Also -- and this is just anecdotal -- I would recommend Kansas State. I spent a summer out there, and they are really concerned about their applicants -- I bet if you e-mailed someone and told them that you have no where else to go, they would do what they could to help you. I bet a lot of the...
There is no list of schools with rolling applications (that I'm aware of -- and I know quite a lot about this!). Best thing I can say is to take a look at this list, I'm sure you've seen it before...
You can absolutely do your Ph.D. in theory, it's just a matter of where. The question is, what are you going to do after you get your Ph.D.? Only 10% of theory grad students are still doing theory 10 years after graduation!
I don't know anything about CM-E, but I applied to almost all the same schools as you. What I've found is that all the ones you mention are in the same league, don't stress too much about rankings. Where would you be happiest? Finding a job in industry is not terribly difficult, and all the...
I've become an expert on grad schools over the past year -- I can tell you quite a bit about Georgia Tech, I didn't even know Jackson State had a Ph.D. program. You might have a perfectly good experience at Jackson State -- but when you're applying for grad schools, I suspect that the...
I don't really know what "level" you're looking at...I would suggest applying to places with rolling admissions, such as Rochester or Pittsburgh. If you're well-qualified for somewhere, you can just e-mail the graduate director, give your statistics in a paragraph and explain that you don't...
I'm looking at (physics) grad schools "ranked" between 10 and 40. How common is it to start working at grad school in some capacity (TA, RA, etc.) over the summer before classes start?
I could stay at my undergrad institution this summer and keep doing (paid) research. But that would...
Take it! I don't know how in the hell you managed to do calc III and lin alg in high school, but if you can do that, you'll be fine with this. Physics I, even honors, is always easy, and diff eq is a joke, unless it's very theoretical...