On the (Virtual) Road

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by Associate Director of Mathematics Jeffrey Forrester

While travel this year has been challenging, Dean of Admissions  Catherine McDonald Davenport ’87 has her team working hard to bring in the next class of exceptional students at Dickinson. Can you answer these questions about their domestic virtual travels? 

1.   Members of our team hosted virtual events in three cities each. Can you determine the missing city? 

NORA STRAUSS ’20, Admissions Counselor

  • Allentown
  • Detroit
  • Gainesville 

CAROLINE SMIEGAL ’18, Admissions Counselor

  • Dallas
  • Gary
  • Jamestown 

RYLAN GOOD, Admissions Associate Director

  • Houston
  • Kalamazoo
  • Norfolk 

PHILLIP MORENO, Director of West Coast Recruitment

  • Portland
  • Seattle
  • Vallejo 

SHARON KLEINDIENST, Admissions Counselor

  • Binghamton 
  • WHAT’S THE MISSING CITY?
  • Hartford 

Possible Answers:

a. Dover

b. Erie

c. Memphis  

d. Richmond 

2.  Use logic to discover the relationship between the starting and ending city of each team member to help find the missing destination. 

NORA STRAUSS ’20

  • Chicago — Knoxville  

CAROLINE SMIEGAL ’18

  • Albany — Milwaukee 

RYLAN GOOD

  • Boston — Quincy 

PHILLIP MORENO

  • Miami — Vancouver 

SHARON KLEINDIENST

  • Denver —   WHAT’S THE MISSING CITY?

 
Possible Answers:  

a. Philadelphia

b. Austin  

c. Boise

d. Indianapolis

Submit your answers to dsonmag@dickinson.edu by March 20. All readers who submit both correct answers will be entered into a drawing, and five names will be randomly selected to receive a Dickinson Bookstore gift card! The solution and prizewinners will be printed in the spring issue of Dickinson Magazine. 

Associate Professor of Mathematics Jeffrey Forrester focuses on mathematical biology but loves to take time out for logic puzzles, statistical oddities and other brain teasers. He also provides puzzles for Dickinson’s monthly podcast, The Good

(Note: This is purely a hypothetical exercise and not reflective of admissions actual travel. However, admissions staff members are connecting with prospective students around the world all the time, so if you have a student who might be interested in Dickinson, find your regional counselor at dickinson.edu/connect.)

Read more from the winter 2021 issue of Dickinson Magazine.

TAKE THE NEXT STEPS

Published February 15, 2021