Just 10 to 12 hours a day of class, problem sessions, and tutoring. It can be stressful. You have 100 problems a night in this class, plus two quizzes and a test every week. In 1994, the program accepted 200 of the 750 students who applied. Now in its ninth year, the program is so successful that about one-third of all the mathematics majors at ASU are minority students, a higher proportion than any other major.
Many participants go into engineering and science.
Their work is solid. They maintain among the highest grade-point averages on campus. About half had better than a 3.0 in 1994. They do homework in groups, helping each other with problems, often working late into the night in their dormitory rooms. We could have gone to the recreation center last night.