The qualifying exams are coming up in a little over three weeks.
A very large number of students will be taking the exams on 12, 15 September. These exams cover Analysis and Algebra, at the level of an introductory graduate course.
Over the years 1990-2001, the Qualifying exams have been taken
by about 140 students, and have had a success rate of about 60%.
And in recent years, the exams have been more focused in their subject matter than they have in the past.
In the period of Fall 1997, to Fall 2001, these students have passed the exam:
Kelome, D. Armel Sep-97 Khlabystova, Milena Sep-97 Morales, Victor Sep-97 Renom, Jose Miguel Sep-97 Sheppardson, Laura Sep-97 Viveros, Jorge Sep-97 Hernandez, Luis Sep-97 Maroofi, Hamed Sep-97 Day, Sarah Sep-98 Figueroa, Enrique Sep-98 Jiang, Jiahui Sep-98 Li, Xiantao Sep-98 Moeller, Todd Sep-98 Okoudjou, Kasso Sep-98 Wang, Di Sep-98 Chen, Jian Aug-99 Lin, Jing Aug-99 Komandarczyk, Rafal Sep-99 Hohenegger, Christel Sep-01 Timar, Adam Sep-01
This is data for only the Qualifying Exam for the Math PhD. It does not include data for the
Algorithms, Computation and Optimization program.
This selective program has its own set of Qualifying Exams that are at least broader, if not also harder than the Qualifying Exam. Recent math grad students to pass that exam include Rajnessh Hegde, Paul Wollan, and Sam Greenberg.
Posted by lacey at August 19, 2003 07:00 PMThe dates in the ragged right hand column indicate
when the student entered the program, and not when they
passed the exam. Sorry for the confusion.
As it turns out data that should be "simple" to get is not always so. I am not skilled at manipulating XLS databases, and don't want to increase my proficiency at it. And the grad student databases now come in two files.
Once the results are in from the upcoming exams, we'll revisit the issue.
Posted by: Lacey at August 22, 2003 06:24 PM