Results from the 68^th Annual Putnam Mathematical Competition

Over 3750 students from 516 institutions competed in the Putnam Mathematical Competition on Dec. 1, 2007. This year’s exam was so difficult that 46.2% of the highly-motivated and gifted math students who took it scored 0.

CSUCI had a record 27 students complete the grueling 6-hour exam. The official CSUCI team of Daniel Brice, Jim McDonough, and Daniel Corcoran ranked 135.

Particularly noteworthy performances were turned in by the following students.

Jim McDonough 11 points

Daniel Brice 3 points

Shawn Richardson 3 points

Daniel Corcoran 2 points

Matthew Hlinka 2 points

Jennifer Morrison 2 points

David Randolph 2 points

Christina Fernandez 1 point

Jon Evans 1 point

Robin Garretson 1 point

All the participating students are to be commended for taking on this massive challenge!