Hampshire College Summer Math
If you dream of spending your summer doing math problems, you are going to be just fine in life. Kidding. Kind of. But seriously, if you are a serious math student and keen to expand your horizons you should consider this incredible, intensive and enriching six-week residential program at Hampshire College in Massachusetts. It’s a fantastic opportunity to connect with other math-letes, and to spend time in an incredibly beautiful place doing college-level math work. It’s selective. The tuition is about $5,000 all-in. It’s a lot of money, but by the standards of summer programs it’s a pretty good bargain. Check out the website - it’s hilarious. And if that’s any indication, the summer is a lot of fun for kids who love math.
“HCSSiM is an intensive six-week encounter with college-level mathematics for talented and highly motivated high school students. It is demanding and expanding. Participants spend a major portion of each day actively engaged in doing mathematics (not simply learning the results of mathematics). HCSSiM students live in the dorms at Hampshire College in Massachusetts for six summer weeks, and study and play in its fields, woods, and academic buildings (not typically in that order).
The daily schedule includes 4 hours of morning classes (Mon-Sat), the pre-supper Prime Time Theorem, and evening problem sessions. Afternoons are devoted to reading, rest, recreation, occasional trips to town, and informal study. Participants have unparalleled access to faculty members in classrooms, at meals, and in the program dorm. Productive collaborations continue long after the program, and many lifelong friendships are forged.
Our alumni come from (and end up) all around the world, but remain close in spirit. Those who have the means to make it back to Hampshire College join us for Yellow Pigs Day in July, and so students have an opportunity to meet (and sing carols, play frisbee, juggle… with) notables in math, science, tech, and many more fields.”
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for more of an applied experience, check out the Math ExPlR Summer Program, where you’ll work with a PI to use math for computational biology programs.
Enter one of the math national and international math competitions including Purple Comet!, the American Mathematics Competitions, Who Wants to be a Mathematician or the Harvard-MIT Math Tournament.
Explore the types of math problems faced by real world mathematicians in the team-based MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge
Challenge yourself to practically apply your math skills at Wharton’s Data Science Academy
HOT TIP: Math is everywhere these days, and if you are great at it you are way ahead of the game. Selective summer math programs are a GREAT way to learn and show your stuff against other top math students. This is especially important if you are interested in studying math in college!