<p>I've read on CC and/or elsewhere about Ross, PROMYS, Mathcamp and Texas State. Is anyone familiar with any other summer math programs of comparable (or relatively comparable) quality?</p>
<p>My S went to PROMYS for three summers. PROMYS is a 6-weeks program located at Boston University. It was founded by alumni of the Ross Program at Ohio State. Ross lasts 8 weeks. Both emphasize number theory in the first year. In subsequent years, at PROMYS, students take seminars on different topics and do research projects. Mathcamp is a 5 weeks program that introduces students to a greater variety of math topics and makes use of guest lecturers as well as regular instructors. Besides these programs, RSI also admits juniors who are interested in doing math research.
There are some parents on CC whose kids have attended RSI, Ross, Mathcamp and who could give you more details.</p>
<p>My apologies. I see that you already know about PROMYS, etc... There is also the Hampshire College Summer Math Institute and a few others. The Davidson Institute has a list of programs--not all of which are for advanced math learners. Here is the link:</p>
<p>here's another list
<a href="http://www.ams.org/employment/mathcamps.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ams.org/employment/mathcamps.html</a> </p>
<p>also check out the discussion of various math programs on the forums at <a href="http://www.artofproblemsolving.com%5B/url%5D">www.artofproblemsolving.com</a></p>
<p>(my son went to Mathcamp for 5 years. I highly recommend!)</p>
<p>There's also SUMAC at Stanford... <a href="http://math.stanford.edu/sumac/%5B/url%5D">http://math.stanford.edu/sumac/</a> - and I am not aware of anything else at the level we are talking about.</p>
<p>Maybe, NASA SHARP?</p>
<p>If the kid is a 9-grader, he/she might have a shot at the Olympiad camp (needs good performance at AMC/AIME) - for several years now, they accepted a separate group of 9-graders. And, of course, superb performance will get you to the camp at any age...</p>
<p>11-graders can get to Governer's schools (in some states), to RSI and to Clay Research Academy - all highly competitive (which you probably know already, but worth mentioning)</p>
<p>actually, Clay Research Academy is mostly seniors, although a few kids get to go prior to senior year. It's extraordinarily difficult to get into. (harder than math olympiad camp). It's a week in the spring, unlike the others we're discussing which are during the summer.</p>
<p>How young is your child? A sufficiently young child could get a LOT out of [url=<a href="http://www.mathpath.org%5DMathPath%5B/url">http://www.mathpath.org]MathPath[/url</a>], a program that just had its fourth summer and which my son attended in the most recent year. An older child with the same interests should try one of the other programs already mentioned in this thread.</p>
<p>and another...</p>
<p>Hampshire College
<a href="http://www.hcssim.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.hcssim.org/</a></p>