MathILy-EST is an 8-week intensive summer research experience for exceptional first-year college students.
Have you excelled in inquiry-based learning classes? Did you spend your pre-college career studying mathematics for fun? Do you want to try research in mathematics, but are too early in your college career to have the formal prerequisites that most research programs require? If your answer to any of those questions is yes, then MathILy-EST is for you.
MathILy-EST provides early research opportunities each year for college students who are deeply but informally prepared for mathematics research. The focus of the program is on first-year students, with second-year and entering college students also considered for participation. The MathILy-EST REU is co-sited with MathILy---participants work in spaces near the MathILy classrooms, and live in the same dormitory as MathILy instructors and high-school students.
Location(s)
- Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Schedule
- June 8th - August 2nd, 2025
Cost/Compensation
- A stipend is expected to be offered, pending funding approval
Eligibility Requirements
- Must be an early college student
Deadline
- April 2nd, 2025
Application or Entry Requirements
- A completed online application
- 4 personal statements
- Provide contact information for 2 math teachers who will complete a letter of recommendation
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Mathematical Staircase, Inc., is a non-profit organization based in Massachusetts whose mission is to educate mathematically talented secondary and tertiary students, particularly those who lack sufficient educational, financial, or social resources in their homes or schools to realize their potential. The organization believes in training program participants in mathematical thinking and writing, in mentoring program participants in their ongoing educational and career paths, and in training program instructors in discovery- and inquiry-based pedagogy.
