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While the hard-working Math 55 students warrant admiration, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, who both took and taught the class, worries that the reputation may lead students to remain in the class for glory...
...their friends, and that’s not why you should take it,” he says. “Then you get people who are in it for the wrong reasons. That’s why we’ve always sort of kept the membrane between Math 55 and Math 25 fairly permeable...
While many of the Math 55 students scorn their labels, Harrison thinks the stereotype stems from respect...
...honor to be respected by every other person in the math community,” Harrison says. “People say, ‘Wow, you’re in Math 55?’ and they really respect us….Yes, there’s a lot of work, and yes, we have to devote a lot of time to the class. But the rewards from the math community, the other people in the class, and the satisfaction of learning so much in such a short period of time so greatly outweigh having to put that time...
Monday night section in Science Center 411 is far more casual than class with Gaitsgory. The course assistant, Dustin T. Clausen ’08, took Math 55 as a freshman. He sits on a desk, his long legs stretched out in front of him. Suddenly, his feet find the floor as he jumps down to write on the board. He smiles widely and raises his eyebrows with excitement...