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DRP Mentee Application - Fall 2023
Please fill this out if you are interested in doing an independent reading project with a graduate student mentor this semester.
You will be asked to rank the projects proposed by graduate students:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uY6AP3_BcV5mm6iDG0JZLw_1lazdGK9M/view?usp=sharing
Applications are due Monday 09/18 at 5 p.m.
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Name
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Tufts email
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Major/intended major
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Expected Graduation Year
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Pick **three** topics you would be interested in reading about with your mentor
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These topics were suggested by our graduate student mentors. It does not matter if you've heard of the name of the topic before, but read the project description to be sure it sounds interesting and you've got the right background. Project info here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uY6AP3_BcV5mm6iDG0JZLw_1lazdGK9M/view?usp=sharing
1. Mostly Surfaces
2. Interpolation and Approximation by Polynomials
3. The Finite Element Method
4. Game Theory
5. Design Theory
6. Representation Theory
7. Other
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Rank your top 3 choices from above from first choice to third choice
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e.g. 1, 5, 2
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If you selected "Other" above, list the topics you are interested in for DRP that were not on the list.
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Briefly explain your interest in participating in the Directed Reading Program.
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We expect that DRP will be a roughly 3-4 hour/week time commitment for participants. List tentative classes and other commitments that you have during the semester.
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We expect that mentees will spend about 2-3 hours/week reading and 1 hour/week meeting with their mentor
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List any relevant math/science/computer science/engineering courses you have taken at Tufts or elsewhere.
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List two faculty members that the DRP committee can reach out to for an informal recommendation on your behalf. You should include their name, email, and how you know this professor. If possible, at least one should be a professor in a STEM field.
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Example: Prof. Todd Quinto,
todd.quinto@tufts.edu
, took Math 135 with him in Spring 2019
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By signing my full name here I agree to meet weekly with my mentor for 1 hour, come to meetings prepared having put at least 4 hours of time into reading and/or exercises, and give a short presentation at the end of the semester on my DRP project.
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