Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program

The Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program is a 3-week intensive problem solving camp, held at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The USAMO winners and honorable mentions, as well as the top 30 or so 9th graders on the USAMO, are invited to participate.

Locations

MOP is currently held at University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Previous locations have included IMSA, Rutgers University, West Point (US Military Academy), and the US Naval Academy.

Structure

Each Weekday consists of three instructional sessions: 8:30 AM -11:30, 1:15-3:15, 8:00 PM-10:00. Classes usually consist of a lecture followed by a problem set. Solutions are often presented by students with the supervision of an instructor. Timed and graded olympiad style tests are an integral part of MOP. Every few days, a 4-hour, 3-question test is administered, and is graded with comments within 2-3 days. Team tests also occur weekly. Students are divided into teams of five, and work on a set of twenty-five problems for approximately half a week. On the day of the contest, the teams present solutions to problems which have not yet been presented, in arbitrary order. The fun starts when all of the easy problems have been taken, and teams resort to certain creative methods in order to solve a problem.

Naming controversy

MOP is often mispronounced MO(S)P for unclear reasons. The S is blasphemy.

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