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Graduate School | 2 comments (2 topical, 0 hidden)

[new] It really depends... (none / 0) (#2)
by kroth on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 12:21:49 PM PDT

on what you want to do. It seems like your background has some holes in pure math and you could fill them before going off to a PhD program ( I went and did the Budapest Semesters in Math program after graduating to add some more math courses and it was quite a good experience for me mathematically and otherwise)
There is the option of doing a master's degree somewhere before going to get your PhD as well, instead of doing a postbac program. Make sure you look for a place where the master's degree is something other than a consolation prize for not finishing the Ph.D. though.

However you don't need to fill all of the holes, for example I sadly never had an undergraduate topology course before having my graduate one. It was rougher, but I survived.

Other things to consider
You may not want to go for pure math, there are applied math, statistics and math heavy computer science programs with a different focus and you'd probably need different course work for them.
If you aren't planning to go to grad school immediately take the GRE now, but worry about the classes the year or two before you go, you'll forget content if you take them much before that.
Also it sounds like you are not absolutely sure you want to do grad school. That will need to be your first decision. Grad school can be pretty rough and so is best done as something you truly know you want to do.

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