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7:45 - 8:15 |
Breakfast (Except Monday) |
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8:30 - 11:00 |
Morning Math |
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11:00 - 12:00 |
Homework Session |
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12:00 - 12:45 |
Lunch |
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12:45 - 1:15 |
Recreation |
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1:15 - 3:45 |
Afternoon Math |
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3:45 - 4:45 |
Homework Session |
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4:45 - 5:45 |
Variety Sessions (Except Friday) |
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5:45 - 6:30 |
Dinner |
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6:30 - 8:00 |
Scheduled Open Recreation |
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8:00 - 10:00 |
Residential Programming |
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10:00 - 11:00 |
“Free Time |
During the morning and afternoon instructional
sessions, students worked in a group of 4-5 together with a teaching assistant,
who was a Rutgers undergraduate or graduate student majoring in mathematics or
computer science. During the instructional session, there were several
repetitions of the following cycle: the instructor presented some material, students
discussed the material with their group and did some problems, and the material
was discussed by everyone. At the conclusion of the homework session, the
Resident Instructor announced who would present each of the homework problems
the next day.
Variety sessions were held Monday
to Thursday from 4:45 to 5:45. These sessions were scheduled with fun and/or
educational activities such as Frisbee, student vs. faculty soccer, “Piles of
Tiles” (Joseph G Rosenstein), “Constrained Ratio Problems” (Chuck Tiberio), and
“The On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (Neil Sloan).
On most evenings after dinner there
was a 1 1/2 hours for an open recreation period, during which time students could
go swimming, play basketball, racquetball, tennis or volleyball, explore
Rutgers computers Labs or campus, work on the Rutgers Young Scholars Program
newsletter month book, Web site, or T-shirt committees, or engage in other
social activities. The Open Recreation period was under the supervision of the
residence life staff, so that each evening there were three or four choices of
activities.
During the residential evening
program, students were be involved in “fun” activities conducted by the
residence life staff. Some of these activities included a participant talent
show, trivia, a trip to the Serin Observatory, board game night, and much more.
Between 10 and 11PM each evening, there was free time, during which some people
continued with homework, but others preferred to relax or watch movies on the
VCR. During this time, participants were expected to remain inside the
residence hall.