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Whangaparaoa College student Alex Lu’s abilities in maths and physics have been recognised with a placing in a national competition.
Alex found out recently that he placed third equal in the NZ Mathematics and Physics Competition, senior category.
The competition tests students with online questions that they have to answer in one hour or less.
Alex says he found the questions, which were mostly physics related, challenging and was surprised to do so well.
He gained 90 percent – the top two place-getters achieved 100 percent and 92.5 percent.
Alex, who lives in Arkles Bay, is in Year 12 at the college and is considering taking engineering at university.
As well as all the sciences, he is very involved in music at the college, playing piano in two bands as well as being in a choir.
