<p>Does anyone know what the average acceptance rates for MathCamp, ROSS, HCSSiM, and PROMYS are? Do they have competitive admissions? What qualities do they look for in an applicant? </p>
<p>Has anyone been to any of these four programs? How was your experience there? Any advice?</p>
<p>I am not bumping this thread up.</p>
<p>The Summer Programs forum moves quite fast, doesn't it? :D</p>
<p>So, u r frustrated too! I was a long time ago, and so I hardly start new threads here.........seems like, u r having couple of downfalls w/ new threads! (lol! the Captain something thread!)</p>
<p>I dislike bumping my own threads up. Thus, I will not bump this thread.</p>
<p>:):D:mad::confused::cool::eek::p;):rolleyes::(:o</p>
<p>READ POST 5!!!!</p>
<p>By the way, I haven't got any reply on that Chaos Theory Discussion though!</p>
<p>I went to HCSSiM; I liked it enough to go back the next year. It's a small program (smallest of the four? maybe) and immensely enjoyable. Highly recommended.</p>
<p>I don't think there's anywhere you can learn anything about acceptance rates, short of contacting the directors directly, and even then they probably won't tell you. But I think it varies pretty greatly, from program to program and from year to year. Colleges do like seeing any of them on applications, though, irrespective of their competitiveness.</p>
<p>I do know a little about Mathcamp, though. It's a lot bigger than HCSSiM, and I think that, partially as a function of this, you have even more choice in what to study than HCSSiM. (Aside: Ross and PROMYS apparently focus on number theory, so I'd assume [with no actual evidence] that you have the least choice at those two.) But it's shorter and more expensive, and, I gather, more stressful? I don't know.</p>
<p>Oh, and if you have to bump this in future, may I suggest: "Ceci n'est pas un bump?"</p>
<p>You might ask this on the parent's forum. I believe there are several parents there whose children have attended. Also, if you haven't been on the Art of Problem Solving, they have a forum where you can ask questions about summer programs. <a href="http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/</a></p>
<p>There was a chat on AoPS last Tuesday about HCSSiM...</p>
<p>Merci. </p>
<p>Ceci n'est pas un bump?</p>
<p>If you're really interested in HCSSiM, PM me.</p>
<p>I don't actually know of what the accpetance rates are, but just look at the problems on their application, and try them.</p>
<p>CT, let me know ur result!</p>
<p>i am going to promys over ross</p>
<p>I’ve never heard about acceptance rates for any of these programs. I know each program declines to accept at least a few applicants. For all I know, most applicants are screened out by the self-selection of doing the admission quiz. But I recall MathPath (a program for younger children) had a base acceptance rate WELL below 50 percent in summer 2005, when there was a press report about it.</p>
<p>S2 is going to mathpath this summer and i’ll tell youabout it when he gets back…</p>
<p>I just sent in my promys application this weekend and they received it. Does anybody know if I will receive a reply before May 30th, or will I be in the same round as the people who mailed it on that day?</p>
<p>The PROMYS acceptance rate is around 30%
Also, I think girls have a better chance of making PROMYS</p>
<p>mathemonster, why did you pick promys over ross?</p>