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Resources
More to come, for now
have a look at these opportunities and resources. Categories below
include
mathematics programs --academic year, REUs and
other summer programs, summer programs for women, internships, mentoring and
career programs, professional master's degrees, scholarship opportunities and
Putnam materials.
Mathematics programs -- Academic year
Budapest Semesters in
Mathematics
Mathematics Advanced Study Semesters
(MASS) at Penn State
Math in Moscow
REUs and Other Summer Programs
See the AMS Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Programs as
well as
the NSF REU website
Also, see the listings at
summer programs
(Pathways to Science) and also summer statistics opportunities
Engineering REU
Trinity College REU expects
funding for 2008.
MIT Lincoln Labs offers summer programs (for US citizens only).
See http://www.ll.mit.edu/careers/summerundergrad.html
Summer programs for women
Program for Women and
Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study
Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education
(EDGE)
Carleton/St.
Olaf Program for Women
Internships
AMS list of student
opportunities
University
of Arizona list of internships and summer opportunities
Here is a link with
information about internships at Google: link
Note that some knowledge of programming is required (which is generally a
good idea for math/stat majors who want to broaden their post-MHC options).
Mentoring and Career Programs
Careers in Mathematics from the AWM (Association for Women in Mathematics).
Mathematical Sciences Career Information sponsored by the AMS, SIAM and MAA (American Mathematical Society, Society
for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Association of
America).
Also see their new Early Career Profile Network, including job
profiles of recent bachelor's level alumni here.
In addition, SIAM has their own website on careers here.
AWM
Mentor Network is another
resource from the AWM.
Math
Will Rock Your World is the
cover article in Business Week 1/23/2006; it makes the case that "There
has never been a better time to be a mathematician," in terms of career
opportunities.
The Mississippi
Teacher Corps is
a job-placement service for teachers.
The
Educational Resources Group is
a job-placement service for teachers.
The Teach for America program recruits college graduates (especially
mathematics and science majors) to teach for two years in challenging school
districts. (Also see the entry for MATH FOR AMERICA in the section on professional master's degrees.)
The Actuarial Society
of New York website will tell you
about actuarial careers and events in the New York City area.
The website Be An Actuary.org
is a good source for information about the actuarial profession and
scholarships for students of the actuarial sciences.
The Casualty
Actuary Society website is
probably your best source for information on the actuarial exams.
The Educational Testing Service is the home of the Graduate Record Exam.
For careers
at MIT Lincoln Labs, see this
web page.
Professional master's degrees
The article available here
describes what professional master's degree is and why it's
useful.
If you google on professional master's degree,
you'll find lots of specific programs. In 1998-2000, a
list of programs offering a professional master's degree was put
together by the American Mathematical Society, the Society for Industrial and
Applied Mathematics, and Mathematician for Education Reform. To
find that list, click here.
MATH FOR AMERICA offers mathematically talented college graduates a five year MfA Fellowship which includes a full tuition scholarship for a master's degree program and four years of teaching in a New York City public secondary school. Today, there are over 200 MfA Fellows in the New York City program, with 60 new Fellows entering the classroom next fall. More information is on their website here.
Scholarship
Opportunities
AMS
guide to Assistantships and Fellowships in the Mathematical Sciences
Be An Actuary.
The
Demana-Waits Scholarship from Texas Instruments.
Additional information
about graduate fellowships can be found at the following two links:
IGERT programs
graduate support
Putnam Materials
Putnam
problems, 1997-2002.
Putnam
problems, 2003.
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