How Can I Improve My Marks for Graduate School?

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The discussion centers on strategies to improve academic performance for graduate school applications. The original poster received grades of 74 in rings/fields and 80 in real analysis/metric spaces and is concerned about their impact on graduate school prospects. Forum participants advise focusing on improving grades in current courses rather than overloading with additional classes, emphasizing the importance of understanding the reasons behind previous performance. A realistic assessment of what constitutes a good score is also crucial.

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Hi all,

I recently got my grades back for the fall term, and I already knew they wouldn't be very good by the way the exams went (74 in rings/fields, 80 in real analysis/metric spaces). I'm worried that they will impact my chances for graduate school, and I am wondering about other people's perspective on this. Will it suffice to just better my grades from now on in my pure math courses? Do you think taking more than five courses in a term and doing well would help how my transcript looks?

Thanks for any and all replies!

MW
 
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If you take more courses and *don't* do well, then you are totally hosed.

Take a regular load, just do *much* better. Figure out why you didn't get good marks, and remedy this. That's the way out...
 
TMFKAN64 said:
Take a regular load, just do *much* better. Figure out why you didn't get good marks, and remedy this. That's the way out...

Also have a realistic notion of what constitutes a good score. Depending on how they grade, 74% and 80% might be a high score, or not.
 

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