Meet the 2024-25 Modeling the Future Challenge Winners!
This season’s Modeling the Future Challenge brought together some of the most creative and analytical young minds from across the United States, challenging them to use math modeling and data science to address real-world problems and predict the future. It’s always exciting to see the remarkable range of topics these students address, and this year’s […]
Congratulations to our 2024-25 Finalists!
Join us in celebrating the finalists of the 2024-2025 Modeling the Future Challenge! Throughout the school year, these students have learned new mathematical and data science techniques, conducted their own open-ended research projects, applied their analytical skills to real-world problems, and developed data-driven predictions and recommendations through math modeling and risk analysis. This Season, the […]
Data is Dirty
by: Yeeva Chunnanond Data is dirty. Meaning, the process of gathering and analyzing data is not as straightforward as we often think, nor does it yield the concrete answers that many people tend to expect. This is what competing in MTFC taught me. Our group chose our research topic specifically because we thought it would […]
Nobody cares about how accurate your model is until you DO something with it.
by: Brandon Chang The Modeling the Future Challenge comes with not only mathematical insights—both within your project forecasts and in the process of brainstorming for your project—but also key lessons from working together with a team, communicating with your actuarial mentor and coach, and persevering through difficult times while perfecting your model or coming up […]
More than Just Numbers: Why You Should Participate in the Modeling the Future Challenge
by: Brandon Chang From my three years of high school so far, I’d undoubtedly say that the Modeling the Future Challenge has taught me the most outside of the classroom. It’s amazing how a fully digital, remote competition has managed to reach so many students across the nation with a rigorous training and learning curriculum […]
Introducing the Modeling the Future Challenge’s NEW Climate Resilience Award
An exciting new award opportunity will be available to students taking part in The Actuarial Foundation’s Modeling the Future Challenge (MTFC) starting this year! The Climate Resilience Award, sponsored by the Sempra Foundation, empowers high school students to tackle one of the most pressing challenges of our time: climate change. This initiative encourages the next […]
Modeling the Future: The 2023-24 Challenge Winners!
Some truly outstanding, forward-thinking students made it to the finalist stage of the 2023-2024 Modeling the Future Challenge—and after a difficult deliberation process by our judges, the four winning teams were finally selected and announced at Friday night’s Closing Ceremony. Read on as we delve into the exceptional projects of the winning teams, celebrating their […]
Unveiling the 2023-2024 Modeling the Future Challenge Finalists
Join us in celebrating the finalists of the 2023-2024 Modeling the Future Challenge! This prestigious national scholarship competition offers high school students the chance to predict the future, delve into real-world topics, and make recommendations. During the Challenge, students assume the role of aspiring actuaries by completing a math modeling project and presenting their research […]
Crafting a Purposeful Mentor Session
Hello, I am Omkar, a semifinalist of the Modeling the Future Challenge 2021-2022 and a finalist of the 2022-2023 year. Meeting your mentor for the first time can be an intimidating experience. My team and I were already nervous about the project as we were attempting to be ambitious this year. We wondered whether our […]
Maximizing Your Mentor Meetings: Tips for Success
Somehow it’s now January. You’ve gotten past the qualifying round, you’re starting to pull your project together, and you’ve scheduled your mentor meeting for sometime soon. (You have scheduled that, right?) Okay, you have your mentor meeting on the calendar. But how are you supposed to prepare for that? What is the point of it? […]