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    Applying to Math REUs Summer 2009: Results & Discussion

    Yeah, I heard of that too... are you in the group group?
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    Applying to Math REUs Summer 2009: Results & Discussion

    Have fun in MASS program!
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    Applying to Math REUs Summer 2009: Results & Discussion

    RCA_0, I had not taken abstract algebra before I went to MASS program. (I knew some about groups and rings though) They helped me a LOT. The TA for algebra class helped me go over all the basic things I needed to or shall know from number theory and abstract algebra. TA from the analysis class...
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    Applying to Math REUs Summer 2009: Results & Discussion

    Ah, I c. I was there last semester. I liked it a lot. During the semester, I asked the director of the program if I could participate MASS again. He said "yes, as long as you do well in MASS this semester." I did fine. So, the last day, when I was there, I asked him about it too. He said "yes...
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    Applying to Math REUs Summer 2009: Results & Discussion

    Yes, I did... I got accepted by the MASS Program. However, I may not go there... I did MASS last semester. Now I am in BSM program. I'm away from my home school for a year now. I want to go back and finish my thesis and prepare for graduate school applications. Have fun in Penn State if you...
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    Applying to Math REUs Summer 2009: Results & Discussion

    Do you know Robert Strichartz? I will work with him this summer... I know that he wrote a book about fractals. He actually has mailed the book to my home. However, I'm oversea right now, so I cannot read it. I'm looking forward to it.
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    Applying to Math REUs Summer 2009: Results & Discussion

    I did MASS program last semester. One of my courses is dynamics. So, when I applied for the REU at cornell, I asked the prof. of that course to write me a recommendation. Yes, I got accepted by the REU program. I'm glad that I did MASS. When did you participate in MASS?
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    Applying to Math REUs Summer 2009: Results & Discussion

    It is not very competitive admission into MASS program. (MASS PROGRAM AT PENN STATE). I went there. I guess that they take most of people who apply to that program. It is a really tough program, but it is excellent and great! When I was there, I suffered a lot, because I did not know a lot of...
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    Applying to Math REUs Summer 2009: Results & Discussion

    I did REU last summer, and I was worried that I would not get into any REU program this year, so I applied about 10 programs. 1. BYU 2. UCLA - BJ 3. Cornell (accepted) 4. U conn. (accepted) 5. NC State (accepted) 6. NKU (accepted) 7. OSU (accepted) 8. Penn State 9. Central...
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