The Putnam Exam is a national math exam held the first Saturday in December. Doing well on the exam strengthens both graduate school and job applications and can be of financial benefit as well (see the Levine-Anderson Award). The Putnam Seminar, MA 444, is a one credit pass/fail course offered in the fall by Dr. Lin, Dr. Ramsay, Dr.Hong, Dr. Putcha, Dr. Tsynkov, and Dr. Koh to help students prepare for the exam.

The COMAP Math Modeling Contest is a national contest in which teams of three students solve one of two possible problems (one discrete and one continous problem) over a four day period in February. Teams from NC State have often participated and usually do well.

The Association for Women in Mathematics sponsors a contest for biographical essays about contemporary women mathematicians and statisticians. Your participation in this contest might might help qualify you for NC State's Rebecca Bullock Scholarship. The deadline for submissions is in October.

The Virginia Tech Regional Mathematics Contest is sponsored each fall by the Mathematics Department at Virginia Tech. More than 130 colleges and universities throughout VA, DC, GA, IL, MD, NJ, NY, OH, NC, PA, SC, TN, WV and other states are invited to participate each year.

A monthly contest for NC State undergraduates.

If you are interested in any of these contests, please contact Dr. Scroggs.