OSU Math Advising Questionnaire

(Suggestions for improvement are welcome; e-mail to miller@math.ohio-state.edu .)
 

During your OSU orientation session, you will enroll in your courses for the Autumn quarter.   If you are interested in enrolling in an honors math course, this means that you must choose between Math H190 and Math H161. Information on honors math courses is posted here. There will be some time available during orientation for you to meet with faculty members, but your schedule may be rather tight. If you would like to meet with a Mathematics faculty member during orientation, please consider filling out and submitting the questionnaire below at least a few days prior to your orientation session. There is no requirement whatsoever that you do so, but your answers will help us to advise you on course selection. The only purpose of this questionnaire is to help you choose between H161 and H190. For any other issues, please contact the Math Counseling Office.

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Name:  
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High school: 
IMPORTANT: Dates that you will attend orientation (if known): 
 
 

Extracurricular math activities

Have you engaged in any of the following? If so, please give a brief description.
  • Math contests or competitions: 
  • Math clubs: 
  • Summer programs: 
  • Other (please explain): 

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    [Interested in math contests? Click here. Be sure to check out the link to Radical Pi, the OSU Math Club, while you are there.]

    Other extracurricular activities

    Have you engaged in any of the following science- or logic-related activities? If so, please give a brief description.
  • Science contests or competitions: 
  • Science clubs: 
  • Summer programs: 
  • Games of strategy (chess, go, bridge, et cetera): 
  • Computer programming: 
  • Debate team: 
  • Other (please explain): 

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    Leisure reading

    Do you do much reading of mathematics or science in your spare time? 

    Have you read anything by the following authors?

  •   William W. Dunham
  •   Richard Feynman
  •   Martin Gardner
  •   Stephen Hawkings
  •   Douglas Hofstadter
  •   Gina Kolata
  •   George Polya
  •   Ian Stewart

    • Are there other math or science authors whose work you have enjoyed? (names)
    Do you read any math, science or computing magazines? (names) 
     

    Your mathematical preferences and goals

    What do you like about math?

     

    Do you have an example of a particular mathematical theorem or area of research that you find interesting and exciting (for example, Fermat's Theorem; prime numbers; cryptography; mathematical computing; fractal geometry and chaos; solitons; statisitical mechanics; quantum physics; finance or economics)? If so, say briefly why it interests you, and how you learned about it (school, home, friends, internet, activity group, book, journal, et cetera).

     

    Do you have any mathematical heroes? If so, pick one and say briefly why you admire this person and their work.

     

    If you could choose between enrolling in a theory-oriented math course, or a computationally-oriented course, which would you choose? (Assume that both courses cover the same subject.) 

    If you could choose between enrolling in a class where you would probably be bored, but were certain to get an A, and
    enrolling in an intellectually challenging course, where there was a  risk of getting less than an A, which would you choose? 
     

    What would you do if you wound up enrolled in a course that required more algebra, geometry or trigonometry than you learned in high school?

    In your high school geometry course, did you do proofs throughout the course? 

    Have you done any "epsilon-delta" (or other) proofs? 
    If so, are you interested in doing more of them? 

    If you took Calculus in high school, what did you think of it? 

    Have you taken any college or university math or science courses before? 

    Is there anything else that you wish us to know about you and your interests that might help us in advising you during Honors Orientation?

     

              
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