This past Friday, every BHP sophomore competed in the BA151 Sophomore Lyceum Case Competition. The case, presented by Accenture, focused on KIPP Austin and identifying strategies that would increase persistence rates in post-secondary institutions for their students. Out of 30 teams, five advanced to the final round. Each team took a very different approach to solving the problem, and the judges were impressed with the level of thought that went into the cases. The final round was judged by Anthony Salerno, Director of the KIPP Through College Program (KTC); Robert Prentice, BHP Faculty Director; and three Accenture employees – Amit Patel, Jacob Spangler and Casey Sherley.
In the end, first place went to Muhammad Ghauri, Nazifa Mim, Jiaying Han and Vinesh Kovelamudi. Second place went to Anna Wang, Jessica Breckenridge, Vamshi Gujju and Morgan Moulckers. Third place went to Jonathan Burstain, Reagan Stuart, James Rodriguez and Elliot Kim. Yesha Shah, Sarth Raj, Matthew Wolf, Erika Rodrigues, Aasim Maknojia, Hank Golman, Ashley Chen, and James Abbott also made it to the final round, but did not place.
Accenture will be packaging recommendations from all of the cases to present to KIPP Austin. The names of the winning team members will be etched onto a plaque, which lives on permanent display in the BHP office. Congratulations to all of these students and special thanks to Accenture for providing us with such a great case and tremendous support for the competition this year!
First Place Team – Muhammad Ghauri, Nazifa Mim, Jiaying Han and Vinesh Kovelamudi
Second Place Team – Anna Wang, Vamshi Gujju, Morgan Moulckers and Jessica Breckenridge.