The Prince­ton Math Club par­tic­i­pates in the fol­low­ing under­grad­u­ate competitions:

William Low­ell Put­nam Math­e­mat­i­cal Competition

This is the pre­mier U.S. / Canada under­grad­u­ate math exam, held annu­ally on cam­pus on the first Sat­ur­day of Decem­ber. There is no limit on the num­ber of stu­dents who may par­tic­i­pate. The con­test lasts 6 hours with a lunch break, and Prince­ton has his­tor­i­cally per­formed very well.

Vir­ginia Tech Regional Math­e­mat­ics Contest

This is the warm-up to the Put­nam exam, eas­ier in nature and lighter in time, held annu­ally on cam­pus in late Octo­ber. The num­ber of prob­lems varies; it is typ­i­cally 7. Many insti­tu­tions use the Vir­ginia Tech con­test to pick the Put­nam team. Prince­ton will par­tic­i­pate in this con­test start­ing in 2007.

Math­e­mat­i­cal Con­test in Modeling

The MCM is the pre­mier inter­na­tional math mod­el­ing con­test, with over 1200 teams par­tic­i­pat­ing. The con­test is held on cam­pus in early Feb­ru­ary. Teams of three spend 5 days work­ing on a given math mod­el­ing prob­lem, and present their solu­tion in paper for­mat. Past prob­lems have included mod­el­ing earth­quake flood dam­age in South Car­olina, min­i­miz­ing toll booth traf­fic, and design­ing fair con­gres­sional dis­tricts in New York State.

Inter­na­tional Math­e­mat­ics Com­pe­ti­tion for Uni­ver­sity Students

The IMC is an inter­na­tional proof-based math com­pe­ti­tion held dur­ing the sum­mer in var­i­ous East­ern Euro­pean uni­ver­si­ties. Tra­di­tion­ally, Prince­ton has been the only Amer­i­can uni­ver­sity to par­tic­i­pate. Uni­ver­si­ties com­pete as a team, and indi­vid­u­als are awarded in an IMO-like Medal struc­ture. The team score is scored as the top three indi­vid­ual scores plus the aver­age for the entire team.

South East­ern Euro­pean Math­e­mat­i­cal Olympiad for Uni­ver­sity Stu­dents With Inter­na­tional Participation

SEEMOUS is a top-level IMO-style inter­na­tional math com­pe­ti­tion for cur­rent fresh­men and sopho­mores where there are both university-level awards like the IMC and country-level awards like the IMO. Uni­ver­si­ties may send a team of 6, and in the case that a national team isn’t announced, the top 6 scores from a given coun­try will be used as the coun­try score. In the contest’s first year (2007), the Russ­ian National team dom­i­nated the competition.

Gar­den State Under­grad­u­ate Math­e­mat­ics Conference

The Gar­den State Under­grad­u­ate Math­e­mat­ics Com­pe­ti­tion is held con­cur­rently with the annual NJ state MAA con­fer­ence, which alter­nates among var­i­ous New Jer­sey uni­ver­si­ties. The con­test is regional in nature, with a team round and indi­vid­ual round. The prob­lems are on the easy side, and Prince­ton has had per­formed well in its years of competing.