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What does it take to make a good grad school application? | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 hidden)
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by kroth on Mon Dec 20, 2004 at 07:38:52 PM PDT

I have been told that letters of reccomendation count for a lot (and perhaps more than your grades, although that may vary by undergrad intstitution)
As for courses it depends whether you will be pure or applied in graduate school. If pure you will probably want to take more analysis, algebra, or topology. If applied analysis, numerical analysis, or differential equations. If you have a graduate program in mind, have a look at what math subjects the qualifying exams are in and take more of those.
You may wish to go to a more friendly rather than competative graduate program as well. There was some discussion of this on the site here.
I recommend Krantz's book called a mathematicians survival guide: graduate school and early career. While it is not perfect it has lots of good advice.
My undergraduate grades were not the highest either, so that is certainly not all a grad school looks at in a canidate.


What does it take to make a good grad school application? | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 hidden)
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