[2017 ARML] New flights and first wave of elite team members

Okay everyone, our priority deadline has passed, and the coaches have selected our first wave of 15 students for the A1/A2 teams.  Please note that we will be finalizing our team selection within the next week-ish, so if you have not yet paid for ARML there is still time to join the team officially, but you need to do it soon.  We should be able to accept onto the team anyone who completes payment by May 1, but after that we cannot guarantee any spots on any teams.  Obviously there are fewer spots available now on the elite teams, but that does not mean it is impossible to make it onto one of the elite teams.  In fact, if we get enough superstars on the roster, we are thinking of making a competitively-selected A3 team as well!  So spread the word to your friends who haven't signed up yet.  We are particularly looking for USAMO and USAJMO qualifiers who aren't signed up yet; with enough solid recruiting, the Holy Grail (a second place A2 team) could be within our grasp this year!  Help Us Win Second Place This Year (tm).

In other news, we are opening up a Sacramento flight and a San Jose flight to go along with the SFO and OAK flights we approved earlier.  Same deal:  For any student who purchases one of these EXACT round trips and sends us confirmation at arml@mathleague.org by midnight on April 30, we will refund $100 of your ARML fee because we will likely be able to sell your seat on the bus to someone else.

SACRAMENTO

Southwest 1941, June 2

SMF-LAS, 5:35-6:55am

Southwest 5371, June 3

LAS-SMF, 7:35-9:00pm

SAN JOSE

Southwest 1551, June 2

SJC-LAS, 6:30-7:50am

Southwest 5601/4372, June 3

LAS-LAX-SJC, 6:00-9:35pm

Anyway, here are the 15 students we've selected for the elite teams so far.  I can promise you that not all of these students will be on A1, but I can also promise that they will all be on either A1 or A2 even if we open up a third elite team.

Jack Albright

Anton Cao

Freya Edholm

Arav Karighattam

Matthew Guo

Jonathan Huang

Austin Lei

Kevin Li

Jeffery Li

Andrew Lin (Lynbrook)

Ishika Shah

Daniel Shen

Vittal Thirumalai

Stanley Wang

Sammy Zhang