Isaac L.

I graduated from MIT with a Bachelor’s degree. I also have a Master's degree in mathematics from the University of Chicago and am currently a math Ph.D. student there. In my experience mentoring students, I have observed that while many students may easily master the algorithmic procedures that are necessary to solve math problems, they may not understand the motivation behind why a problem can be solved with a particular method and how that method came to fruition in the first place. On the oth…