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MATHCOUNTS® at UVa

2008 Summer Program
August 4-8

[Directions and other Information for Attendees]

This summer day program (9am-12noon) focuses on introducing talented middle school students in mathematics to successful MATHCOUNTS® problem-solving techniques.

Description
MATHCOUNTS® is a national math enrichment, coaching, and competition program that promotes middle school mathematics in every state and U.S. territory.

Eligibility
Middle scchool students (boys and girls) should be enrolled in the 6th, 7th, or 8th grade during the 2007-08 academic year and have the recommendation of their mathematics teacher.

Instructors
Adrian Mitrea (Adrian is an incoming freshman at the California Institute of Technology studying engineering and is also a former MathCounts participant); Diana Mitrea (Diana is a rising senior at Cornell University studying engineering and has partcipated in the competition as well as coached for two years the team from the Smithton Middle School, Missouri); Irina Mitrea (Irina is a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Virginia and coach of the Sutherland Middle School, Virginia).

Application
Send the completed application forms to:

MathCounts at UVa
Department of Mathematics
University of Virginia
P. O. Box 400137
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4137

Registration is not complete until all forms are received.

Selection
Participants will be selected in the order in which completed applications are received.

Program Contact Information:
Professor Irina Mitrea, Department of Mathematics, University of Virginia; 982-2787; im3p@virginia.edu

Sponsored by the Department of Mathematics of the University of Virginia.
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