Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT PRIMES (Program for Research in Mathematics, Engineering and Science for High School Students)

Program ID: MITPrimes-USA [#1668]
Program Title: PRIMES-USA
Program Type: High school program
Program Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States of America
Subject Area: Mathematics
Application Deadline: 2024/11/18 11:59PMhelp popup (accepting applications posted 2024/10/01, updated 2024/09/04)
Program Description:    

PRIMES-USA is year-long math research program for high school juniors and sophomores (or home schooled students of the same age) residing in the United States but outside the Greater Boston area. The students work on individual and group research projects in mathematics. Projects are mentored by MIT graduate students via teleconferencing, using software and hardware tools for online collaboration, or by local mentors chosen by PRIMES.

High school students residing in the Greater Boston area are not eligible for PRIMES-USA. They may apply to MIT PRIMES, a local research and reading program program in mathematics.

Students residing outside the United States are not eligible for MIT PRIMES or PRIMES-USA. To get research experience, we recommend them to join CrowdMath, a massive free online collaborative year-long research project open to all high school and college students around the world (a joint program with the Art of Problem Solving).

Admission Decisions

Admission decisions will be based on all components of your application. We expect to release the decisions in early January 2025. Due to the large volume of applications, we will not be able to comment on individual applications or release individual scores. Solutions to the Math Problem Set will be posted later in 2025.


Application Materials Required:
Submit the following items online at this website to complete your application:
  • Personal Statement
  • Math Solutions Set
  • Optional Supporting Materials (optional)
  • Two to three reference letters (to be submitted online by the reference writers on this site help popup)
And anything else requested in the program description.

Further Info:
https://math.mit.edu/research/highschool/primes/usa
email address
(617) 253-4386
 
André Lee Dixon
PRIMES Program Assistant
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room : 2 - 252a
Department of Mathematics
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139