Saure Trauben der Mathematik

[Don Higgins]

Like to see a source, but a spot sounds like a grad program, not an undergraduate program in which you are just a major. Maybe things were different back in the early '60s, but if P really wanted to go to grad school for math, he could have done the required number of courses as a nonmatriculated student  and applied to a graduate program as one would do today. (Grad programs require a minimum number of undergraduate credits in the subject. If one doesn't have them, one makes them up before applying but without the need for matriculating.)  P doesn't say anything about why he was turned down in the letter, as far as I recall, but it seems he wanted the whole course load, which is likely necessary for a math program, but he still could have taken the courses as a nonmatric student given that he already had the BA and getting accepted wouldn't be an issue.

--- On Sun, 8/5/12, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Saure Trauben der Mathematik
To: "Paul Mackin" <mackin.paul at verizon.net>, "pynchon-l at waste.org" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Date: Sunday, August 5, 2012, 10:16 PM

Am I making this up?--projecting a world--or did I learn somewhere that the university
told him he had already made clear his vocational commitment--not to math
use in useful ways--so they wanted to reserve the spot for someone who might
"need' it???
 
 
 
 
 





From: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org 
Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2012 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: Saure Trauben der Mathematik

On 8/5/2012 4:12 AM, Don Higgins wrote:
>  I checked amazon and you are quoting correctly, that source
>> does say 'under'
>>  All other sources I've seen say it was a graduate program.
> The letter from Pynchon to the Sales at the
 Harry Ransom Center says undergraduate program. I had often seen graduate program, too. It must be a mistake.
> 
> 
> 
Seems to me such applications (for people already having a bachelor's degree) would be for some kind of hybrid status.  The expected destination would be the doctoral program, even though undergraduate courses would be required in preparation.

I've no real knowledge on the subject of course.

P


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