Schedule
MIT Admissions Information Session: On Friday, September 16, 2011 (the day before the contest), from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm, Tiffany Meertins from the MIT Admissions Office will hold an Information Session for interested contestants and their parents. The session will take place in Room 26-100 (Building 26). At 4:30 pm, immediately after the information session, MIT will conduct campus tours for those contestants and their parents who requested one in advance on our pre-registration form. The tours will begin in Room 26-100 and will end in the lobby of Building 7. The tours take 75 to 90 minutes to complete. For students and families who will be carrying luggage, we will have a volunteer available to watch your luggage while you go on the tour. We will bring the luggage near the lobby of Building 7 so that you can pick it up when you finish the tour.
Games Night: On Friday, September 16, 2011 (the evening before the contest), from 7 pm to 9 pm, we will host a Games Night for interested contestants and volunteers. (For lack of space, parents are unfortunately not invited.) We'll provide games, activities (origami and geometry), and cake. The location is Le Méridien Cambridge Hotel (20 Sidney Street), Hunsaker Ballroom (3rd floor), just a 10-minute walk from MIT.
Parking: For information about parking, see MIT's list of parking facilities on or near campus.
Contest Day: The following is the schedule of events on contest day, Saturday, September 17, 2011.
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8:45 am to 9:30 am Please do not arrive before 8:45 am |
Check in at the lobby of MIT's Building 10. (If you already checked in at Games Night, then you can head straight to your contest classroom, as described below.) |
| 9:45 am to 12:15 pm | Contest in Room 10-250 (Building 10, 2nd floor) for students with last name A through T and Room 4-270 (Building 4, 2nd floor) for students with last name U through Z. |
| 10:15 am to 11:30 am Coffee and pastries as of 9:30 am |
For parents and other non-contestants, a panel discussion on "Beyond Math Competitions: Other Mathematical Enrichment Opportunities". The panel will include representatives from Canada/USA Mathcamp, Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics, PROMYS, and Girls' Angle. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Eli Grigsby. The panel discussion will be held at MIT's Kresge Auditorium (Building W16). |
| 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm | Lunch for contestants and volunteers only (not for parents or coaches). To be held at Lowell Court, the courtyard just outside Building 2 (the math building). In case of rain, lunch will be moved indoors to Building 2. |
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2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Doors open at 1:30 pm |
Awards Ceremony |
This year's ceremony will be held at Kresge Auditorium (Building W16). Seating will take place between 1:30 and 2:00 pm. The MIT/Wellesley Toons will sing between 1:45 and 2:00 pm.
The ceremony will begin with some brief speeches from distinguished guests, including Susan Hockfield, President of MIT. Shafi Goldwasser, a Professor of Computer Science at MIT, will then deliver a 30-minute keynote lecture on Secrets and Proofs: The Power of Randomness. Following the lecture, there will be an exciting tiebreaker round on stage for the top 10 participants. We will then present trophies to the top 30 or so students.
