Whiz Kid: Newton North Student Takes on World Competition

Name: Caroline Ellison

Age: 18

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Accomplishment: As one of the top 12 students in the country, Caroline was selected to compete on the U.S. team for the International Linguistics Olympiad in August 2011. She received an honorable mention for placing 33rd in the world as well as an award for best solution on one of the five problems. Her four-person team placed fourth in the world in the team competition.

Key to Awesomeness: According to Caroline, "I love thinking about the structure of language, and I love problem solving. I'm happy to work hard because I have so much fun doing it. Just making the team was a huge honor and I'm so glad to have had that experience. I hope to keep studying linguistics in the future."

Nomination information provided by Allison Wu.

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