The academic year in The Sofia High School of Mathematics “Paisiy Hilendarski” has officially begun.
Elena Marinova, president of Musala Soft, was among the special guest of the opening ceremony. In his address to the students the school principal Doc. Antoan Tonev marked that it’s not easy to be on the top and retain that position, but the students of school manage to do that because of the specific spirit that the school carries. And that asking questions and challenging authorities leads them through unmarked trails and makes the successful.
Elena Marinova, a graduate of the school, spoke to the students, saying: “Whole Bulgaria expects many successes, victories and medals from you! We are proud of what you will achieve. It is the beginning of great deeds, which will change the world”.
For a consecutive year The Sofia High School of Mathematics has the highest minimum score for admittance after 7th grade in first and second classification in whole of Bulgaria. For the first round the minimal score was 490.500 points for the German language classes and 479.500 for the English ones. In the second round the minimal scores dropped just a bit with 5 available spots for the German ones with score of 488.250 points and 14 available spots for the English ones with 476.500 points. Over 1400 students started the academic year in the school with 156 of them being admitted after the 7th grade and the new 5th graders being 158.
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