Recent content by Toph_fan

Ugh, I wish I lived in Europe. First we have sucky high school math education and then we have to deal with all these geneds in college.

Wow, 30-40! Is that for just pure math or pure math+applied math? Also, I know the numbers have been going down since the economy went down the toilet. Are they going back up?

Where can I find class size information for math phd programs? In physics the class sizes seem to be larger (>20). However, It seems like math phd programs on average have only 15 new grad students per year. I can't find the specific information anywhere though. What would be the average class...

I can't afford to stay an extra year unfortunately.

Haha this is exactly my plan.

By impossible, I meant highly unlikely for someone in my situation. Keep in mind that my school's math rank is in the 80's. I think it's a lot easier to get from top 30 to top 10 than to go from top 80 something to top 10. Last year, the best person from my school decided on a school that was...

I felt this way too about one of my courses. It happens. There are courses I've felt I deserved a better grade in so it balances out. Perhaps you could speak to your professor about it.

That's interesting to hear. I would have thought that classes as Berkeley would be at about the same level. Thank you for your advice and input by the way!

I have only looked at the programs of top 30 schools and all the ones I looked at have more courses than my school so I just assumed that would be the case(a somewhat large state school). I did figure that it depended on size. For example a large top 30 school may have better course selection...

@King Vitamin That's good to hear. I know that you got into a lot of top 10 schools. Although I think you did go to a top 20 undergrad school right? @deRham I'm well aware of how random acceptances tend to be. I do plan on applying to a wide range of schools. I actually really like the math...

This is usually the case but sometimes it isn't. One time I got a B on a homework assignment because I didn't restate the textbook problems in my solution even though my solutions were perfect. The professor never said that we had to do so and he never made a syllabus so there wasn't anything I...

My overall gpa is over 3.7. I did do physics research however I'm absolutely sure that I did not impress my advisor. I wasn't particularly interested in what I was doing and he is one of those people that is very hard to impress. In fact several people who had worked with him in the past told me...

Why is overall gpa important? I've always heard that math schools only care about math grades.

Look, I know these threads are annoying but I just need all the information I can get. Believe me, I've read a lot of the relevant threads but I believe my situation is somewhat unique because I am deciding so late. Also, I know that it's not the end of the world if I don't get into a top...