Timeline for What to look for in applicants to graduate programs (in mathematics)?
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| Jan 8 at 19:45 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Stefan Kohl♦ | ||
| Aug 15, 2010 at 13:15 | comment | added | Kerry | Hi Paul, is it really bad to get four Cs in graduate level math classes? I tried my best but I failed due to various reasons. | |
| Mar 6, 2010 at 18:11 | comment | added | Paul | As far as I know, most departments require the GRE. We certainly do, perhaps in certain circumstances they can be waived, but I don't see any reason why you should not take it if you have the opportunity. | |
| Mar 6, 2010 at 4:55 | comment | added | Sunni | @Paul: I am a master student in a Canadian university. If I wish to pursue my PhD in a US university, do I have to take GRE? Many universities require both general test and subject test, but I don't like to take general test. Forgive me if this question is not suitable here. | |
| Feb 22, 2010 at 22:27 | comment | added | Michael Hoffman | @Paul, fair enough, understood | |
| Feb 22, 2010 at 14:02 | comment | added | Paul | @Michael: I'm not suggesting that you should avoid writing about what might have been a very good/inspiring mathematical experience. If the REU experience drew you in and convinced you to go on in Math, say that. My comment was meant to suggest that REU by themselves don't correlate (in my andecdotal experience, anyway) with success. @Pete: I'll email you. | |
| Feb 22, 2010 at 3:17 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | @Paul: as someone on the graduate commitee of the UGA math department, I am interested in your statement about the unreliability of the GRE scores from mainland China. Would you be willing to elaborate on this? If the subject is too sensitive to post here, perhaps you would be willing to contact me via email. (My address appears on my user page and is anyway otherwise easy to find.) | |
| Feb 22, 2010 at 2:47 | comment | added | Michael Hoffman | @Paul, wondering what one should say about their "research experience", I say that having had some "research experience" which I am well aware is not the real deal. I don't want to sell it short but I also don't want to say something similar to "I know I will like research because this gave me a feel for it..." Any suggestions? Reason: I'll be writing apps for myself in the fall, figured I'd ask. | |
| Feb 22, 2010 at 0:49 | history | answered | Paul | CC BY-SA 2.5 |