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

Mathematical Societies

Check out American Math Society (AMS) math resources for undergrads, as well as student sites at the AMS, MAA, and SIAM.

Diversity and Biographical Information

Summer Research Opportunities

Summer research opportunities for women students:

Mathematical Institutes (which often have summer programs):

Graduate Programs

Web sites of graduate schools Tufts undergrads attended:

Some specific interesting programs:

General advice and support for graduate school and beyond:

  • Here are two good books (1 and 2) with tips for survival in grad school and beyond.
  • Here is a good article about how to get into math graduate school (despite what it says, if you haven’t published, it is OK, although it is a good idea to try research to see if you like it!).
  • A Ph.D. is not enough is a guide to people beginning their career in Science.
  • The Math. Association of America has a teaching support program for new college and university profs, Project NEXT.
  • The Mathematical Research Communities is a research support program for graduate students and recent Ph.D.s. It provides summer conferences in a range of fields and then provides longer-term mentoring and support. I was involved with the 2009 Inverse Problems conference, and it was a blast!
  • Some Free and legal math books are here.

Math Careers

  • weusemath.org from BYU shows what people use math for and discusses careers.
  • American Math Society’s career info.
  • MAA Career Information
  • Society for Industrial and Applied Math info about applied math careers.
  • SIAM has a useful brochure on careers outside academia and an in-depth report on the mathematics needed in industry today.
  • Here is a good Wall Street Journal article to consider a math career if you like math (mathematical careers are always rated among the most satisfying careers).
  • This site gives salary information for math-related jobs.
  • glassdoor.com gives ratings of companies from employees’ perspective
  • Tufts Career Center has information about careers, resumes, internships, etc.

Job Ads for Ph.D.’s:

Internship Ads for students:

K-12 Teaching

  • Teaching Experiences for Undergraduates summer programs for STEM students interested in K-12 teaching, (for colleges including Brown and Trinity, organized by Vassar). Check out the math programs.
  • The NSF/Noyce program supports students to teach middle- and high-school math and science in high-needs schools, and it is terrific! If you have questions, just e-mail me.
  • 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.
  • Boston Teacher Residency
  • Teaching Fellows Program in various cities in the U.S.
  • Math for America: MAT fellowship program in various cities in the U.S. including Boston.
  • If you’d like to teach without earning an advanced teaching degree then Teachers of Tomorrow or Teach for America could fill the bill.
  • Here is an online guide from the Steps Program to alternative routes to teaching.
  • This site lists info on K-12 teaching programs, including math.

Placement services for independent schools:

Summer teaching internships:

The Actuarial Profession

Related graduate programs:

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 would like more info. about research programs, graduate school, 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 A. Barbaro, A. Berrian, M. Burr, J. Cherner, D. Cuzzocreo, D. Davis, M. Duke, T. Kolda, H. Lin, A. Nolt, M. Schultz, M. Teixidor, L. Tu, and K. Vagts.