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Math 51

The Grind
Close up picture of a door with the words "SLOAN HALL Building 380 The Alfred P. Sloan Mathematics Center"

Frosh Footprints: Below the median 

Jenny Wang
  •  
Oct. 23
Academics
Empty lecture hall in Packard.

Course enrollment rankings: STEM dominates the most popular winter quarter courses

Mark Allen Cu
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Feb. 15, 2023
Academics
An instructor writing on a chalkboard in a lecture hall.

Why do Stanford math professors still use chalk?

Sherry Xie
  •  
Oct. 17, 2021
Data
Image from a simulation of students moving from synchronous to asynchronous lecture attendance. (Chart: BENJAMEN GAO/The Stanford Daily

Zoom University: A review of fall lecture attendance

Benjamen Gao
  •  
Jan. 20, 2021
Data
Students homework scores plotted against hours until deadline (Chart: NIVEDITHA IYER/The Stanford Daily)

MATH 51 homework: Scattered thoughts from scatter plots

Niveditha Iyer
  •  
Jan. 17, 2021
Humor
According to Vaden, the flu is “the body’s natural reaction to trying to visualize linear combinations happening in multi-dimensional planes.” (Photo Edit: PATRICK MONREAL / The Stanford Daily)

Beware the MATH 51 flu

Ruslan AlJabari
  •  
Jan. 29, 2020
The Grind
Manya Bansal commends the revamped MATH 51 course. (EVAN PENG/The Stanford Daily)

In defense of MATH 51

Manya Bansal
  •  
Nov. 15, 2019
Humor
According to Dr. Toobad, "our new health requirements will mean only true insomniacs and caffeine addicts enroll in [Math 51]." (Wikimedia Commons)

Math department to require proof of high pain tolerance for enrollment in Math 51

Kirsten Mettler
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Oct. 14, 2019
The Grind
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A hate letter to Math 51

Richard Coca
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April 9, 2019
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MATH 51 grades improve after new textbook, syllabus introduced in fall 2018

Jodie Bhattacharya and Michelle Leung
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Jan. 29, 2019
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Senators struggle to keep campaign promises, create transparency

Zora Ilunga-Reed
  •  
Jan. 24, 2019
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Senate discusses potential FLI dorm, Cardinal Conversations successor

Ricky Grannis-Vu
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Oct. 24, 2018
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Letter to the editor: A response to the Editorial Board about MATH 51

Letters to the Editor
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June 11, 2018
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Editorial Board: Is MATH 51 everything you want from a Stanford education?

Vol. 253 Editorial Board
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June 10, 2018
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MATH 51 now requires diagnostic test

Anne-Marie Hwang
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Oct. 5, 2016
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Professors experiment with flipped classroom model

Hannah Knowles
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Oct. 9, 2015
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Math 50 series to incorporate a new application-based curriculum

Victor Yin
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July 1, 2015
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Math 51: understanding its role

Letters to the Editor
  •  
Oct. 30, 2014
Joe Troderman

Let’s improve introductory chem and Math 51

Joe Troderman
  •  
Oct. 23, 2014
Liam Kinney

Study on Rails: My Issue with Office Hours

Liam Kinney
  •  
Feb. 3, 2014
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