Among the thousands of applications to the California Institute of Technology each year, Ashley Pallie receives hundreds of panicked pleas from students with a particular problem. The worry isn’t low ...

PASADENA — In a major shift for one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, Caltech announced Thursday, Aug. 31, it is dropping its longstanding admissions requirement for applicants to have ...

In 1931, after three years of effort, some MIT electrical engineers completed an elaborate room-sized machine that used electric motors to move gears, rods, and 18 shafts. The “differential analyzer” ...

Math frequently features in my dreams, and never in a good way. In the latest nightmare I was punted back to high school to retake precalculus. I sat there, embarrassed, hoping to will myself into ...

In a major shift for one of the nation's most prestigious universities, Caltech announced Thursday it is dropping its longstanding admissions requirement for applicants to have completed calculus, ...

At Duke, courses like calculus, general chemistry and physics are known for being intense, especially for pre-med and engineering students. Nicknamed weed-out classes, they’re infamous for their steep ...

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