Student Essay Contest: 2017 Results

GRAND PRIZE:

  • “The Limit Does Not Exist“: by Karen Ge of Naperville North High School, Naperville, Illinois. (Essay was about Elizabeth Moore of Naperville North High School)

COLLEGE:

  • 1st Place: “Persisting Through Barriers of Inequality: A Biography of Dr. Seema Nanda”: by Yixuan He of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
  • Honorable Mention: “Color by Number”: by Lily Jordan of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mathematics), Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Essay was about Joanna Ellis-Monaghan of Saint Michael’s College)
  • Honorable Mention: “The Art of Math: An Image Problem”: by Anna Schilke of Houghton College, Houghton, NY. (Essay was about Rebekah Yates of Houghton College)

HIGH SCHOOL:

  • 1st Place: “The Limit Does Not Exist”: (Same as Grand Prize) by Karen Ge of Naperville North High School, Naperville, Illinois. (Essay was about Elizabeth Moore of Naperville North High School)
  • Honorable Mention: “Julie Haggerty’s Journey to the Clouds”: by Macey Broadwater of Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado(Essay was about Julie Haggerty of National Center for Atmospheric Research)
  • Honorable Mention: “Challenges, Growth, & Opportunity”: by Kailande Cassamajor of Wheaton High School, Silver Spring, Maryland(Essay was about Dr. Bonita V. Saunders of National Institute of Standards and Technology)
  • Honorable Mention: “The Posters on the Walls of the Math Classroom”: by Katie Tam of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia. (Essay was about Alouf Jirari-Scavotto of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology)

MIDDLE SCHOOL:

  • 1st Place: Breaking Barriers – A Mathematical Journey: by Asmi Kumar of Northwestern Middle School, Milton, Georgia. (Essay was about Suzy Crowe Career Technology Department Chair at Fulton County Schools
  • Honorable Mention: No-Recipe Math: Rosa Orellana’s Mathematical Journeys: by Sophie Usherwood of Frances C Richmond Middle School, Hanover, New Hampshire. (Essay was about Rosa Orellana of Dartmouth College) 

Some essays have been modified for posting on the AWM website.