State Mathcounts in our state -- smaller, and not a powerhouse in math like CA -- looked similar. The countdown round of 16 had two white kids (both boys) and two girls. The four who advanced to nats were all boys (two Chinese and two Indian).

Ds noticed soon after he was picked to compete for his school in January that he was the only European-American out of the ten kids chosen. Parents of all the rest were born in Taiwan, India, Pakistan & Syria.

There was more balance in terms of gender, though: 6 boys and 4 girls.