Lawrence University Department of Mathematics Actual Classroom Experiences
- Tu Nghiem, ‘11
- Being a math major means you’ll learn a lot, you’ll train your mind a lot, and you’ll find out that doing math is extremely fun (and even creative). That is, if you stick around until after calculus 3! [read more]
- Peter Vanney, ‘11
- Being a math major at Lawrence means everyone thinks you’re smart. Most of the students here have had a math class, and all of them thought it was hard. They will be really impressed that you decided to stay with it and take classes from the hardest (and best!) professors on campus. [read more]
- Rob Rashid, ‘11
- I never took calculus here, so I don’t really know about intro classes, but I’m the kind of person who speaks a lot in class. It’s math—sometimes all the equations flying around are tough to handle but just relax and keep it laid-back and math is fun. Make sure to ask questions in lectures even [...] [read more]
- Nick Watt, ’10
- Being a math major at Lawrence opens up a lot of opportunities—many that you wouldn’t expect. And it’s fun, too! [read more]
- Rachel Roberts, ’09
- Being both a small and friendly department (with a good sense of humor), Lawrence’s math department is close-knit and supportive. We have Math Tea together each week and students have all-nighters together the nights before problem sets are due. Of course I don’t condone beginning work on math homework late enough that you must stay [...] [read more]
- Evan Neuens, ’09
- The thing that really stands out is when we used to sit in the library to work on our Foundations of Algebra problem sets and everybody else thought we were speaking a foreign language. I’m not sure if this helpful information, but it was fun! [read more]
- Dan Fulton, ’09
- It’s hard to get a more personalized experience at Lawrence than in the small computer science classes. At times, the students more than the professors can guide the topic of study. Math classes are excellent as well, and the department strongly encourages students to be independent in their mathematical ability. I feel privileged to take [...] [read more]
- Jackie Bean, ’09
- Since math classes at Lawrence tend to be very small, you are able to have plenty of one-on-one time with the instructor. This helped me tremendously not only with my class assignments, but also helped me figure out what field in math I want to pursue. The math classes here tend to be very challenging, [...] [read more]