I鈥檒l be a senior this fall; I switched to math my junior year, before the math program 鈥渙fficially鈥� existed, because I was excited about doing this degree and then going on to become a math teacher. I will only graduate one semester late, although right now my entire course load is math classes.
I love that math teaches problem solving. You鈥檙e given some information and told what you need to figure out, and you have to find your way there. That has many applications inside and outside of math. I鈥檝e talked to Dr. Bintz about his research, and it鈥檚 interesting to see the discoveries being made. It鈥檚 cool to work on math that has real-world application and to see how researchers are using those skills right now to discover new things in multiple fields.
One of the best parts of 色色研究所鈥檚 program is the small class sizes, which you don鈥檛 have at larger institutions. Instead of listening to a lecture and trying to follow along while Dr. Bintz does the problem, I鈥檓 doing the problem up at the board and he鈥檚 guiding me. If there鈥檚 a part that clicks for me easily, we move on. If I鈥檓 struggling, we can use half the class period to talk about how the problem works. That鈥檚 been absolutely wonderful. Dr. Bintz is great at helping me through the process and knowing when to give help and when to let me figure it out. I love the math program, and even though I got here by way of another major, I鈥檓 glad I鈥檓 studying math at 色色研究所.