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[new] depends on how much you learned (none / 0) (#1)
by kroth on Sat Oct 01, 2005 at 01:25:13 PM PDT

If you actually learned a fair bit of the math you needed in those courses despite your grades, you may want to consider getting a masters in math instead.  It would probably be best to do this at a school without a PhD program since some schools with a PhD program only give a masters as sort of a conselation prize degree.  Some of them may let you retake those undergrad courses first.  

If you don't feel you learned enough in your undergrad courses, I'd say just retake the courses.  It has been a few years since you finished your BA and you should be able to explain to any graduate school why your original undergrad grades don't reflect well.  Make sure that you cultivate a set of professors who will make good references as well.  Know also that the Budapest Semesters in Math program will take a recent graduate and you could retake most upper level classes there, I went after my bachelors and learned some great math.



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