New Hyde Park Memorial High School student Adittya Nischal was accepted into the Institute of Creative Problem Solving for Gifted and Talented Students at SUNY Old Westbury. Adittya is among 88 students selected to pursue the study of mathematics and its applications.
Acceptance to the program was based on school grades, teacher recommendation, a brief statement written by the student and an entrance exam. Selection by the Institute implies that the student is among the top one-tenth of one percent in math of all students on Long Island in his or her grade.
Each student will spend a total of 50 hours in class over the course of 20 Saturday mornings. The curriculum covers mathematical topics in algebra, geometry, discrete math and number theory, in addition to topics not included in the standard courses of study. These topics include problem-solving applied to probability, theory of finite differences, science applications and mass point geometry.
