2006: Winning Solutions

The Problem: Solving the Social Security Stalemate

M3 Challenge Champions, Summa Cum Laude Team Prize: $20,000

Staples High School, Westport, CT
Modeling Social Security, Benefits and Detriments: A New Solution
Coach: William Walsh
Team: Elizabeth Marshman, Andrew Tschirhart , Miles Lubin , Vikas Murali
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M3 Challenge Runner Up, Magna Cum Laude Team Prize: $15,000

Immaculata HS, Somerville, NJ
S3: Social Security Secured!
Coach: Elaine Petsu
Team: Andy Liu, Dorothea Tsang, David Tretheway, Jonathan Newman, Jesse BeyrouteMary Germino, Christopher Fajardo, William Pugh, Matthew Tom-Wolverton, Robert Lee-Own
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M3 Challenge Third Place Team, Cum Laude Team Prize: $10,000

Herricks High School, New Hyde Park, NY
Solving Social Security Insolvency-A Look at a Partially Privatized System
Coach: Howard Huang
Team: Amulya Bhagat, Amol Jain, Yaagnik Kosuri, Sam Yoon
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M3 Challenge Fourth Place Team, Meritorious Team Prize: $7,500

Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, NY
Solving the Social Security Stalemate: An Optimal Solution 
Coach: Madeleine Schindel
Team: Debbie Yee, Benjamin Leibowicz, Joanna Melnick, Moon Limb, Benjamin Albert 
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M3 Challenge Fifth Place Team, Exemplary Team Prize: $5,000

Manalapan High School, Manalapan, NJ
Solving the Age Old Debate: Keeping Social Security Alive
Coach: Stephanie Pepper
Team: Naiim Ali, Nicholas Adam Wong, Caleb Tseng, Franklin Tong
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M3 Challenge Sixth Place Team, First Honorable Mention TeamPrize: $2,500

High Technology, Lincroft, NJ
National Social Security Dilemma—SOLVED! 
Coach: Ellen LeBlanc
Team: Yelizaveta Yermakova, Elizabeth Wendell, Kathryn Silverio,David Garcia, Matthew Ward, Michael Rogers, Joe-Man Wan, Eric Morgan 
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