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...reinforce the fun, frat-like image comes a not-so-fun fact. According to the Registrar’s Office, only 17 women have taken the class since 1990. Though past rosters have included female students, Math 55 is a fraternity. Students rush. Eleven become pledges, and they are initiated with problem sets...
...When we do Math 55, we do it together,” he says. “When we have wild drunken parties, when we paint the town, when we piss on John Harvard’s foot, we do it together. Even if we’re calculating the trajectory of the piss at the same time, we’re doing it together...
...outside, the clock strikes the hour. As students pour from nearby classrooms, they pause to peer, wide-eyed, into the windows of room 109. They take advantage of this rare chance to snatch a glimpse of the notorious Math 55. Fascinated, their eyes explore the encoded chalkboard, entrancing them with its odd arrangement of foreign symbols, formulas, and proofs...
None of the Math 55 students seem to notice. They’re not concerned about being on time to their next class. Math 55 is why they’re here...
...years using the CPI method to make its estimations. Some of the district’s most significant gains for minority students were on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) English language arts and mathematics exams, where African American students gained 16.4 points in English and 19.1 points in math, bringing their totals to 83.0 in English and 78.3 points in math. Similarly, Hispanic students gained 22.3 points in English and 28.6 points in math, bringing their totals to 82.2 points in English and 77.2 points in math, respectively. Despite the improvements, minority students still fell behind white students...