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!
This very fun new web site, WhyDoMath.org, describes fun mathematics (including my field, tomography) and what mathematicians do.
This cool web site, from BYU, shows what people use math for and discusses careers.
General Math Sites
Reasons to major in math: (Check out this University of Georgia site) It’s fun!
Some Free and legal math books are here.
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
Summer Research Opportunities
National Science Foundation Research (REU) Programs, general info. and math programs.
AMS list of REU programs
National Security Agency Summer Programs (choose "Internships" for summer programs)
Princeton U. general and undergraduate Summer Program at Park City Utah
Summer research opportunities for women students:
George Washington University
Carleton College
Summer Opportunity in Statistics
Boston University Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics
Mathematical Institutes (which often have summer programs)
Institute for Advanced Studies
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
AIM math: American Institute of Mathematics
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)
Graduate Programs
Phds.org: excellent links about graduate schools
US News Graduate and Professional Program Ratings (choose science then click math)
Peterson’s Guide General Graduate Programs for Math (choose field then location, etc.)
American Mathematical Society
Links to US math departments
Info. on graduate programs(commercial site)
Web sites of graduate schools Tufts undergrads attended:
Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Duke University, University of Chicago: Math, Economics, MIT, NYU, Ohio State University, Oregon State University, Penn. State University, Princeton, Rutgers, Stanford: Math, and Computational and Mathematical Engineering, 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.
If you'd like suggestions about mentoring and development for grad. students and beyond, check here.
Math Careers
Here's a good reason to consider a math career if you like math (mathematician is always rated one of the most satisfying careers).
General information about careers:
Tufts Career Services
General information about math careers:
American Math Society's career info. and career profiles
MAA career profiles.
Society for Industrial and Applied info about applied math careers and check out this and this for careers outside of academia.
A neat site at U. Georgia giving info. about math jobs
University Job Ads for Ph.D.'s:
American Mathematical Society Job Posting
Mathematical Association of America Job Postings
Teaching opportunities and placement service for independent schools:
Carney Sandoe, Corp.
Boston Teacher Residency
Chicago Teaching Fellows
Math for America: MAT fellowship program in NYC
Teach for America
Tufts Education Department has an "easy" admission program for MAT students from Tufts, and it is a vibrant place with several faculty members who specialize in mathematics education.
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!
The actuarial profession:
Society of Actuaries and Casualty Actuary Society general 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")
Related graduate programs:
Graduate actuary program at the University of Connecticut
Graduate accounting program at Northeastern University
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 profs, 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, Dan Cuzzocreo, Melanie Schultz, Montserrat Teixidor, and Loring Tu.
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Last modified by Todd Quinto on 9/22/09