Timeline for I want to enter graduate school in pure math. Is doing REU in “mathematical modeling” a good idea? Is it an essential skill to learn?
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| Mar 13 at 2:49 | history | edited | David White | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 13 at 0:16 | comment | added | Daniel Asimov | The sentence beginning with "This one" makes no sense. (AK: An REU is I think a U.S. invention meaning "Research Experience for Undergraduates" and is a workshop held (by invitation to certain applicants) usually over a period of weeks during the summer.) | |
| Mar 12 at 23:56 | answer | added | David White | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 20, 2021 at 10:15 | comment | added | Asaf Karagila♦ | Can someone explain what is an REU? | |
| Apr 19, 2021 at 18:19 | comment | added | jk001 | Thanks so much for the excellent advice!! | |
| Apr 19, 2021 at 17:48 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 19, 2021 at 17:41 | comment | added | Tim Campion | See also this question on academia.se. | |
| Apr 19, 2021 at 17:27 | comment | added | Tim Campion | I've started some related meta discussion. | |
| Apr 19, 2021 at 17:02 | history | edited | Tim Campion |
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| Apr 19, 2021 at 16:57 | comment | added | Tim Campion | After consulting with the folks over at academia.se, I've been told that this question is probably not suitable for their site because it is a bit too specific to an individual situation. I tentatively think that if the question is too personal for academia.se, we might want to consider it off-topic here as well. That said, perhaps the advice in the comments has been adequate for the question's purposes already. | |
| Apr 19, 2021 at 16:57 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 19, 2021 at 16:41 | comment | added | Tim Campion | Do keep in mind that career or personal advice from strangers on the internet should always at the very least be supplemented by advice from people you know who have a better understanding of your particular situation. You should discuss this sort of thing with an advisor / mentor / professor / more senior student / other trusted and more experienced person at your institution or elsewhere. | |
| Apr 19, 2021 at 16:29 | comment | added | Zach Teitler | Do the REU. Reasons: (1) You will gain some research skills and experience which will serve in any area of research, modeling, pure math, whatever. (2) You might discover that you like modeling and applied math. (3) You will meet new people and make new friends. (4) The REU may include additional professional development activities, e.g., talking about grad school applications or career options. (5) Even if you go back to pure math after the REU, you will have a better appreciation for why math is important and useful, based on some first-hand experience. | |
| Apr 19, 2021 at 16:25 | comment | added | Tim Campion | I don't have a strong opinion about the suitability of this question for MathOverflow, but in case the community decides to close the question, I'll suggest that another place this question might be well-received would be academia stack exchange, although to be honest I am not familiar with exactly what sort of questions they encourage there. | |
| Apr 19, 2021 at 16:21 | comment | added | jlewk | Do the REU (any, really) if you are accepted. It is usually well organized to give you opportunities to meet the other participating, and to meet several researchers. There are sometimes activities on top so that all students enrolled share activities together, etc. A reading course with a professor can be a much more risky experience as your experience will highly depend on the involvement of the professor. | |
| Apr 19, 2021 at 16:11 | history | asked | jk001 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |