PROMYS anyone?

texas137
Tue, 31 May 2005 13:13:01 +0000

The two camps are different; one is not “better” than the other. Both attract a fair share of top math students, including USAMO qualifiers.

PROMYS is highly structured, and goes into one subject (number theory) in depth. Mathcamp is very loosely structured. It works sort of like an all-you-can-eat mathematical buffet with many math-related options to choose from. You get out of it what you put in to a higher degree. (btw - Mathcamp filled early and is no longer accepting applications for 2005).

For more discussion of PROMYS vs mathcamp, go to: www.artofproblemsolving.com.

For an extensive list of math and science camps, some of which are probably still accepting applications, go to: