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Admission decisions

Admission decisions for SigmaCamp 2018 are almost here! They will be sent out by 5pm on Tu, May 1. Make sure to check your email!

PoM 2017-18 winners

Problem of the month contest for 2017-18 has completed. Our faculty have graded all submitted solutions and determined the winners. This year we have 3 winners in each of two age categories: 8th grade and below, and 9th grade and above.

Winners in Category 5 (8th grade and below) are:
1. The First place and a $100 Amazon gift card are awarded to Daniil Salkinder (187 points)
2. The Second place and a $75 Amazon gift card are awarded to Maria Yaskina (157 points)
3. The Third place and a $50 Amazon gift card are awarded to Daniel Yentin (140 points)

Winners in Category 10 (9th grade and above) are:
1. The First place and $100 Amazon gift cards are awarded to Sofiya Filippova(183 points)
2. The Second place and a $75 Amazon gift card are awarded to Sophie Kamenetsky (148 points)
3. The Third place and a $50 Amazon gift card are awarded to Victor Turbiner (137 points)

Completion of 2017-18 POM

Dear all: POM contest for 2017-18 is now closed. We will grade all solutions and declare winners by the end of February. Remember that winners of POM are accepted to SigmaCamp without the qualification quiz!

SigmaCamp 2018 Information

SigmaCamp 2018 will take place August 12-19, at Silver Lake Conference Center, CT. The application will open on March 1.

October PoM hints posted

October POM have been posted

You can find them here: http://sigmacamp.org/pom/problems2017 Remember, you can join PoM at any moment -- so if you missed September PoM, it is not too late to start!

September PoM hints posted

Camp photos

More photos coming tonight - once we select the best ones from 2,000+ photos we take daily!

SigmaCamp Begins Sunday, August 13th!

Parents and students, please visit the Arrivals page to review arrival instructions and things to bring.

Parents, please review the instructions for communication with our staff and with your child, which can be found here.

Admission decisions

Admission decisions have been sent to all applicants. Please check your email!
Admitted students will get emails with instructions on filling the necessary paperwork, submitting the payment, and most importantly, on choosing the semilabs! Please pay attention to deadlines for doing this.

Application to SigmaCamp 2017 is now open!

So if you want to spend the week of August 13-20

• learning how lie detectors work and building your own one
• programming an autonomous rover navigating by GPS
• learning about fractals or traveling salesman problem
• expressing and analyzing proteins
• launching rockets and boomerangs
• ... and engaging in many, many other activities under the guidance of scientists and researchers from StonyBrook University, Brookhaven National Lab, Harvard Medical School and other top scientific institutions

then fill your application form today!

Application deadline is April 18; more info is available here.

Conclusion of POM 2016-17

All January 2017 POM submissions have been graded. See the updated scores here.

This completes our 2016-17 Problem of the Month contest. The names of the winners and students admitted to SigmaCamp2017 without the Qualifying Quiz will be announced shortly.

Congratulations to all participants! See you in SigmaCamp!

SigmaCamp 2017!

Dear SigmaCampers: we are happy to announce that we start accepting applications for SC 2017 on March 1, 2017! The dates of the camp are Aug 13-20, 2017. We will post other relevant information as we get closer to March 1.

Also, the currently posted Problem of the Month assignment (Jan 2017) is the last assignment of this season; once it is graded, we will announce the winners who will be offered admission to SC 2017 without the qualification quiz.

November POM grades

Grades for November problems have now been posted - check your account to see your score!

Also, we have posted hints for December POM.

November POM deadline

Please remember that today is the last day to submit solutions for November POM without penalty. Hints will be posted tomorrow; solutions submitted after that will be graded lower.

Also, the grades and comments for October problems are now posted; the scoreboard has been updated.

November POM updated

Please note that November POM problems were updated (in previously posted problem set, we had posted old set of Physics problems by mistake. This has been fixed in the updated assignment.)

Photos Day 3 are posted

Team photos and photos from day 3 have been posted

September PoM solutions

Solutions of September Problem of the Month have been posted here.
Stay tuned for a new problem set, which will be posted tomorrow!

JC Application 2017 is now open!

Please find details here.

SigmaCamp 2016 Photos

Thank you all for a great season! We will begin to post our extensive collection of photos from Sigma 2016 shortly. Campers: Please check your emails to find the link to the end-of-season survey and fill it out if you haven't already, to help us make Sigma 2017 even better.

List of lectures

List of lectures in SC 2016 is now available here (15 Mb file).

SC 2016 admission decisions

Admission decisions have been emailed to campers and parents! please check your email.

This year we had many more applications than available spots, so we had to turn down a number of great candidates. Those who were rejected - remember, winners of our Problem of the Month contest are admitted without the qualifying quiz.

Admitted students will receive more info in the coming days. Meanwhile, here is the list of semilabs offered in SigmaCamp 2016: http://sigmacamp.org/2016/semilabs.

Application deadline

The application deadline for SC 2016 is in less than a week!

If you haven't yet registered, please register now. If you have registered, please check the status of your application here to verify that we have received the required materials (recommendation letters, essay, etc).

Applications for SC 2016 are now accepted!

We are happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for SC 2016. Application deadline is April 18, 2016. Details are available here.

Good luck with your application!

POM 2015-16 completes

All PoM problems for January have been graded. This completes 2015-16 Problem of the Month contest: January was the last month. To see your grades, log in to your account. To see where you stand in comparison with other participants, please see the score table; for privacy reasons, it only lists participants' ID rather than names.

According to the contest rules, 25 students with top scores in each age category (grade 8 and younger and grades 9-10) who earned 25 points or more will be accepted to SigmaCamp without the Qualification quiz. A letter will be sent to the winners to confirm their achievement.

If you are not one of the winners, please stay tuned for the qualification quiz, which will be posted by March 1.

See you all in SigmaCamp 2016!

January PoM - hints available

Regular submission deadline for January Problem of the Month has passed. We have now posted some hints for these problems and will be accepting post-deadline solutions (at a penalty) until midnight of Feb 10.

January PoM

Submissions of solutions for December Problem of the Month is now closed. Submitted solutions will be graded by the end of January.

And here comes the new set of problems, January PoM.

Happy New Year!

November PoM - hints available

Regular submission deadline for November Problem of the Month has passed. We have now posted some hints for these problems and will be accepting post-deadline solutions (at a penalty) until midnight of Dec 10.

Also, you can now check your scores for October problems.

October PoM hints

Deadline for submitting October PoM has passed. However, we will be accepting late sumissions until the midnight of Nov 10, and we have posted hints for some of the problems here. Late submissions will incur some penalties as described in the official rules.

Day 5 photos posted!

Get them in the usual place.

Day 4 photos posted!

Get them in the usual place.

Day 3 photos posted!

Get them in the usual place.

Day 1 Photos posted

Day 0 photos are now posted!

Photos of day 0 (Sunday) are now posted for your viewing pleasure. See them (and team photos posted earlier) on SC 2015 Photos page.

As in the previous years, we will be posting new set of photos every week. Stay tuned for photos of Day 1 next week!

Junior Counselor Application Now Open

Read more about it here.

Dear SigmaCampers:

Thank you for a great season! As you may know, as soon as Sigma ends, preparations for next year begin. The driving force between positive changes at SigmaCamp are campers like you: We really value campers' feedback.

So please fill out the survey below to help make Sigma2016 even better: sigmacamp.org/2015/survey

As our way to thank you for filling the survey, 10 people, randomly chosen from survey takers, will be given priority registration to any of the workshops of SC 2016!

Please read our news and check photos on our blog!

Information about contacting us (or your children) at the camp can be found on this page.

Semilab Selection and Camper Info

All admitted students -- please fill out the Personal Info form no later than May 15th. This is also where you select your semilabs.

Application Deadline

A reminder that the registration for SC 2015  closes on April 20, at 11:59PM.
You can check whether your application is complete here.

Problem of the Month Winners

February PoM

December PoM Solutions and January Problems

Solutions for December PoM and January problems are now posted on the PoM page.

Photos - day 6

December PoM problems posted

Get them here. Solutions are due by Jan 5.
Also, check the photos from Day 4!

October POM grades posted

October PoM has been graded. Registered students can see their grades by logging to their account. You can also see the statistics here.
Do not forget: solutions of November PoM are due by Dec. 5.

Day 2 photos posted!

Find them here.

November PoM is here!

Junior Counselor Application

A new Problem of the Month season is just around the corner!

In a few days the registration for PoM 2014/15 will be open and on October 10th, the first set of problems will appear on our website. Each month, you will be challenged with new exciting problems in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, as well as Computer Science. You can find more detailes about the PoM contest here.

Dear SigmaParents, 

We would like to let you know that WiFi connection at Silver Lake is quite poor, and campers Skype with their parents with significant difficulties. We ask you to please refrain from casually asking your child to give you a call unless it is important -- the calls take a lot of campers' valuable time in the evening.

Campers: Important Info!

Connecticut requires all campers to provide a copy of their last physical exam with a doctor signature, as well as a copy of your insurance card. Please submit scans to forms@sigmacamp.org. Please bring the original form to camp.

Did you know SigmaCamp has a Facebook page?

We will be posting announcements both on SigmaCamp page and on our page in Facebook. Like us on Facebook if you would like to get these announcements or leave comments!

http://www.facebook.com/SigmaCamp

Members of the SigmaTeam are now departing for Silver Lake Conference to begin on-site preparations. We are very excited to see you there on Sunday!

SigmaCamp Forms

Every camper needs Permission and Release form and a completed Health form to participate in SigmaCamp. You can download them here.

Thank you to everyone who applied for SigmaCamp 2014.

We are proud to tell you that this year SigmaCamp received applications from 10 US States and 8 countries! Thank you very much for your enthusiasm!
Taking into account the fact that some school districts are in the middle of spring break right now, we will continue to accept teacher recommendations.

If you missed the deadline you can still apply for the waitlist. We encourage you to complete your application if you haven't already done so.

Question of the Week

The  Question of the Week, about the advanced SemiLabs at SigmaCamp, has now been posted, and the results of the last questions have been announced! If you already registered for SigmaCamp 2014, you have received an email with a link.

We are happy to announce that registration for Sigma Camp 2014 is now open!

Read more about SC2014 here and then visit this page to apply.

Application deadline is April 20, 2014.

October 2013 POM scores and comments are now available on your personal page. Also, you can check out the current standings!