If that's all you college offers, I don't think it matters at all. Perhaps, you'd be better off getting a BS over a BA if they were both offered.
Just a data point, Berkeley only offers a BA in math. That's just how it is there.
Who are you? I'm an undergraduate too.
Also, I really liked 185, but hated 205. It was totally technical stuff. For instance, we spend two weeks proving a bound on one of the coefficients of the taylor expansion of a holomorphic map. That's not my cup of tea.
I haven't heard of anyone having to pay for a Phd in science. In my case, I would not have considered any graduate school that didn't offer full support.
It greatly depends on who's teaching the course. Of those three 202A is the most basic. It's taken by about 50% undergraduates. My only experience with 205 is when Sarason taught it, and I did not enjoy it. It was hard, boring, and harshly graded. Unless you really like complex analysis, I...
An undergraduate from Waterloo would have as good a chance as anyone to get into my math graduate program. In fact, I know at least two people from there that were accepted here. They were both also accepted to Stanford as far as I know.
I've used them a bit for various classes. They're good for learning the basics, however they aren't at the level that's expected in my classes. I'd say they're a good place to start and represent the absolute minimum a person should know.
I agree with the poster above me wrt the GRE subject exam. I've been doing research, and taking graduate/reading courses for the last two years. When it came time to do the GRE, I didn't do well at all. I think that kept me out of some schools, but if those are the kinds of students they're...
Hello,
It's never a waste to try and get into somewhere really great. On the other hand, if you can't afford it, that's the way it is. In any case, I can only tell you about my experience.
I'm just ending the grad. school application process. For the most part, my file looked strong, and I...
Just a single data point but I can tell you about one of my friends who got in their last year. He was a double major, math and physics, with an overall GPA of 4.0. He did two REU's and worked in a lab on campus for at least a year. He had good letters of recomendation, and was a generally...
There's nothing wrong with taken an extra year to graduate. No schools I'm familiar with would look down on you for doing so. Use it as an opportunity to take some graduate and extra classes. Maybe even keep working on your research and submit it for publication before you apply.
The short answer is, "it depends." UCSF is primarily a bio/medical school, and as such is very well regarded. I'd say UCLA is a consistant second to Berkeley, and at times on par with UCSB and UCSD (think physics for 'SB, and math for 'SD). All in all, UCLA is a very good school.
The...
My classes are starting in a week or two. Compared to some of you, I'm not taking many courses.
For my third year spring semester, I'm taking:
M 215B Grad. Algebraic Topology 2 (think characteristic classes)
M 274 Algebraic Stacks
M 196 Honors Thesis in Heegaard-Floer homology
You might be right about a few of those schools, but I can tell you right now you're wrong about Berkeley. They let in plenty of people who haven't taken a bunch of graduate courses, or come from schools that nobody's heard of. If you want to be one of those people, you better do well on the GRE...
I'm sorry; I’m not familiar with a geometric series in two variables. Would the multiplicative factor in this case be x^(-1)*y?
Thanks for the help,
Jacob