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Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Math
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By Anonymous Hero
Posted Wed Mar 17, 2004 at 10:52:15 AM PDT
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This February I attended the Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Math. I'm a sophomore and I wanted some information on careers and on undergraduate research. The conference was very informative and definitely worth the effort of flying out to Nebraska.
I managed to go out to dinner with five graduate students from five different graduate schools. I listened to their stories about life in graduate school and their advice concerning applying to and choosing a graduate school. Should I choose to go to graduate school, I am much more prepared for the process from talking to these experienced students.
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Pi Day
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By overconvergent
Posted Fri Mar 12, 2004 at 03:43:50 AM PDT
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March the 14th will be Pi Day; written in the American system, it is 3/14, which are the first three significant digits of pi.
This is a great not-very-serious activity for a Math Club.
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DECIDING IF AND HOW TO PURSUE DOCTORAL WORK
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By jvano
Posted Wed Feb 25, 2004 at 03:43:19 AM PDT
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From TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR(SM) LISTSERV, posted with permission.
Folks:
The posting below gives some good advice for those students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. It is from Chapter 2: Deciding If and How to Pursue Doctoral Work by Tim Wilson, Nelson Soto and Jami
Joyner in Journey to the Ph.D.: How to Navigate the Process as African Americans. Edited by Anna L. Green & LeKita V. Scott. Published in 2003 by Stylus Publishing, LLC, 22883 Quicksilver Drive Sterling, Virginia 20166. Copyright 2003 by Stylus Publishing, LLC Reprinted with permission.
Regards,
Rick Reis
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Personal Statements and grad school appilcations
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By kroth
Posted Tue Feb 24, 2004 at 08:40:47 AM PDT
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There is an article on the Chronicle to higher education website describing the odd process that is writing a personal statement for your graduate applications.
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Which graduate schools are friendly?
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By halewis
Posted Thu Feb 12, 2004 at 12:14:09 PM PDT
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I'm teaching at a small liberal arts college, and our students have sometimes had difficulty adjusting to PhD programs. Is there a way to find out which graduate schools are particularly supportive of their new students during this transition?
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Are textbook prices too high?
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By Anonymous Hero
Posted Sat Jan 31, 2004 at 10:03:00 AM PDT
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There is an interesting story on Slashdot entitled Ripoff 101: Gouging Students for Textbooks.
For mathematics, it does seems especially true that textbooks are outrageously priced. Couple this with the fact that they seem to come out with a new edition about every other year and it really does seem like publishers are out to squeeze every dime out of the student masses! What do other readers think?
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Actuary as a career choice for math majors
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By padmalinowski
Posted Mon Jan 26, 2004 at 10:31:02 PM PDT
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This is an article-length follow-up to the panel discussion "What can I do with a degree in mathematics?" I was a 1997 BA graduate of a liberal arts college with a degree in math (applied). When I spoke to John Vano in Madison recently, he mentioned this panel discussion and noted that no one present made more than a passing mention of the actuarial profession. Here follows the story of someone who is currently pursuing the profession.
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What can you do with a degree in mathematics?
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By jvano
Posted Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:03:50 PM PDT
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Ever wanted to know what all of your options are for careers with your math degree? At the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Phoenix [1/10/2004] the YMN and MAA hosted a panel entitled "What can you do with a degree in mathematics?" at which we addressed some of the options that are avaliable from industry to grad school and other things in between. In the following story we present a summary of this panel discussion and invite our readers to continue the discussion in the comments!
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