Word: math
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard may be big. But Joseph is not the only student with his own class. There are 14 classes with only one registered student at Harvard this semester. Classes in such varied subjects as foreign languages, music, math, and psychology and sociology have all drawn audiences...
Trying to better last year's third place finish, the Harvard math whizzes joined approximately 2000 college students Saturday from 350 colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada as part of the 46th annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition...
...highest scoring students also compete individually for prizes of up to $500, but most students said they participate to challenge themselves. Charles M. Kodner '89, who is enrolled in Math 22a, a high level calculus course, said the test was comparable to "jumping off a very high cliff...
...last day she could withdraw from her math course, and the sophomore was distraught by the prospect of a dismal grade...
Other colleges have counseling centers that deal in crisis management and require students to come forward with narrowly defined problems, Davis says. "We're unique in higher education. We're not a problem center. You can be making a B-plus in Math la and be troubled by one aspect of the course and still use the services of the Bureau," he said...