Math at NU

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<p>Hey. Last month, I was browsing online to find helpful resources for a math competition I was training for and came upon Northwestern's Putnam training page. I thought it was amazing. So now I'm considering it for graduate school.</p>

<p>But it's strange. It seems like a school more focused on journalism and business. I've been reading some threads here (this is the first time I've been on collegeconfidential in years) and I haven't found much on math at all. </p>

<p>So I'm wondering what math is like there. I see that there's not too many graduate students in math there so that the class sizes are really small, which is nice. Do all undergraduates take math as part of the liberal arts education? Are the professors approachable? I'd also like to know if there are math competitions there for fun.</p>

<p>Off topic, but I've also been looking for schools that were more vegetarian/vegan. NU comes up as a university that is both more vegetarian than normal and has a good math program.</p>

<p>Is this impression accurate?</p>

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<p>^given that we have so many premeds and engineering majors, lots of undergrads take the calculus series. there’s also a bunch doing the MENU, which is supposed to be pretty intense. other than that, i don’t really know much about the math department, other than the fact that it’s ranked somewhere between 15th and 20th. </p>

<p>the engineering school has applied math that seems to get more high-profile or sexier research that ordinary folks like me can relate to. like recently, there’s this professor coming up a model that describes the spread of H1N1 flu. i saw him either on some Chicago news or CNN. pretty cool stuff.</p>

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<p>Are you required to take math at NU? Well, formal studies is a part of the distribution requirement, so I guess the answer would be yes. If you get the AP credit, you completed one out of the two requirements for that part.</p>