Assignments are personalized based on their writing. Upon course completion, students receive a written evaluation and a Certificate of Achievement in Writing. It is free to all participants. For each of the four rounds of the USA MTS, students receive 5 problems by mail and have 4 weeks to send in solutions to at least 2 of the problems. Professional mathematicians evaluate your work and points are assigned depending upon your solution.
Winners receive books or gift subscriptions to mathematical publications.
Students who participate in all four rounds and accumulate at least 40 points receive a Certificate of Publication. The USA MTS stresses perseverance and creativity, and gives students excellent experience in writing solutions and proofs. The Bratislava Mathematics Correspondence Seminar uses a competition format that encourages independent math learning. The seminar is for high school students who like to solve advanced level math problems. The contest takes place in two parts, winter and summer, and each part consists of three series of problems that require solution by mathematical argument.