Summer Institute for Mathematics at  the University of Washington

Application

SIMUW will run from , . .
    To be eligible for admission to SIMUW, you must
  • be a resident of Washington, British Columbia, Oregon, Idaho, or Alaska;
  • turn 14 years old by , ;
  • complete 9th grade by June ;
  • complete three years of high school mathematics—including algebra, geometry, and trigonometry—by June ;
  • but not be a high school graduate on arrival at SIMUW.

The application target date is , , but we will accept applications until all available places are filled.
This message will be updated to inform any potential applicants when we stop accepting applications.

The cost of room, board, participation in all program activities, and a travel allowance for admitted participants is covered by the generous funding of anonymous donors.

An application to SIMUW has four components: an application form, a decription of your academic record, solutions to some mathematical problems, and a letter of recommendation.

Here are more details on each of these items.

  1. APPLICATION FORM. The application form is available as a PDF file. Please answer all the questions on the form.
  2. ACADEMIC RECORD. Please provide a description of the mathematical topics at the high school level that you have studied, indicating the specific textbooks used and chapters studied. Include also a copy of your official transcript, which you can obtain from your school office. If you are in a Running Start program, include a copy of your community college transcript. If you are a home-schooled student, the description of topics will suffice.
  3. MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS. A list of these problems WILL BE posted here in late November, early December. Make sure that with your application you submit solutions to the problem set entitled " Problems" and not to the sample problem set which are posted on this page below.

    Applicants should submit solutions to the problem set even if they have solved only a couple. Partial solutions will also be read and evaluated.

    Please send in legible, handwritten solutions that reflect how you thought about the problems. Do not send just answers. We are interested in seeing how you have arrived at your conclusions. For an indication of our expectations with regard to these solutions please see our examples. To see what to expect as the complete problem set see this example.

    While you are working on the problems, you may consult any books or journals, but you are not allowed to ask anyone for help. Please note that in order to be accepted to our program you do not need to solve all of the problems on the list. The important issue is that we get an idea about the way you approach them.

  4. RECOMMENDATION LETTER. A recommendation form is available as a PDF file. Please give this form to a mathematics teacher who has worked closely with you and is familiar with your ability and motivation. If you are home schooled, you may give the form to your parent or other mathematics instructor.

 

Please send the first three items to the address below and ask your teacher to send the completed recommendation form to this address under separate cover.