. Three study camp participants were from TJ: Shankar Balasubramanian, TJ ’15, Allen Cheng, TJ ’16, and Charles Wang, TJ ’18. A US Computing Olympiad (USACO) season typically consists of five online preliminary contests, followed by the US Open national championships. Contests are offered in bronze, silver, and gold divisions. All participants start in the bronze division, and those who score particularly well are promoted to the next division. TJ students typically hear about the US Computing Olympiad (USACO) online contests through Senior Computer Team, which tracks students’ progress in these and other contests on their website. Based on their performance in online training pages and preliminary contests, and in particular on their performance at the US Open, approximately 20 students are invited to a camp for finalists at Clemson University. After competing in six more contests at Clemson, the top performers are selected to represent their country at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI). This year, Corwin de Boor, TJ ’15, and Shwetark Patel, TJ ’18, were among the two dozen USACO finalists. Students scoring in the top twelve on the USAMO are automatically invited to attend the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP) study camp. Top-scoring non-seniors are also invited. The intensive program prepares students in areas of mathematics that are traditionally emphasized more in other countries than in the US, and results in the selection of the six-member team that represents the country at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). Four TJ students were invited to participate in MOSP this year: Sam Hsiang, TJ ’16, Akshaj Kadaveru, TJ ’18, Katherine Cheng, TJ ’18, and Lilian Wang, TJ ’18. |
Anonymous
| TL; DR. Is this PR Newswire? |
Anonymous
You should learn to celebrate Fairfax students' accomplishments. |
Anonymous
NP. You should...get a life? |
Anonymous
Is it because almost all the winners are Asian American students? You should be more open-minded and embrace diversity. |
Anonymous
| Congratulations on the impressive showing! |
Anonymous
| Wonder how many MCPS students participated in the International Chemistry Olympiad? |
Anonymous
I'm all for that, but you should learn to paraphrase because this is way too long. |