Keep Calm and Maths On

Hello all!

This past week was-in plain words-miserable. I had three problem sets due yesterday and a 2,000 word essay due today. (I managed to get some sleep, which is always the goal for me, haha.) I also had a lot of applications to fill out (and of course, one of them was for the Odyssey Program-I loved being a Odyssey Mentor last summer). I also applied to the Mentor Program, as well as the Summer Research Program at HC this summer (this project would combine my two of my favorite things: maths and knitting!). I’ve heard back from the Odyssey Program and the Mentor Program, and have been given the opportunity to interview with both of them next month! So, let’s hope the people from the Summer Research Program like my proposal to continue this streak of good news, haha.

Speaking of research, I attended the 2016 Tomorrow’s Mathematicians Today Conference for undergraduate mathematicians at the University of Greenwich two weeks ago. I got to hear about a number of research projects, and I thought they were really interesting.

It started off being a miserable windy, cold, dark Saturday morning when I woke up at 4 AM to get to the other campus to meet up with the other maths students heading down to attend the conference. There were nine of us in total, and like I predicted, I was the only female of the group (I was definitely representing women in STEM that day).

And I’m proud to be a woman in STEM. #ILookLikeAMathematician

Being at the conference reminded me of that “I Look like an Engineer” movement that started last summer. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, it basically brought awareness of the stereotypes that have been imposed on women in STEM. It’s like some people have this stereotypical image of a female in the engineering field (or any STEM field), and when that image doesn’t fit, they’re shocked. That’s the thing with stereotypes-they cause people to assume.

But anyways, I was going for an insightful post today, so I hope it was helpful, haha.

Cheers 🙂

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