Summer Support

There are a few opportunities for support during the summer. Students may work as TA's or RA's or a combination of RA/TA. Students are sometimes supported in the summer after receiving their PhD. (Non-US students who graduate in June must apply for an Optional Practical Training visa several months in advance of summer employment.)

Mentorships

About 15 graduate students are selected by David Jerison to serve as mentors for about ten MIT undergraduates and 20 high school students in two separate summer programs:

• Summer Program in Undergraduate Research (SPUR), for MIT undergraduates
• Research Science Institute (RSI) at MIT, for gifted high-school students

The undergraduate program lasts six weeks; the high school program lasts five weeks. They start in late June and run through the end of July or early August. Mentors meet daily with each of their students for about an hour apiece (ten hours a week to supervise two students). Further details are on the Mentorships page.

Teaching Undergraduate Math Subjects

Greater detail on summer teaching opportunities can be found on the Summer Teaching page.

• Summer subjects: Several graduate students are selected by Arthur Mattuck to teach 18.03, 18.06, 18.085 and 18.089 during the summer. 18.03, 18.06 and 18.085 are divided into two five-week sessions with separate teachers. Each of these classes meets MWF for 1.5 hours. 18.089 meets on a different schedule: two hours daily MTWRF, for six weeks, early-June to mid-July.
• Project Interphase: The Office of Minority Education runs a summer program for about 80 students who will be entering MIT in the fall, primarily under-represented minority students. It includes a mathematics portion with three calculus classes divided according to students' backgrounds, each with a teacher and a tutor. Hiring is done by the OME with usually two or three appointments from the Mathematics Department based on recommendations from the Department.

Research Assistantships

Professors with research funding are sometimes able to appoint students as RA's for as little as several weeks, with 1-3 month appointments being the norm. It is up to the student to explore RA funding opportunities.

Linda Okun, in the Graduate Mathematics Office, coordinates all summer on-campus payroll for graduate students in the Math Department. Confirm all details of summer employment with her.