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Math Resources for Students

General information for undergrads about math resources, summer programs, internships, and graduate schools can be found at the AMS and MAA web sites. Check them out!

Here are some other fun sites.

Reasons to major in math:
(Check out this University of Georgia site)
It’s fun!

Mathematical Societies:
American Mathematical Society (AMS) Homepage
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Homepage
Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Homepage
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Homepage

Tufts Math Society!

Summer research opportunities for undergraduates:
Tufts University Summer Scholars Program
National Science Foundation Research (REU) Programs
AMS list of REU programs
National Security Agency Summer Programs
Princeton U. Summer Program at Park City Utah

Summer research opportunities for women students:
George Washington University
Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges

Information about graduate programs:
Phds.org: excellent links about graduate schools
US News Graduate and Professional Program Ratings
Peterson’s Guide General Graduate Programs for Math
American Mathematical Society
Links to US math departments
Info. on graduate programs(commercial site)

Web sites of graduate schools Tufts undergrads attended (to be linked):
Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Duke University, University of Chicago, MIT, NYU, Ohio State University, Oregon State University, Penn. State University, Princeton, Rutgers, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina, University of Oregon, University of Washington, Weizmann Institute of Science, Yale University

Here’s a good book for survival in grad school and beyond.

Math Careers

General information about math careers:
http://www.ams.org/careers
http://www.maa.org/careers/index.html
(Check out the MAA career profiles.)
http://www.siam.org/careers/
http://math.uga.edu/~shifrin/jobops.html

Tufts Career Services

The actuarial profession:
Society of Actuaries, general and test info.
Books and old tests for the actuary exams.
BE AN ACTUARY and NYC Actuarial Career Day.
CIGNA Undergrad. Internship Program
John Hancock (General career information)
Milliman (search for "internship")

Graduate actuary program at University of Connecticut
Graduate accounting at Northeastern University

Teaching opportunities and placement service for independent schools:
Carney Sandoe, Corp.
Math for America: MAT fellowship program in NYC
Teach for America
Chicago Teaching Fellows
Tufts Education Department
has an "easy" admission program for MAT students from Tufts

Summer teaching internships:
Johns Hopkins Summer Program for Gifted Youth
PROMYS Program at BU for youth gifted in math
Breakthrough Collaborative (national) and Summerbridge (San Francisco)
Steppingstone Academy Boston
Students who have participated in these programs as counselors have loved them!

Diversity:
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (biographies, scholarships, etc.)
Women in Math Web Site (publications, bibliographies, etc.)

Please let Todd Quinto know of other fun links or if these links don't work.

Please feel free to talk to your advisor or me if you'd like more info. about research programs, graduate school, or careers and all that. Let me know if you'd like to borrow the department's books about math careers.

Thanks to many folks including Alethea Barbaro, Michael Burr, Jarrett Cherner, Melanie Schultz, and Loring Tu.