<p>ConcreteVitamin,
(1) I don’t know if I can say for others in general, but for me, I mostly left out the thought process that I went through before solving the question. This website helped me out with my solutions. [url=<a href=“http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Resources/articles.php?page=howtowrite]How”>How to Write a Math Solution]How</a> to Write a Solution<a href=“2”>/url</a>I asked my math team teacher to fill out my recommendation, who I’ve only known through the math team and has not taught me a class. However, I spent quite some time on the essays and tried to include the whole picture about myself, (so my answers to a couple questions ended up being quite long). Mostly though, in my essays, I tried best to portray my desire and enthusiasm to go to the program, which I think would be something that any program would be looking for.
(3)I don’t recall writing multiple ways for solving the problems, but I don’t think it would hurt you if you found other ways of solving them.</p>
<p>I am going to apply here, but still mixed, like do I want to spend 2 months during Number Theory straight? and all by myself? This sounds like something I’d be doing anyways for my Ph.D thesis, and it seems less interactive with coaches, I am going to apply anyways, but for now am lowering this over other programs like Yellow Pig Math Camp and Macaulay Math Summer Institute which is free, :D</p>
<p>@hanqui8 It is my understanding that the application problems are the most important part of the application. A 1/2-1 pages per essay question should be fine.</p>
<p>@ ConcreteVitamin I honestly have no idea. I would guess they you’d get a reasonable amount of time though.</p>
<p>@kgppra053420 Essentially, the Ross program is doing number theory problem sets. The only required activites are 1-2 hours of class per day Monday-Friday. The rest of your time you can spend as you like though you will be expected to spend a lot of it working on the problem sets. The problem sets are composed of a mixture of numericals, where you will look at patterns and formulate conjectures and theorems to prove. Some of the problems are trival, while others are extraordinarily difficult. After you finish a problem set, you’ll turn it in to your counselor. Then after a day or two usually you will meet with your counselor and discuss the set. Although different counselors have very diffirent methods for doing this, you will usually be expected to redo any problems you didn’t solve correctly the first time. The rest of your time can be spent exercising, with friends, or doing other stuff although generally you won’t have too much time for this. The quality of life is also pretty good. You’ll get a 2-room dorm and will have 1 roommate. You’ll also get a meal card, which allows you to get more than enough food. The food is also of pretty quality as well but the lack of choices can get old by the end of the summer. If you have any more specific questions, I’d be happy to answer them as well.</p>
<p>Thanks UMTYMP student for your response. It was really helpful. I was just wondering on how the facilities are there. Also, with how many people do you work on a set with? Is my roommate part of that group?</p>
<p>The facilities are pretty decent. Our dorm building last year was pretty old but the dorm rooms themselves were nice and had a bedroom with bunk beds, a study room, and a bathroom. There was some communal rooms in the dorm where a lot of people would hang out. Although I never went to the athletic center, I heard it was of excellent quality. The student center where most people ate is also very new. Sets can either be done alone or in groups of people of like 2-3 people although there are no hard rules regarding this. You certainly would be able to work with your roommate as long as both of you pulled your own weight but not nobody will force you to work with them or anyone else for that matter.</p>
<p>@kgppra053420 Ross is pretty strict about not letting you bring laptops. If you have a specific purpose that you’ll need one for they may allow you to bring it for that purpose only. However, while it is not exactly true that there are computers in the dorm, you can go to the campus library to use computers. Although the counselors will be unhappy if you spend too much time using the computers, you will be able to use them for pretty much whatever you want to do.</p>
<p>@hanqiu8 I’m not too familar with the financial aid process but I think they’re pretty generous.</p>
<p>Unfortunately I will arrive at the program about a week late due my school and other personal matters. Will this affect my progress considering I will be missing about a weeks worth of work? I also herd that if your are arriving late they will send you the work that you missed. Is that true?</p>
<p>You will probably initially be a bit behind but you should be able to catch up pretty quickly if you are well prepared. Some people came late last year and it certainly didn’t effect them by the end of the summer. I am not positive that they will send you the work you miss but I’ve heard that other places and would think that it is probably true.</p>
<p>I don’t think Ross is terribly strict on its no leaving policy. If you have a good reason, they should be fine with it. If your reason is not so good, they’ll probably grumble but let you go anyways.</p>