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Passing the Quals
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Grad Life
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By egalois
Posted Mon Aug 14, 2006 at 05:14:54 PM PDT
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Hello. I was a graduate student about a year ago at a very good math program. I couldn't pass my last qualifying exam (out of 3) in the program, so I decided to stop and go into the industry. During the day I work full time and at nights I go and teach at a local community college. I love the teaching, and I miss the research. Lately, I've been thinking much to go back and finish my Ph.D. Perhaps trying one more time at the qualifier or to transfer some where and finish it there. However, I don't know if I am strong enough to finish it up? I've passed pretty difficult quals at the institute, but the last qual kept me hanging... So I was wondering if there's anyone out there that has been hung up by the quals, and if they've ever left the program and then gone back in later on in their life. If you could share your experience that would be greatly appreciated... Thanks much.
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GRE Exams after 2 years of PhD program work
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Grad Life
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By dhilbert83
Posted Sun Aug 06, 2006 at 12:24:29 PM PDT
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Hello, I am currently in a math PhD program and am seeking to possibly transfer out (this will be my second year in the current math program). I have good undergrad gpa/courses, though from a rather average technological school, and I have taken standard PhD courses (algebra, analysis, PDE, topology, complex analysis, etc.) though again I'm currently in a rather average to poor graduate program.
My research from undergraduate is rather good (a paper accepted into the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications and a 'paper' published in the Rose Hulman Undergrad Math journal, and here I put 'paper' in quotations since I know it doesn't count for much), but my math GRE scores from undergraduate is horrific: 42 percentile.
Is it worthwhile to retake the math GREs? I'd imgagine it is silly, since, having taken a full spectrum of PhD courses from a PhD program, a good GRE score would simply reflect that, and nothing else. Is my logic off the mark?
(I should also mention that I applied to some schools (uni of pitts, Uni of maryland, Indiana uni, CMU, rutgers) last year while I was in my first year of PhD studies at my current program, and got into maryland and Indiana with a standard (15-20 hr/week) assistantship but didn't get into the others (got into pitts without an assistantship), and decided to give it another year at my current intstitution, hoping to reapply to Pitts (my first choice), Rutgers, and maybe CMU. Would retaking the GREs increase my chances this time of getting into/getting assistantships to these schools? Also, would it seem bizzare to Indiana or Maryland if I decide to apply to them again?)
Thanks!
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How does one find a thesis problem to solve?
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By modmans2ndcoming
Posted Fri Aug 04, 2006 at 02:12:40 PM PDT
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I have not started grad school yet, but I was wondering how one goes about finding a problem to solve for a thesis. I am aware that not all thesis papers are ground shattering. How do you find low hanging fruit to investigate? How do you know the choice will be productive and solvable? Ones advisor is sure to be of great help here, but the advisor can only do so much for you.
Thanks.
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School is coming!
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Grad Life
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By Vanes63
Posted Mon Jul 31, 2006 at 11:09:55 AM PDT
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The school year is almost upon us, it seems like almost yesterday that Spring semester was over.
For those preparing for graduate school, those already admitted, or those already attending - what courses are you taking this fall?
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PhD in Math Programs- ultra-competitive?
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By vizioneer
Posted Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 07:03:17 PM PDT
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So I've been looking at programs, admittedly upper-ranked (some middle), and it looks like there's about a 10% acceptance rate going on.
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Top Graduate Schools?
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By solarmist
Posted Fri May 26, 2006 at 10:36:46 PM PDT
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I just graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BS in Computer Science and and Minor in Mathematics from University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS is an almost completely unknown school).
Right now I'm taking a year to transition into Math and show that I can handle the work at a decently ranked school (Colorado State University).
This summer I'm taking Linear Algebra, Abstract Algebra (took at UIS and they didn't even cover groups, so I need to retake it), and Intro to Analysis to get the basics then this fall and spring I'll be taking the first year grad combinitorics, complex analysis, algebra (Dummit and Foote), analysis (Rudin), and GRE subject test prep courses.
So, I have two questions. First, is this enough to make myself stand out to top universities (provided I do well and get decent recommendations) or if not what else can I do? Second, what would you consider top universities in Math (possibly in Algebra)? Right now the schools I have on my list are UC-Berkeley, UMN - Twin Cities, , UW-Madison, UM - Ann Arbor, and maybe one of the Ivies like Princeton or Harvard.
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Going to grad school 12 years after getting a BS
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By Eris
Posted Sun Feb 26, 2006 at 01:17:08 PM PDT
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The previous poster was worried that he was too old to go grad school because he was 26. Well guy, don't worry. I am _36_ and I want a Ph.D. If I'm not too old, then you certainly are not.
But how do I go about it?
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Searching for Mathmagicland...
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By Anonymous Hero
Posted Thu Feb 02, 2006 at 06:45:01 AM PDT
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I'm a 26-year-old supervisor in the social work field, and I'm searching for a path to Mathmagicland.
I taught math to classmates in middle school, excelled at Calculus in high school, lost my way in college (where I earned a B.S. in Business Administration), but still managed to score a 760 on the Quantitative Reasoning and a 790 on the Analytical portion after not taking any math courses since my first semester in college. I never truly gave up math -- since graduating in 2001, I've assisted friends with debt management, worked on logic puzzles, and worked on math problems in old textbooks (for fun!!!). Last fall, I helped a friend study on the LSAT and became addicted to the analytical games section. I also began writing and submitting logic puzzles to puzzle magazines. I would like to pursue a graduate degree in pure mathematics, but I'm worried that I'm way behind my age group, and I don't quite know where to begin. I've bought some books to "reteach" myself calculus, and I intend to advance from there.
Do people become mathematicians this late in the game? Can someone offer any advice?
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