To all coaches and students,
We are five days away from BMT! Please read this email in its entirety as it contains the tournament day logistics.
Event Details Tournament Guide PDF
Important Information
During BMT, we will be posting updates to the website (https://berkeley.mt), including tiebreaker qualifiers. Please be on the lookout for any announcements. For any day-of directions, questions or concerns ask a BMT staff member or volunteer wearing a charcoal gray shirt.
An annotated campus map is provided at the bottom of this page.
Arrival and Check-in
Online check-in available
Starting October 28, coaches can optionally begin the check-in process online on ContestDojo to save time on tournament day. We recommend all organizations that are ready to check in to do so online before Saturday.
If you check-in online, you must still show up at your assigned check-in location to pick up materials.
Check-in will happen in two different locations this year, depending on the first letter of your organization’s name.
- Orgs A-P, # — Dwinelle 145 and 155, from 7:40 to 8:30 AM
- Orgs Q-Z — 3rd floor MLK Student Union, from 8:05 to 8:30 AM
At check-in, coaches will receive:
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An envelope for submitting the power round for each team in their organization. Teams will not be able to compete in the power round without this envelope. It is the coaches responsibility to pass the envelopes to the students.
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A sticker sheet containing name tags for each student with their ID, as well as their room assignments. Students are responsible for remembering their student ID throughout the day. If a student writes an incorrect ID on their test, they may not receive a score.
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An information packet about the tournament, containing a schedule, map, and other relevant information.
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A voucher for pre-ordered t-shirts. This voucher can be redeemed at a table near the check-in area.
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Vouchers for pre-ordered lunches, which can be redeemed during the lunch break in front of Dwinelle Hall.
Check in closes promptly at 8:30 AM, so please be on time. If you arrive after this time, your team will be late to the power round, which puts them at a great disadvantage.
Parking
Parking can be found near campus at the following locations:
- Telegraph-Channing Garage (recommended)
- Underhill Garage
- RSF Garage
- Lower Sproul Garage
- Ellsworth Garage
More parking options are listed at the Berkeley Parking and Transportation website.
Schedule of Events
| Time | Event | Location |
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| 7:40 – 8:30 AM | Check-in (coaches only) |
Check-in area assigned by first letter of organization name. Orgs A–P, # (7:40 – 8:30 AM) — Dwinelle 145, 155 Orgs Q-Z (8:05 – 8:30 AM) — 3rd floor MLK Student Union |
| 8:40 – 10:45 AM | Power Round (Rooms open at 8:15 AM) |
Classrooms in Dwinelle Hall, Wheeler Hall, and Pauley Ballroom to be assigned upon check-in |
| 10:45 AM – 1:15 PM | General and Focus Tests |
Head to any room that has your set of tests. (OF: Overflow) Algebra & Geometry — Dwinelle 79, 83, 87, 145 (OF: 88) Algebra & Discrete — Wheeler 200, 202, 220, 222, 224 (OF: 204) Algebra & Calculus — Wheeler 108, 120, 124, 126, 130 (OF: 102) Calculus & Geometry — Dwinelle 109 (OF: 105) Calculus & Discrete — Dwinelle 130, 179 (OF: 182) Discrete & Geometry — Dwinelle 215, 223, 228 (OF: 219) General Test — Pauley Ballroom |
| 1:15 – 2:15 PM |
Lunch Problem Disputes (1:15 – 1:45) Extra T-Shirt Sales |
Problem Disputes — Dwinelle 215 (Power, Individual) T-shirt Sales — Dwinelle 145 (while supplies last) Pre-purchased Lunch Pick-up — Dwinelle Plaza |
| 2:30 – 5:00 PM | Guts (Please arrive with your team) |
Auditoriums in Dwinelle Hall, Genetics and Plant Biology Building, and Pauley Ballroom to be assigned during check-in. Students must arrive and enter as an entire team. |
| 5:00 – 6:30 PM |
Activities (Optional) Guts Problem Disputes (5:00 – 5:30) Tiebreakers (qualifiers will be posted on our website and emailed to coaches) |
See activities descriptions Tiebreakers (by invite only): Dwinelle 223, 228, 229 Problem Disputes (guts): Dwinelle 215 |
| 6:45 – 7:30 PM | Awards | Auditoriums in Dwinelle Hall, Genetics and Plant Biology Building, and Pauley Ballroom to be assigned during check-in. |
Testing Rooms
Each team will be assigned a room for their Power Round, Guts Round, and Awards Ceremony during check-in. Room assignments will be provided on the sticker sheet as well as emailed to all coaches, along with Team and Student IDs.
For Focus and General tests, students may go to any of the rooms assigned to the test combination they selected. Room assignments for each test combination are listed on the tournament guide.
Students are responsible for finding the rooms that their tests are taking place in. A map is attached in the information packet provided at check-in.
Lunch
There will be a 1 hour lunch period in the middle of the day for students to get food. Pre-purchased lunches will be available for pick up in Dwinelle Plaza. Many other options are available on the southern side of Berkeley campus.
Menchie's Frozen Yogurt Fundraiser
Craving something sweet? Join us at our Menchies Frozen Yogurt fundraiser! Just a short walk from UC Berkeley campus, Menchies will be open from 12pm to 11pm to satisfy your frozen yogurt carvings. Mention you are coming from “Berkeley Math Tournament” when you order to make sure your purchase supports our cause.
Thank you for supporting BMT!
Panda Express Fundraiser
Didn’t order lunch? Please consider attending our Panda Express fundraiser! Located just one block from Dwinelle Hall at 2580 Bancroft Way, Panda Express will be open 10:00 AM to 10:30 PM for lunch and dinner. Please display our fundraiser page or official flier when ordering.
You may also order online using the Panda Express app and use the fundraiser code: 382457. A percentage of your purchase will come back to us, helping us keep this tournament accessible to all students.
Panda Express Fundraiser LinkActivities
Parent Activities
Between 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM, we will have a parent lounge in Dwinelle 155. Additionally, we will have the following activites for parents.
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Po Shen-Loh Talk (9 AM – 11 AM) [Dwinelle 155] — Former USA IMO team coach Po-Shen Loh will be giving a talk in the parent lounge. Come join to hear his insights into math education!
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Campus Tours (11 AM, 1 PM) [Dwinelle 155] — We will be holding campus tours of UC Berkeley during the day, around 11 AM and 12 PM. Signups will happen during the day, and will be announced in the parent lounge.
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Guts Viewing Room (2:30 – 5 PM) [Tilden] — Come watch the Guts Round be scored live! Tilden is located on the 5th floor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Union building (same building as Pauley Ballroom).
Student Activities
After the Guts Round, we will be hosting student activities. These are optional activities that promote recreational math, and include the following:
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Estimathon [Pauley Ballroom] — A team-based contest that combines trivia, game theory, strategy, and mathematical thinking. Teams of ~6 will be under a time limit to work on a set of 13 Fermi-style problems.
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Fraudulent Math [Dwinelle 79, 88] — Attention all students, mathematics is under attack by people who claim that we need “rigor” and “logic” to justify our answers. Join us for an event of Fraudulent Math, where we will compete to see who can come up with the most outlandish, mind bending proofs of false statements and who can create impossible constructions.
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Integration Bee [Dwinelle 155] — Hosted by our Diamond Sponsor blackpenredpen! Compete head to head against the best integrators around! Students will face off in a tournament style bracket, solving difficult integrals involving some clever tricks, to determine who will be the champion of all integrators.
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Origami [Dwinelle 145] — Want to bring home a cute souvenir from BMT? Come join us for a fun origami session! We will be offering multiple paper patterns and instructions, and teaching from the basics of origami. No prior craft experience is needed.
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Plank Countdown (new!) [Wheeler 120, 124, 128, 130] — Miss the excitement of the MATHCOUNTS® Countdown Round? Want to show off both your core strength and mental math simultaneously in a countdown match... while planking? If you'd enjoy that exciting and silly experience, come join us for our Plank Countdown tournament!
Awards
The Awards Ceremony will take place simultaneously in Dwinelle 145, Dwinelle 155, Genetics and Plant Biology 100, and Pauley Ballroom. Teams attending Awards Ceremony must attend in the auditorium they are assigned, or else they may not receive their award on time.
Awards room assignments are provided at check-in.
Campus Map
Our team is hard at work finalizing the remaining details of the event. If you have any other questions or concerns before the tournament, you can reach us at team@berkeley.mt.
We couldn't be more excited to see you at BMT this year. We hope you are too!
~ BMT Coordinators
