The Orange County State MATHCOUNTS competition will be taking place at UCI on Saturday, March 9th between 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Orange County Regional winners along with other state-wide winners will compete for state titles. The top four participants who earn the honor of representing their state will progress to the national finals.

The MATHCOUNTS Competition is a national middle school coaching and competitive mathematics program that promotes mathematics achievement through a series of fun and engaging "bee" style contests. The program exists in all 50 states plus U.S. territories and the Department of Defense and State Department schools and is supported by the National Society of Professional Engineers at the state and local levels. Public, private, religious and home schools alike are eligible to participate, as long as students are in the sixth, seventh and/or eighth grade.