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Funding for Graduate School
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By Anonymous Hero
Posted Mon May 02, 2005 at 06:03:45 PM PDT
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When accepted to a program, one would hope they would have full funding.
I am in the process of applying to graduate schools and wondered what advice graduate students, and really anyone, have about funding for graduate school.
I know there are many public and private sources for support for graduate school, but is it worth it to try to gain support for outside places if you have a variety of programs you are applying to and it might affect your package at some? Do you think this is an attractive feature for applicants to have? Or it just complicates things entirely?
What sources did you wish you had tapped into? Did you wish you had bargained more than you did? Can you bargain? Is that common for math programs?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Pi Day Coming Up Once Again
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Undergrad Life
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By overconvergent
Posted Wed Feb 23, 2005 at 08:52:10 AM PDT
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March the 14th (this year as last year) will be Pi Day; written in the American system, it is 3/14, which are the first three significant digits of pi.
This can make a good not-very-serious activity for a Math Club or a Math Department.
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Advice for Applying to REUs
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By dkung
Posted Fri Feb 04, 2005 at 12:19:14 PM PDT
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Several students have recently asked me for advice on the essay required for most REU applications. Here's some advice from some of the people who read those essays.
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Publishers to blame for increasing cost of college text books.
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By jvano
Posted Fri Feb 04, 2005 at 06:43:15 AM PDT
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Wisconsin Public Radio aired and interesting segment on the increasing cost of college text books. It cited a new report by the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group which states publishers are to blame (listen). We have addressed this topic previously but I'm glad to hear that this is an issue that is actually being explored by a public interest research group.
So, my question to readers is how can 'we the people' bring about a change in the indurstry?
Is it up to students, professors, or maybe free online textbooks (e.g. MIT's OpenCourseWare or Rice's Connexions)?
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What does it take to make a good grad school application?
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By solarmist
Posted Sun Dec 19, 2004 at 02:18:43 PM PDT
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I'm currently an undergrad at the University of Minnesota and am working on getting my BS in Computer Science then finishing my Math degree and I want to go to grad school to get my Ph.D in Mathematics.
So, I was wondering what makes a strong application to grad school? I'm a decent student, but I've never been terribly concerned about grades (I know that's gonna bite me in the butt though). I started off a little shakey (B/B- average), but now I'm getting B+'s and above in my upper level courses. Beyond grades what can I do to make my application stand out? And what Math courses should I take before I graduate? I have no problem doing the work and I generally enjoy the courses, I just don't have stellar grades.
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Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics
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By jvano
Posted Sat Oct 23, 2004 at 12:36:45 AM PDT
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The 7th Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics
will be held February 4-6 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The main program of the conference will be 15 minute talks by the undergrad
women participants.
There will also be two plenary speakers and three panel discussions. For more information see http://www.math.unl.edu/~ncuwm/
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Youngstown State Undergrad Conference
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By kroth
Posted Tue Oct 12, 2004 at 08:08:48 AM PDT
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Youngstown State University in Youngstown, OH is having its fifth annual undergraduate math conference on Feb. 19, 2005.
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Grad School Application Experience
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By Anonymous Hero
Posted Thu Mar 25, 2004 at 10:51:00 AM PDT
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Applying to graduate school is a lot of work, so be prepared to devote a substantial amount of time to not only the application process but also the initial identification of schools and needed follow-up with the department and/or graduate advisers.
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