Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI)

apostle365
Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:22:02 +0000

All right, so, has anyone ever heard of this institution? It’s based in Canada, but it runs a two-week summer program that is open to Canadians, U.S. citizens, and other countries. It looks pretty interesting, and here is an excerpt about the program:

ISSYP
The International Summer School for Young Physicists (ISSYP) is an exciting and challenging two-week program for grade 11 high school students. The program explores the most fascinating ideas theoretical physics has to offer — from the weird quantum world of atoms and subatomic particles to black holes, warped spacetime, and the expanding universe.
Besides learning incredibly cool stuff, students get chance to work with leading international theoretical physicists in mentoring sessions while creatively exploring their own interests and ideas.

So tell me this isn’t one of the most interesting things out there, assuming that it is as rigorous as they say it is and that you’re like theoretical physics.

Once again, has anyone heard of this program? Has anyone attended it before? Is it worth looking into more? How do out-of-country programs like this factor into college admissions? Do you think universities have heard of the program? I guess I should research more about the institute’s prestige to get a better idea. Still, it sounds SOOOOO cool!