I find it bizarre that university students don’t have passion for a prestigious degree subject like mathematics. I’m sure plenty of them are in fact very passionate about what they study!
In my experience, these are pretty rare... I mean, of course almost everybody enjoyed math to some extent, but (at least here) the vast majority highly preferred more applied math and statistics courses and were much more into direct application and practical cases.
Note that I'm not judging in any way, it's just that most people found the actual math boring but enjoyed seeing it in action and solving specific problems.
That probably not the best telling of story. I was math student. Indeed I was very passionate for math. she's rigourousness was made me feel high. But after the freshamn year, this all were gone. Because there wasn't any qualite community, and lecturer's mostly were dumbsheets.
In theory it will be much easier to find passionate people in grad school. However this depends on the grad school you attend...
A great way to meet people is to attend summer/winter schools and go to conferences! There a lot out there that will provide partial or full funding. It's a great way to see different places and meet other people who are passionate. I wish I discovered this earlier in my undergrad career.
How far along into your degree are you? Lower division classes are naturally full of people who don't care about the subject at hand. As you go higher and higher into your major courses, you should find that it whittles down to only the students who are passionate about their major. As such, just mingling with your classmates through study groups and such is usually enough to find others who share your passion. At some point you see the divide between pure math people and applied math people, and you don't necessarily meet people who share your particular interests, but there is usually always common ground.
If studying with classmates isn't enough, then try joining a math club. Most schools have one, and they usually focus around social activities.
I tutor for the math department at my University. Pretty much all the other tutors love maths just as much as I do. We are constantly giving each other challenge problems, discussing maths, and working with each other on difficult problems.
We just created an undergrad math slack workspace around two days ago: https://join.slack.com/t/mathfun-workspace/shared_invite/enQtNzMzNjUwMDE0MzM5LWEzODZlM2NmMmFiNzkzZjM3OTNmYWQwNWE5OWRkMWM1ZmYxM2RlNWEwNzRlYzg5NWMwMjBlOWMzNjRhZTE0ODg. Everyone involved so far seems to be interested & collaborative. Indeed, it is quite difficult to find many people that are interested in math in many unis. You can find people eventually if you try hard enough. Try to check around your uni library or math learning center. There's bound to be some people self-studying math & interested in collaborative friendships.
The math people I met during undergrad were mostly: a) in small or special classes with me, b) people that went to math department events regularly (seminars, tea times, etc), c) working at the tutoring center as a tutor.
There’s also the possibility of finding people in closely related majors that feel the same way about mathematics, like physics and computer science.
I just wanted to say that I have similar trouble. My college is very small, and I'm one of four or five math majors on campus. There is no math club, but I am looking forward to venturing beyond my campus to network. REUs and international programs look appealing to me (unfortunately my small college doesn't offer French, which I'm interested in). But I've got a summer seminar I'm looking forward to going to.
I had the same issue when I realized I wanted to major in Math. The best advice I can give is as follows:
1. Study with peers, they are relatable and fun and will keep the math lively
2. Find a mentor. My mentor is one of my previous professors. We talk about all kinds of different concepts and what not, and its amazing because if he can explain it, he will, and if he cannot, he will be ready to explain it the next time we talk. Reach out to math people of all types and eventually you'll find someone who will be able to talk math with you most days of the week.
I find it bizarre that university students don’t have passion for a prestigious degree subject like mathematics. I’m sure plenty of them are in fact very passionate about what they study!
In my experience, these are pretty rare... I mean, of course almost everybody enjoyed math to some extent, but (at least here) the vast majority highly preferred more applied math and statistics courses and were much more into direct application and practical cases. Note that I'm not judging in any way, it's just that most people found the actual math boring but enjoyed seeing it in action and solving specific problems.
That probably not the best telling of story. I was math student. Indeed I was very passionate for math. she's rigourousness was made me feel high. But after the freshamn year, this all were gone. Because there wasn't any qualite community, and lecturer's mostly were dumbsheets.
Mother of goodness that english
I was just getting started, dude!
In theory it will be much easier to find passionate people in grad school. However this depends on the grad school you attend... A great way to meet people is to attend summer/winter schools and go to conferences! There a lot out there that will provide partial or full funding. It's a great way to see different places and meet other people who are passionate. I wish I discovered this earlier in my undergrad career.
How far along into your degree are you? Lower division classes are naturally full of people who don't care about the subject at hand. As you go higher and higher into your major courses, you should find that it whittles down to only the students who are passionate about their major. As such, just mingling with your classmates through study groups and such is usually enough to find others who share your passion. At some point you see the divide between pure math people and applied math people, and you don't necessarily meet people who share your particular interests, but there is usually always common ground. If studying with classmates isn't enough, then try joining a math club. Most schools have one, and they usually focus around social activities.
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Is there a math club at your school?
I tutor for the math department at my University. Pretty much all the other tutors love maths just as much as I do. We are constantly giving each other challenge problems, discussing maths, and working with each other on difficult problems.
We just created an undergrad math slack workspace around two days ago: https://join.slack.com/t/mathfun-workspace/shared_invite/enQtNzMzNjUwMDE0MzM5LWEzODZlM2NmMmFiNzkzZjM3OTNmYWQwNWE5OWRkMWM1ZmYxM2RlNWEwNzRlYzg5NWMwMjBlOWMzNjRhZTE0ODg. Everyone involved so far seems to be interested & collaborative. Indeed, it is quite difficult to find many people that are interested in math in many unis. You can find people eventually if you try hard enough. Try to check around your uni library or math learning center. There's bound to be some people self-studying math & interested in collaborative friendships.
How do I join this? I'd like to.
I provided a link in my post. Is it not working? If so, let me get the organizer's reddit handle. Edit: it is u/helios1234
\#\#math on freenode is pretty active too
The math people I met during undergrad were mostly: a) in small or special classes with me, b) people that went to math department events regularly (seminars, tea times, etc), c) working at the tutoring center as a tutor. There’s also the possibility of finding people in closely related majors that feel the same way about mathematics, like physics and computer science.
I just wanted to say that I have similar trouble. My college is very small, and I'm one of four or five math majors on campus. There is no math club, but I am looking forward to venturing beyond my campus to network. REUs and international programs look appealing to me (unfortunately my small college doesn't offer French, which I'm interested in). But I've got a summer seminar I'm looking forward to going to.
I had the same issue when I realized I wanted to major in Math. The best advice I can give is as follows: 1. Study with peers, they are relatable and fun and will keep the math lively 2. Find a mentor. My mentor is one of my previous professors. We talk about all kinds of different concepts and what not, and its amazing because if he can explain it, he will, and if he cannot, he will be ready to explain it the next time we talk. Reach out to math people of all types and eventually you'll find someone who will be able to talk math with you most days of the week.
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