Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program

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The Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (also called the Mathematical Olympiad
Program, MOP, MOSP, and MOsP) is an intensive summer program held at Carnegie
Mellon University. The main purpose of MOP, held since 1974, is to select and train the six
members of the U.S. team for the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). Students
qualify for the program by taking the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad
(USAMO). The top twelve American scorers from all grades form the "black" group. The
approximately eighteen next highest American scorers among students from 11th grade
and under form the "blue" group. In 2004, the program was expanded to include
approximately thirty of the highest-scoring American freshmen and sophomores each year,
the "red" group; this was later split into two, forming the "green" group, which consists of
approximately fifteen of the highest-scoring freshmen and sophomores who have qualified
through the USAMO, and the "red" group, which consists of those who have qualified
through the USAJMO. The colorful designations of these groups were adapted from Karate.
In 2013, the red and green groups were unified. Also, with the new system the Black Group
includes more or less only the IMO team, which is not necessarily all USAMO winners.
Until 2011, only Black MOPpers were eligible for the selection to the USA IMO team,
determined by combining USAMO results with results of a similar exam called the Team
Selection Test (TST). From 2011, a new test called the Team Selection Test Selection Test
(TSTST) was established; this test is open for any of the participants of MOP, and along
with results from the USAMO, determines the students who take the TSTs. This ultimately,
along with the USAMO and MOP tests, determines the IMO team.
Canadians are allowed to write the USAMO but not to participate in MOP unless they are
US residents. Occasionally, when Canadians are amongst the USAMO winners, top
scoring honorable mentions are added to the black group. These additional students are
also eligible for the IMO team. In 2005, such a student did qualify for the team and went on
to win a gold medal at the IMO. Under the TSTST system, effective 2011, honorable
mentions can qualify for the IMO team and will be placed in the black group if they do so.

Contents
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1Cutoff scores
2Locations
3Year-round MOP
4References
5External links

Cutoff scores[edit]
Note that Red cutoffs 2010 onward refer to USAJMO while 2009 before refer to USAMO.

Year Black Blue Green Red

2002[1] 35

2003[2] 28

2004[3] 24

2005[4] 29

2006[5] 25 18 9

2007[6] 23 17 9

2008[7] 28 20 10

2009[8] 27 18 8

2010[9] 29 23 18 35

2011 35 28 21 28

2012 35 22 17 21

2013 30 22 14 29

2014 32 22 13 25

2015 27 16 11 27

2016 28 20 14 21
 2017 25 20 16 36

However, it should be noted that the cutoff scores for groups are not entirely rigid; some
students are moved between groups at the beginning of the program. However, they do
dictate who is invited to the program.

Locations[edit]
The first few MOPs were held at Rutgers University. After that, and until 1995, the program
was alternately hosted by the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in
even-numbered years and by the United States Military Academy at West Point in odd-
numbered years. The 1995 MOP was held at IMSA in Aurora, Illinois, where then-MOP
director Titu Andreescu was a member of the math faculty. Most of the MOPs from 1996 on
forward have been held in Lincoln, Nebraska where the AMC headquarters is located. An
exception was made in the summer of 2001, as the United States would be hosting the
IMO that year in Washington, D.C., and nearby Georgetown was selected as the location
for MOP. Starting in 2015, MOP was held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.

Year-round MOP[edit]
For years, the idea of extending the training program for the U.S. IMO team was discussed.
During the 2004-2005 school year, U.S. IMO team coach Zuming Feng directed the Winter
Olympiad Training Program, utilizing the Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) site for discussion
purposes. The program was short-lived, lasting only that year. MOP participants are now
able to participate for free in Art of Problem Solving's WOOT program for year-round
olympiad training.

References[edit]
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External links[edit]
Art of Problem Solving's WOOT Program
Anders Kaseorg's MOPper World
Michael Freiman's MOP Literature Page (archived)
Archive of Problems and Solutions to the U.S. IMO Team
Selection Tests

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