Mathematical Summers Part III: Problem Solving

The third major type of summer math camp focuses on problem solving. The Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP or MOP) is the best of these, but it's the US math olympiad training camp; people qualify based on USAMO or USAJMO scores as opposed to applying.

As far as I know, the first non-MOP problem solving camp in the US was AwesomeMath, which started in 2006. Pretty quickly, others began popping up, and many have multiple locations. Students tend to be in middle school or the first couple of years of high school. The camps tend to split students up by level, and students in each level cover two subjects a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Lots of the camps have day camp as well as residential camps. I'll write only about the residential sites/formats here, but check the websites for day camp details.

Details about the various camps and the locations/dates for 2013 are below the fold.

Mathematical Summers Part II: Number Theory

There are several summer math camps that would have fit in the theoretical math post, but they focus only on number theory, so I decided to separate them out. These are all programs for high school students. Details on each below the fold!

Mathematical Summers Part 1: Theoretical Math

Mathematics is incredibly broad, but that's not very apparent in what's taught in school. One of the best ways for students interested in math to learn more about it is to attend summer math camps. Just as importantly, those camps provide a community of math-loving people who usually share lots of other interests, as well. Some of my best friends are people I met at math camp.

Here, I'll go through some summer math programs that focus on theoretical or pure math as opposed to problem solving math. One, MathPath, is for middle schoolers. The others are all high school programs. There's a little more detail about Mathcamp social life because I'm a Mathcamp alum, so I know more, but all of the programs have excellent community aspects. All of the websites have much more information than I could list here, including daily schedules and course offerings from previous years.