Recent content by JasonJo

Try looking up some of the more renowned analysis departments, this is all subjective of course. But off the top of my head, I think UCLA has a well regarded analysis department. I know Texas has a very good analysis department (for PDEs anyway). I don't have the link with me, but try looking...

Just for curiosity's sake, does anyone here know a tenured faculty member who did a switch comparable to what Bobhawke is saying, i.e. did a thesis in lattice QCD, postdoc in strings and got tenure? I'm sure they are out there, but I'm wondering who in particular have done such a jump. Maybe...

I got into UCSB, but I turned it down. Hopefully someone will know be able to attend UCSB. I am still waiting to hear from Duke, that's really the only school I'm realistically waiting for.

Redrzewki that sounds like the ideal combo. Arnold is very geometric, but it is a beauty. And Evans is considered a very good grad PDE book.

I really think it's more of a how to balance my dream and my social life. Successful athletes put in enormous amounts of training time, same thing with mathematicians, businessmen, lawyers, doctors, etc. I really think a huge component is just sacrifice. How much are you willing to sacrifice...

Thanks to everyone. Yeah they sent me an email last night (weird because it was a Sunday night, I wasn't expecting it all). I called Texas today about the visiting day and the staff over there is very very helpful and very nice, I am very impressed with how their whole department is run.

I just got into Texas-Austin on a Geometry Fellowship!

I am really hoping I get an admissions letter this week. I just want some good news before March. I am keeping my fingers crossed!

Wow congratulations! I am very happy for you, and I did have a big smile on my face as well. Best of luck WarPhalange!

Hey ice109, You don't necessarily have to program, although of course that is important because you need to be able to implement the algorithm you designed. But there are a lot of fields in computer science that are really cool, even to me. Artificial intelligence will be huge soon and is a...

One of my old pure math classmates got into a compsci masters program. I don't think he had great programming skills at all, but he liked compsci and thought it was a better career path. And he wasn't a compsci major or minor at my school either, just pure math and jumped into compsci.

Never ever give up on your dreams. Go for it but plan wisely. Where are you currently located, state wise? Try talking to some local public uni's and see what opportunities are available. Best of luck!

This is true for acceptances. They usually will contact you as soon as they can if they admit you. But if they have rejected you, this is not their top priority. I have found out already that I have been rejected from two schools a few days ago before they even officially sent out rejection...

I think grad school is still possible, but you can probably say goodbye to a top 25 school if you have a low GPA or a really low GRE subject score also. But, of course, grad school is a possibility. It all depends on how hard you are willing to work to make up for any deficiencies in your...

The same can be said for all theories of quantum gravity, none of them are really making new predictions. I think as a freshman you should not get tunnel vision and only want to study string theory. You should always be open to alternative theories and comparatively judge the merits of each...