The statistics on the Comprehensive Exams in the Graduate Program are:
16 students took the Algebra Exam, including 9 first-year students.
There were 9 passes.
18 students took the Analysis Exam, including 8 first-year students
and two MS students. There were 7 passes.
Exam rules have just been changed, with students permitted to pass one exam
at a time. This, among other changes, was made to address issues of fairness, and
speed the students through the Comprehensive Exams. The results of
this exam indicate that the changes are working.
Three students passed the Comps on schedule:
Csaba Biro, Christina Carroll , and Jean Savinien
Three new students passed:
Alexander Grigo, David Jimenez, Hua Xu
Five students passed one part, and have time to take the other:
Sujin Ahn (1st year), Mark Bilinski(1st year),
Alessandro Pugliese, Radleigh Santos (1st year),
and Alex Yurchenko
Congratulations to all.