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AlphaStar / 06/18/2017

Ali Gurel, Ph.D.

Short Bio

  • AlphaStar Co-founder and Math Director (since 2017)
  • Ph.D., Mathematics, Caltech (2008)
  • International Mathematical Olympiad (1996: Silver Medal)
  • American Mathematics Competitions Advisory Panel Member (2008-2012)
  • USA Math Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP) Instructor (2007-2012)
  • Scott Russell Johnson Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, Caltech (2007)
  • Math Olympiad Coach for 25+ years

What they say about him?

Even though I already got Honor Roll in the AMC 8, Dr. Ali still made the course fun and I learned more concepts.

AMC 8 / MathCounts Advanced Student

Ali taught in a very enthusiastic and fun way. I like how the lectures were fun and tricky.

Channie, Pre-MathCounts Advanced Student

Solutions were explained clearly and the instructor made it fun to learn.

AMC 8 / MathCounts Basic Student

I loved the 'good-good' system!

AMC 8 / MathCounts Basic Student

Ali teaches well and in a fun way, awesome teacher, lectures not too hard not too easy.

Pre-MathCounts Basic Student

Ali is a great instructor!

Pre-MathCounts Advanced Student

The instructor was nice and made the questions fun.

Pre-MathCounts Advanced Student

The instructor explains in a way where we can understand clearly.

AMC 8 / MathCounts Basic Student

The teacher was very funny and taught us well.

Pre-MathCounts Basic Student

Course has a good instructor. He explains things clearly. It is challenging.

AMC 8 / MathCounts Advanced Student

The instructor is funny. He plays good games that require thinking.

AMC 8 / MathCounts Advanced Student

I think the instructor did a good job teaching us all the techniques to do the problem. The course was very interesting.

AMC 8 / MathCounts Advanced Student

I liked the teaching style.

AMC 8 / MathCounts Advanced Student

Dr. Gurel is amazing! He is super enthusiastic about the material he is teaching and he knows a lot about it. He is really good at explaining new theory and making extremely difficult problems seem simple with his variables like "apple" and "smiley-face" ๐Ÿ™‚

Neil Shah

Perfect! This kind of class is something that I wish our schools could do. Everyone is muted (although the camera-off thing wouldn't apply to school, but is good here for privacy), and you can ask all the questions you want via Chat without everyone trying to talk at the same time. Excellent.

Karen Huang

Events this person is involved with:

Instructors

  • (Fall) AMC 8 / MathCounts Basic - Section 12
  • (Fall) AMC 8 / MathCounts Basic - Section 22
  • (Fall) AMC 8 / MathCounts Advanced - Section 12
  • (Fall) AMC 8 / MathCounts Advanced - Section 22
  • (Fall) Pre-MathCounts Advanced - Section 21
  • (2018-2019) Gauss Master Class
  • (2018-2019) Hilbert Master Class
  • (Fall) USAMO Basic - Section 11
  • (Spring) Pre-MathCounts Advanced - Section 21
  • (Spring) AMC 8 / MathCounts Advanced - Section 22
  • (Spring) AMC 8 / MathCounts Advanced - Section 12
  • (Spring) AMC 8 / MathCounts Basic - Section 22
  • (Spring) AMC 8 / MathCounts Basic - Section 12
  • (Fall) MC25AC AMC 8/MathCounts Advanced-Section 12
  • (Fall) MC25AC AMC 8/MathCounts Advanced-Section 21
  • (Fall) MC45AC AIME Advanced-Section 11
  • (2019-2020) MM20 Euler Master Class
  • (2019-2020) MM80 Hilbert Master Class
  • (Fall) MC45AC AIME Advanced-Section 12
  • (Spring) MC45GN AIME Advanced-Section 12
  • (Spring) MC45GN AIME Advanced-Section 11
  • (Spring) MC25GN AMC 8/MathCounts Advanced-Section 21
  • (Spring) MC25GN AMC 8/MathCounts Advanced-Section 12
  • (Spring Accelerated) MC25A AMC 8/MathCounts Advanced Algebra-Live (Interactive)
  • (Spring Accelerated) MC25C AMC 8/MathCounts Advanced Counting-Live (Interactive)
  • (2020-21) MM60 Gauss Master Class - ONLINE
  • (2020-21) MM80 Hilbert Master Class - ONLINE
  • (2021-22) MM60 Gauss Master Class - ONLINE
  • (2021-22) MM80 Hilbert Master Class - ONLINE
  • MM60 Gauss Master Class - Section 1
  • MM80 Hilbert Master Class - Section 1
  • MC25G AMC 8/MathCounts Advanced Geometry - Section 1
  • MC30G AMC 10/12 Basic Geometry - Section 1
  • MC25C AMC 8/MathCounts Advanced Counting - Section 1
  • MC45G AIME Advanced Geometry - Section 1
  • AIMEPT AIME Practice Test & Solutions - Section 1
  • AIMEPT AIME Practice Test & Solutions - Section 2
  • MathCounts State Training

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