The AT Foundation Math Prize for Girls

The AT Foundation Math Prize for Girls

The Advantage Testing Foundation/Jane Street® Math Prize for Girls is the largest math prize for girls in the world. Each fall at MIT, nearly 300 young female mathematicians compete for more than $50,000 in prizes, including a first prize of $25,000. “The country’s preeminent math competition for young women” —MIT Office of Admissions

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The Math Prize for Girls Our exceptionally challenging exam tests mathematical creativity, problem-solving, and insight. Our goal is to promote gender equity in the STEM professions and to encourage young women with exceptional potential to become mathematical and scientific leaders.

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Contributors

ENDOWING PARTNER

• Jane Street Capital

HOST INSTITUTION

• The Massachusetts Institute of Technology

CO-FOUNDERS

• Arun Alagappan, President and Founder of Advantage Testing and the AT Foundation • Ravi Boppana, Research Affiliate at MIT and Director of the Math Prize for Girls

PAST CEREMONY SPEAKERS INCLUDE

• Susan Hockfield, former President of MIT • Dina Katabi, MIT Professor and MacArthur Genius Award Recipient • Stephen Wolfram, Founder of Wolfram Research and MacArthur Genius Award Recipient • Esther Duflo, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Winner and MacArthur Genius Award Recipient • Priyamvada Natarajan, Yale Professor of Astronomy • Shafi Goldwasser, MIT Professor and Turing Award Winner • Corina Tarnita, Princeton Professor • Tomasz Mrowka, Former MIT Math Department Chairman • Radhika Nagpal, Harvard Professor • Nancy Hopkins, MIT Professor • Tom Leighton, Founder of Akamai Technologies • Maria DeVuono-Homberg, Former Associate Director of the Math Prize

BOARD OF ADVISORS INCLUDES

• Michael Sipser, the Dean of the School of Science at MIT • Maria Klawe, the President of Harvey Mudd College & the former Dean of the School of Engineering at Princeton • Leading mathematicians on the faculties of MIT, Harvard University, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin, and UC San Diego

PAST SUPPORTERS

• The Akamai Foundation • Wolfram Research • Canada/USA Mathcamp

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Contestants

HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS FOR MATH PRIZE FOR GIRLS ALUMNAE

• Rhodes Scholarship • Regeneron (formerly Intel) Science Talent Search • Jeopardy! College Champion • Thiel Fellowship • Davidson Fellowship • Schafer Prize for Excellence in Math by an Undergraduate Woman • Romanian Master of Math • Winner (Top 12) of the USA Math Olympiad

• International Olympiad in Informatics • International Chemistry Olympiad • International Physics Olympiad • International Biology Olympiad

42 out of 65 Math Prize for Girls Olympiad Medalists have pursued their undergraduate studies at MIT.

POST-COLLEGE ACTIVITIES

• Graduate School programs in Electrical Engineering; Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering/ Medical Robotics; Computational & Mathematical Engineering; MD- PhD; Master of Divinity; Engineering Management; Physics; Computer Science; Medical Engineering; Medical School; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Applied Math (in atmospheric science); Biological and Biomedical Sciences; Computer Science; Political Science; Condensed Matter Physics and Quantum Computation; Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics; Mathematics • Job placements include Software Engineer; Business Consultant; Project Manager; Editor/Graphic Designer; Roboticist; Naval Aviator; Teach for America; Google Brain; Federal Reserve Board; Math Teacher; Investment >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8

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