User:Mysmartmouth

About Me

I'm Sean Soni, a 9th grader in South Carolina. I'm a moderator of several AoPS forums, including Careers in Mathematics, Other US Contests & Programs, and the South Carolina community forum. I am also a Resource Manager, so if you post a problem that needs to be included in the resources section, please contact me. My interests include: math, tennis, soccer, & Halo 2.

Pofiles & Info

AoPS Screename: mysmartmouth XBOX Live Gamertag: [mysmartmouth http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?GamerTag=mysmartmouth] AIM Screename: cheesybread92 YIM Screename: cheesybread92 MSN Screename: cheesybread92 ICQ Number: 212739828 Yahoo Chess Screename: seans41k Email Address: seansoni@gmail.com MySpace Name: mysmartmouth

My AoPSWiki Contributions

• Proofread & Corrected numerous articles

• Started parabola article

• Wrote MIMC article; also wrote (separate) MIMC article on Wikipedia

• Added a lot of content to Princeton Math Competition

• Created & Wrote South Carolina mathematics Article, which is now split into various aricles, such as South Carolina MathCounts and South Carolina ARML.

• Created & Maintained common factorizations, which is now merged with factoring

• Added a long list of Useful Codes to the LaTeX article

• Added History section to Chinese Remainder Theorem

• Created & Wrote Pascal's Triangle article

• Created and Wrote Stars, now moved to AoPS forums tutorial

• Created Tutorials template - please use!

• Converted LaTeX and copied in (from Formulary) Symbols & conventions - a daunting task that needs to be completed!

• Created tutorial Templates & categories, so others can create templates

My Awards

(We had to keep this list for school, so I copied it here)

6th Grade

Perfect Attendance – 1st Semester & 2nd Semester

Good Citizenship Certificate

4.0 GPA – 1st Semester & 2nd Semester

AMC 8 - 1st Place Certificate: Score: 18

7th Grade

Perfect Attendance – 1st Semester & 2nd Semester

4.0 GPA – 1st Semester & 2nd Semester

SC Junior Scholar

Duke TIP – Only Grand Scholar from Crayton Middle School (National Level) – Top 1%

AMC 8 – Score: 20 – Top 1% in USA

AMC 10 – Score: 102

MathCounts Regional – 15th Place Individual; 1st Place Countdown

PSAT: CR = 65; Math = 70; Writing = 71; Total = 206

PSAT School High Score

SAT: Math = 780; Verbal = 650; Total = 1430

J.A. Kuhlman SAT Achievement Award – Highest SAT Score in School

Highest Middle School SAT Score – Richland County School District One

School Geography Bee Qualifier – Top 25

Grand Homme in Crayton Drama Department’s Once On This Island

8th Grade

4.0 GPA – 1st Semester

Good Citizenship Award

SC Junior Scholar

Middle School Scholar

National Junior Honor Society Member

AMC 8 – Score: 22 – Top 1% in USA

AMC 8 School Winner

AMC 10 – Score: 120.5 – Top 1% (Qualifies for AIME)

AMC 10 School Winner

AIME Qualifier

AIME Score – Score: 4

AIME SC High Score: 8th Grade

Duke Math Meet – Score: 5 – Highest Scoring Freshman; SC Team High Scorer

Crayton Academic Team – Member

PSAT: CR = 68; Math = 76; Writing = 76; Total = 220

PSAT School High Score

SAT: CR = 710; Math = 800; Writing = 670; Total = 2180

SAT School High Score

School Geography Bee Winner – 1st Place

South Carolina State Geography Bee Qualifier (Top 100 in SC)

USC High School Math Contest – 3rd Place (out of 8) A.C. Flora High Math Team

Friar Tuck (A Lead Character) in Crayton Drama Department’s Robin Hood

MathCounts Regional – 1st Place Individual; 2nd Place Countdown, 2nd Place Team

MathCounts State – 3rd Place Individual; 2nd Place Countdown; 1st Place Team

MathCounts National - 15th Place Team, Most Improved Team, 87th Place Individual

Coastal Carolina Math Contest – 1st Place Individual (Division I); 3rd Place Overall Team

Crayton Academic Team – 2nd Place Team

My "Publications"

I have authored or co-authored a few tests hosted on AoPS, including:

• The MSM Competition

• MIMC I: Spring 2006