UPDATE: The format of the AMY is changing for 2008-2009. In response to feedback from students and parents, we will extend the program to be truly "year-round," offering six segments, each lasting two months. This will allow more time for students to thoroughly digest the lecture notes and examples, thoughtfully attempt the problems and receive timely feedback.

The 2008-2009 AMY will begin in August, shortly after AMSP 2008.

The '07-'08 AMY is coming to an end. More than half of last year's AMSP participants registered for this program. AMY provides students with further opportunities to broaden their mathematical horizons and hone problem solving skills, particularly in those fields from where Olympiad problems are drawn. Rather than concentrating solely on problem solving, the material covered familiarizes students with important mathematical concepts and widely applicable methods of proof. AMY extends and solidifies the mathematics learned during the AwesomeMath Summer Program (AMSP). In turn, the next AMSP re-energizes students by bringing them together with instructors and their peers.

The AMY is broken into six segments, each investigating one circle of ideas in depth. Every two months, students receive a packet of materials organized around a set of notes which comprise a short course in the topic. The courses cover each topic from the very basics all the way to fascinating and difficult results; we believe that everyone has something to learn! The notes will be accompanied by scores of problems, running the gamut from simple to quite hard. Students are expected to write up solutions so that we may provide individual feedback and teach the invaluable skill of proof-writing.

All course authors and graders are deeply involved with mathematics Olympiads around the world. We believe that Olympiad math is naturally focused on ideas accessible to young people while at the same time provoking boundless intellectual challenges. Olympiad math helps students build creative logical thought, a skill that will be a great asset to them no matter what they choose to do in the future.