<p>Just to respond to a few of the points listed above:</p>
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<li><p>PROMYS, indeed, is two weeks shorter. In order to cover the same amount of material that Ross does, the daily problem sets are significantly longer, but rest assured, the amount that Ross students cover is roughly the same as the amount that PROMYS students cover.</p></li>
<li><p>The system of reviewing problem sets is not accurately described in the above post. Yes, all students receive a new problem set every day, and no, students don’t finish every single problem (especially with later sets). However, students are never given explicit solutions; counselors will work with students, even after several additional problem sets have been assigned, so that a complete and rigorous solution is produced, whether it be a proof or a numerical answer. Alternatively, during the later weeks, students are encouraged to pursue “threads” in the problem sets to completion. Oftentimes, the sets become to overwhelming to complete in their entirety, but since the program encourages depth over breadth, students can choose one or two threads (such as continued fractions, quadratic residues, etc) to really investigate and understand. I personally enjoyed the fast pace and the rapid-fire assignment speed (which goes back to my earlier point - PROMYS condenses material) - keeping up was a challenge, and I certainly fell behind, but before my first year at PROMYS, I had never realized how much I could learn and absorb during six weeks. </p></li>
<li><p>The laptop policy at PROMYS changed to mirror that at ROSS. Laptops were prohibited this year (and probably will continue to be).</p></li>
<li><p>The PROMYS first year exploration projects were directly related to the problem sets. The topics included sums of squares, linear diophantine equations, and counting rationals. For former PROMYS and Ross students, these topics will definitely sound familiar.</p></li>
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<p>I just wanted to clear up some minor misconceptions about PROMYS! I hope this post helped as well.</p>