S.i.m.u.w.

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<p>Summer</a> Institute for Mathematics at the University of Washington </p>

<p>The Summer Institute for Mathematics at UW is an outstanding 6 week, free math program for those who are interested. If I remember correctly, an applicant needs to have finished Alg 2. The program is selective for 5? states in the PNW. </p>

<p>My S attended this program after his freshman year which was really a life changing experience for him. For the first time, he saw the beauty of math, but had a lot of fun too. He continued to meet his fellow SIMUW attendees at various competitions throughout the remainder of his high school career which was always a good thing :-).</p>

<p>He also attended RSI (at MIT), as did at least one other SIMUW attendee.</p>

<p>He was also accepted to some of the top schools in the US and even one of his acceptance letters had a personalized note mentioning SIMUW specifically.</p>

<p>Application deadline is March 1, but the sooner the better. </p>

<p>If you have any further questions, please PM me (I doubt I'll check out this forum any time soon).</p>

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<p>Awesome program! Loved it.
It’s limited to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and BC students.</p>

<p>The Algebra 2 requirement (if it is one) is misleading - completing a regular public school alg 2 class would mean a summer of drowning in math. You’ll need a solid background of studying math outside of school. It’s not so much the ‘level’ of math (calculus is not covered) but the ‘depth’ of understanding instead.</p>

<p>If you’re even remotely interested, check out their website and look over the entrance problems.</p>

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<p>I checked, and it’s not specifically Algebra 2, it’s 3 years of high school math. For my S, he had these finished before he entered high school :-).</p>

<p>I don’t think that this year’s application is up yet, so there are no problems there yet.</p>