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Who may participate in The Mandelbrot Competition or Team Play?
Just about anyone that is interested. Students at public and private high schools from across the United States took part last year, as well as home-schooled groups and several schools from abroad, including Canada, Singapore, China, and Bulgaria. However, participation in the Mandelbrot Team Play is only available to schools or groups already registered for the Mandelbrot Competition. In other words, it is not possible to sign up for just the Team Play.
The large majority of students take the contests through their high school. A coordinator from the mathematics faculty registers the high school, receives materials for the year, prepares students for each round, proctors the tests, and forwards results and student papers to Greater Testing Concepts. We welcome entries from high schools abroad. Please note that all materials are in English, and all payment must be in US dollars.
We encourage individual students who are interested in competing to begin by inquiring whether it is possible for their high school to register. The most important task is enlisting a math teacher who will coach the team as described above. Every once in a while a student who wishes to compete is unable to participate through a high school. In this case it is admissible for an independent group to register as long as it consists of at least four students from the same high school or region sponsored by an adult (usually a parent) who will carry out the responsibilities of the coordinator, especially by proctoring the contest. In particular, these considerations might apply to a group of home-schooled students.
Questions concerning special arrangements not covered by these guidelines should be sent to Greater Testing Concepts via the Dialogue page.