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Mathcamp 2002 How to Apply?
We are no longer accepting applications for Mathcamp 2002.
Here's the 2002 application:
A complete application for Mathcamp 2002 must include:
- The completed application form (this page), which could be either downloaded and printed, or copied on a separate piece of paper.
- Your answers to the qualifying quiz.
- Two recommendation letters, including one from a teacher.
- A $20 US application fee (check or money order made out to Mathcamp). If you include, along with your application, a note signed by your parents stating that they cannot afford the $20 fee, we will be happy to waive the application fee.
Click here for a printer-friendly version of this form.
Name:
Address:
Telephone: ( )
Email (only if you check it at least once a week):
Date of Birth:
Grade in School:
Check one:
____ I will need accommodation (room and board)
____ I will be a commuting student
____ Please consider me for a special scholarship
Annual household income: US$ ___________
Number of people in household: _________
____ Please send me information about the local fundraising program.
How did you find out about Mathcamp?
On a separate sheet of paper, please tell us a little about your
interest in math and why you want to come to Mathcamp.
Some things you could talk about: What would you like to gain from
a summer at Mathcamp? What do you like about math? Which of the
problems on our quiz did you enjoy most? Are there specific areas
or kinds of math that you're especially interested in? (We will try
to take this into account when planning the camp's academic program.)
If you've done any other math programs, projects, or independent
reading, tell us about them!
Recommendation Letters
Your application will not be complete unless it is accompanied by two recommendation letters. Each letter should include a phone number or e-mail address so that we can contact your recommenders if we have any questions.
The first recommendation letter should be from a teacher who knows you personally. It is preferable, but not necessary, that the teacher is a mathematics teacher. The letter should comment on your creativity, initiative, maturity, and ability to work with others, as well as on your academic achievements.
The second letter should be from an adult who knows you personally (e.g. employer, pastor, soccer coach, etc.). This letter should address your maturity, independence, social and personal qualities. We are looking for students who are not only good at math, but who will thrive in the atmosphere of freedom and responsibility that characterizes Mathcamp, and who will make a positive contribution to the camp community.
To ensure confidentiality, ask each recommender to seal their letter in an envelope and to sign across the seal before giving you the envelope. Include the sealed envelopes with your application.
Qualifying Quiz
We call it a quiz, but it is really a challenge: a way for you to show us how you approach new problems and new topics in mathematics. You should try as many of the questions as you can. We certainly don't expect every applicant to solve every problem, but we do recommend that applicants submit solutions to at least five problems.
What matters to us are not just your final results, but your reasoning. Prove everything that you can: convince us that your solutions are correct! If you get stuck, give us some partial answers or conjectures. Sometimes it may take a while to find the right way of approaching a problem. Be patient--there is no time limit on this quiz.
The Mathcamp 2002 Qualifying Quiz is available in several formats:
- HTML
- Plain text file
- PDF file
- PostScript file
- DVI file
- LaTeX code
- necessary for the tex and dvi versions: figure 1, figure 2, and figure 3