<p>I am an international but I have been studying in the states for the past two years. Since language was the major problem to me, I didn't really have time to participate in any math competitions. And unfortunately my school doesn't have any clubs. Literally ZERO mathematics activities. I took pre-calc and geometry at the same time last year, and I am taking calc right now. And I got 100 on my first semester.
So I want to know how much chance do I have to get into this camp? And can someone who participated in this before tell me the acceptance rate? And just anything you know about this camp. And also is there a time limit for the qualification exam they give you? PLEASE help. Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Anyone??</p>
<p>@Raindraconis I am also an international and was accepted by the camp last year as a rising senior. Hope that I can provide you with some useful information:</p>
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<li>40 people were in the camp last year, 25 in Program I and 15 in Program II, 25 were rising seniors and 15 were rising juniors. I would say that about about slightly less than half of the students are international.</li>
<li>It’s okay that you didn’t participate in any math competitions. Although I had some math competitions when I applied and I emailed the admission committee that I was waiting for my AMC result, they replied my email saying that they waive math competitions for internationals. So don’t worry!</li>
<li>Since math competitions do not matter, the admission exam counts for the most important thing that the committee is looking at. Make sure you spend sometime on it! Last year, we got to know that accepted students answered all 10 problems correctly (there were 10 problems in all), and wait-listed students answered 9.5.</li>
<li>But solving out 10 problems does not guarantee you an admission, they also look at your essays and recommendation letters, so good luck with those!</li>
<li>Usually, the acceptance rate is around 25%, but last year we were told that much more students applied for the camp, so no one really knows the statistics. All you can do is try your best on the admission exam and give a good shot on the essays. There isn’t time limit on the admission exam so I suggest that you take time to solve the questions slowly and analytically.</li>
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<p>Good luck with your application! SUMaC is a great camp if you love math and Stanford is amazing!</p>
<p>@georgejiang Thanks a lot. You really answered everything I wanted to know about. I really appreciate this! :)</p>