| Application deadline | February 5, 2027 (2027 cycle) | Unconfirmed — check official site | February 12, 2027 (2027 cycle) |
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| Cost | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | $600 (2027 cycle) |
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| Financial aid | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | 2027 need-based scholar-fee waiver: $0–$600. Limited waivers may be requested by students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch who do not have a sponsor. (2027 cycle) |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | 2027 need-based scholar-fee waiver: $0–$600. Limited waivers may be requested by students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch who do not have a sponsor. (2027 cycle) |
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| Stipend or pay | 2027 summer stipend: $1,200 (2027 cycle) | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Eligibility | Grade 11 when applying; summer rising grade is one higher | Unconfirmed — check official site | Grade 10; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | Minimum age 16; Citizenship: Legally authorized to work in the United States.; Residency: New York, New Jersey or Connecticut, within 25 miles of MSK’s main Upper East Side campus.; Requirement: Current high-school junior with a science GPA of at least 3.5, age 16 by June 2027 and availability for the entire eight weeks. | Requirement: Canada/USA Mathcamp is a residential advanced-mathematics programme for students worldwide, generally ages thirteen to eighteen. Applicants need precalculus or equivalent preparation and demonstrate creative mathematical reasoning through the Qualifying Quiz; calculus is not required. Detailed age exceptions apply.
The completed 2026 camp ran June 28-August 2 at Champlain College in Burlington. The 2027 dates and location will be announced in December, and no 2027 application deadline or fee is yet published. All application components and any aid request must follow the new cycle’s instructions.
The accepted 2026 base fee was $7,500, with need-blind admission and full demonstrated-need aid available to eligible applicants, including international students. These historical terms do not establish the new cycle’s fee or aid instructions. | Residency: Missouri resident attending high school in Missouri or homeschooled in Missouri; Requirement: Be a current tenth grader during nomination for summer participation as a rising junior; Requirement: Receive a nomination from a counselor, teacher, principal, or other school official, except eligible homeschool self/family nomination; Requirement: Fit within the school's MSA nomination allotment; Requirement: Provide three-semester unweighted GPA and an accepted standardized aptitude or IQ score; Requirement: Demonstrate leadership, creativity, intellectual curiosity, problem solving, initiative, and likely benefit; Requirement: Commit to the full three-week residential Academy without planned absence; Exclusion: Students and families may not self-nominate outside homeschool settings; Exclusion: Incomplete nominations are not considered; Exclusion: Parents and guardians cannot write recommendation letters; Exclusion: MSA provides neither grades nor academic credit; Exclusion: Nomination does not guarantee selection, course choice, roommate choice, fee waiver, college scholarship, or admission advantage |
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| Session dates or duration | Starts June 29, 2027; Ends August 20, 2027 (2027 cycle) | Unconfirmed — check official site | Starts June 13, 2027; Ends July 3, 2027; 3 weeks (2027 cycle) |
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| Format | In person | Unconfirmed — check official site | In person |
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| Housing and supervision | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Columbia |
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| Selection and application | Application materials: Short essays, one-page resume, all high-school unofficial transcripts and no more than two STEM teacher/counselor/research-mentor letters. Do not contact faculty for placement; offer acceptance within three days. Publication/competition use requires PI permission. | Unconfirmed — check official site | Selection: School nomination allotments limit the pool, a statewide committee evaluates academic and qualitative criteria, and about 330 scholars are expected in 2027. MSA does not publish a current nomination count or acceptance rate. Application materials: Two PDF recommendation letters, at least one from a teacher and none from parents or guardians; Two named PDF essays of 300-350 words responding to the current character-identification and social-issue prompts |
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