UCLA Olga Radko Endowed Math Circle

Welcome to ORMC

Spring 2024 Quarter Information

The Spring 2024 registration for regular ORMC classes is now closed. Registration for the AMC 8, AMC 10/12, and Olympiads training classes, as well as for the chess club, is now open to students registered for the regular ORMC classes. It will close in the morning of 3/23. Enrollment preference will be given to the returning students.

  • First day of classes: Sunday, 3/31.
  • Last day of classes: Sunday, 6/2.
  • No classes on Sunday, 5/26, the Memorial Day weekend.

Winter 2024 Quarter Information

  • The Winter 2024 quarter registration for all ORMC classes is now closed.  If a BAMO 8/12 math competition spot is left vacant, we will be happy to share it with students outside of ORMC.
  • First day of classes: Sunday, 1/7.
  • Last day of classes: Sunday, 3/10.
  • Parents' Club meeting, Sunday, 2/4, 4:00 - 6:00 PM, in MS 5200. Yetunde Rubinstein will give a talk, called The Common Application. Yetunde used to work as a college counselor at Brentwood School and is an independent counselor now.
  • No classes on Sunday, 2/11, the Super Bowl weekend. We will have classes on Sunday, 2/18, the Presidents Day weekend. We highly honor the holiday, but know from practice that Super Bowl results in lower attendance.
  • BAMO 8/12: Wednesday, 3/6, 4:00-9:00 PM, Haines Hall, Room 39.
  • Math Kangaroo, Thursday, 3/21, 4:15 - 5:45 PM, will be proctored remotely.
  • All classes are taught in person.

Academic year 2023-24 ORMC instructors:

Donations:

Donations form a crucial component of the Circle's budget. Quarterly donations at the level of $300 per student are needed to sustain the high quality of our program.  Please consider ORMC as a part of your giving plans this season! Donations are not a factor in enrollment decisions and do not entitle your child to enrollment.

Schedule:

 

ClassBNPBeginners 1Beginners 2Intermediate 1
Time and room #

A: 10:00 - 10:50 AM

B: 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM

Both in MS 6221

A: 10:00 - 10:50 AM, MS 3974

B: 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM, MS 6201

C: 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM, MS 3974

A: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, MS 6627

B: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, MS 6229

A: 4:00 - 6:00 PM, MS 6221

B: 4:00 - 6:00 PM, MS 3974

Fall 2023 school gradeK - 12 - 44 - 66 - 8

 

ClassIntermediate 2Advanced 1Advanced 2Advanced 3AMC 8
Time and room #

A: 4:00 - 6:00 PM, MS 6201

B: 4:00 - 6:00 PM, MS 6627

A: 4:00 - 6:00 PM, MS 6229

B: 4:00 - 6:00 PM, MS 5118

4:00 - 6:00 PM 

MS 5127

4:00 - 6:00 PM

MS 5137

1:00 - 3:00 PM

MS 6221

Fall 2023 school grade7 - 98 - 10 10 - 1211 - 125 - 8
ClassAMC 10/12OlympiadsChess club
Time and room #

1:00 - 3:00 PM

MS 3974

1:00 - 3:00 PM

MS 6627

1:00 - 3:00 PM

MS 6201

Fall 2023 school grade9 - 129 - 12K - 12

ORMC Math Videos

Satellite Math Circles

ORMC may designate some Math Circles as ORMC satellites. A request for such a designation should be sent to the ORMC director. To qualify, a Math Circle 

1. has to be free-of-charge for participating students; 

2. have a substantial part, 50% or more, of their curriculum based on the ORMC curriculum; 

3. have instructors with ORMC training; and 

4. operate in close contact with ORMC so that ORMC could attest to the quality of the instruction.

  • An ORMC Advanced 1 student, Lawrence Pang, along with his six friends, continues their ORMC Satellite Program at Wittmann Elementary School. The class was moved to an in-person format, doubling the number of students. The students found the curriculum and Math Circle methods to be vastly more fun and engaging, especially with the in-person format and interpersonal interaction that comes with it. Lawrence and his team plan to continue in-person classes to expand their community impact and help everyone interested get the Math Circle experience.
  • This is the third year that Leonardo (Leo) Lam, currently an Advanced 1 student at ORMC, and his team of assistant instructors are running an ORMC satellite program in the Upland Unified School District. The program began with a Circle at a local high school teaching the ORMC curriculum to math-inclined students from three elementary schools in the district. Leo and his team were the first to start a Math Circle in the Inland Empire region of CA. In year two, the Circle grew to include students from five out of ten elementary schools in the district. Recently, Leo established a second ORMC satellite at a local elementary school in partnership with the school's Saturday absence recovery program. Leo also improved the quality of instruction by recruiting and training his high school peers. In year three, student participation has reached nine out of ten elementary schools. Moving forward, Leo's goal is to further expand the satellite program, providing more support to the district's initiative in absence recovery.

Thank you notes

  • ORMC would like to thank the Circle's major donor, Sierra Chen, for her unwavering support.
  • ORMC would like to thank Prof. Sucharit Sarkar for supporting the Circle through his NSF RTG grant.
  • The Circle would like to thank the Schlessinger family for providing food and beverages for the beginning and end of the year parties for ORMC instructors for two years in a row. The Circle is also grateful to the Schlessingers for sponsoring the airfare and lodging of the Spring 2023 guest speaker, Dr. Zuming Fang.
  • The Circle would like to thank Julie Haubner for organizing two meetings of the Parents' Club, one with a college counselor, Gregg Murray, Director of Life Planning at Vistamar School, and another with Kanak Malshe, Bar Raiser and Software Development Manager at Amazon.
  • The Circle would like to thank all the parents helping with fundraising.

Recent News

ORMC high school volunteer instructor has won a gold medal on the Romanian Master of Mathematics competition

https://rmms.lbi.ro/rmm2024/index.php?id=results_math

Tiger (Qiao) Zhang was also one of the main contributors for the Team USA to beat the second place Team China by two points. Hats off to Tiger!

ORMC instructor accepts a Hans Rademacher Instructor postdoctoral position at UPenn.

Congratulations to Aaron Anderson!

ORMC Beginners 1B student got an Honor Roll on the 2024 AMC 8

Quite a feat for a 4th grade student! Hats off to Srivibhav Mandapaka! 

ORMC students qualify for AIME

Over 30 ORMC students have qualified for AIME on AMC 10/12 in the Fall 2023.

A former ORMC instructor featured in the Quanta magazine

Alexandru Pascadi, a lead instructor of the ORMC Olympiads class in 2019-20 and 2020-21, currently a grad student at Oxford, was featured in the Quanta magazine:

https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-generation-of-mathematicians-pushes-prime-number-barriers-20231026/?mc_cid=9ae6d18810

Caroline D. Bradley scholarship

Two ORMC students, Atticus Stewart and Elili Flore, were awarded the Caroline D. Bradley scholarship in the Fall 2023. The honor includes a four-year tuition, upwards of $200K per scholar, to the high school or high school program of their choosing that can meet their gifted intellectual needs.

College admissions 2023

  • Elena Behzadi has committed to Carnegie Mellon majoring in Computer Science.
  • Sriya Kalyan has committed to UC Berkeley majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
  • Arul Kolla plans to major in either Math or CS at MIT.
  • Ariella Landau got offers from UCLA, UC Berkeley, and other schools. She plans to double-major in math and either in econ or data science.
  • Shriya Rajesh accepted a presidential scholarship at USC.
  • Robert Shlyakhtenko got offers from Brown, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Texas Tech (on a chess scholarship) and a few other schools. Robert plans to major in pure math.
  • Terrin Busby Thompson got offers from MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Harvey Mudd, Oberlin, and Brown University. Terrin plans to double-major in math and music.

An ORMC student named as one of the top 40 young scientists in the nation by Regeneron Science Talent Search

Regeneron Science Talent Search, formerly Intel Science Fair, formerly Westinghouse Science Fair, is possibly the oldest and most prestigious national science competition for high school students in the US. An ORMC student, August Deer, was named as one of the scholars in 2023. Hats off to August! 

https://www.societyforscience.org/regeneron-sts/2023-student-finalists/august-deer/

The Circle is grateful to Prof. Salman Avestimehr (USC) for giving August a chance to do research in his lab. 

ORMC student qualifies for USJMO

Hats off to William Chen!

ORMC student gets a near-perfect score on BAMO

Atticus Stewart got 34 points out 35 on BAMO 8. Congratulations!

Coming up next: 3/31/2024