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| Jan 26, 2011 at 0:59 | answer | added | Gerald Edgar | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 16:29 | answer | added | David Harris | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 4:03 | comment | added | Ben Webster♦ | The most important point to keep in mind about MO rep is that most mathematicians seem to still not know that MO exists (this is my experience from talking to people), and thus aren't even mentally prepared to be impressed. That said, there is some value to people having heard your name (it works for politicians, right), and MO could be a route to that. | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 3:19 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Ben Webster♦ | ||
| Jan 25, 2011 at 1:29 | answer | added | Brian Borchers | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 0:21 | comment | added | Emerton | Having a high reputation on MO would be virtually useless. People want to see recommendations and GRE scores. To get into a masters program is much easier than to get into a Ph.D. program. You would ask your professors from undergrad for letters. They would write based on whatever recolletion they have of you, together with the information of the grades you got in your courses. | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 23:30 | answer | added | Frank Thorne | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 23:05 | answer | added | JSE | timeline score: 26 | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 22:34 | answer | added | Pete L. Clark | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 22:01 | answer | added | Thierry Zell | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 21:41 | answer | added | Gerhard Paseman | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 19:52 | comment | added | Igor Rivin | @Ross: not super-difficult, if you send me your info off-line, I can tell you more. | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 19:34 | comment | added | NebulousReveal | @Igor Rivin: Is it difficult to get into Temple's masters program in math? | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 19:20 | comment | added | Igor Rivin | If you are actively interested in mathematics, and your job is not in Elko, NV, you might want to start going to the local math dep'ts, going to talks, maybe auditing some courses, etc. | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 18:43 | comment | added | Simon Lyons | In many cases, you can give a reference from an employer in place of an academic reference, especially if you have done a significant amount of technical work in your job. Take a look at some faculty websites and e-mail the course administrators - you're not the first person to be in this situation. | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 18:22 | comment | added | Alex B. | Not being on any recruitment committee, I shouldn't say more on this. If you already have an account with a high reputation, it won't hurt you to mention it, but I personally wouldn't expect it to magically open doors for you. If you don't, then I can think of many much better ways to employ your time between now and the application deadlines. | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 18:09 | comment | added | NebulousReveal | @Alex Bartel: Assuming that one does have a high reputation on MO....would that help at all? I recall that it helped in someone's teaching dossier. | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 18:07 | comment | added | Alex B. | A masters program should be much easier to get into, though. I am pretty sure that spending a lot of time on MO to get a high reputation is not the right way to go about it. | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 18:04 | comment | added | NebulousReveal | @Noah Synder: But dont you need recommendations to also apply to a masters program? | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 18:00 | comment | added | Noah Snyder | You may want to consider getting a masters first, then the professors in your masters program can write you recommendation letters. | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 17:57 | comment | added | NebulousReveal | @Qiaochu Yuan: Can a high reputation on sites likes these be helpful in applications? | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 17:57 | comment | added | NebulousReveal | @Qiaochu Yuan: But I don't have any professors to give me recommendations, etc.. | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 17:51 | comment | added | Qiaochu Yuan | It's not clear to me that one should approach the application process any differently. | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 17:30 | history | asked | NebulousReveal | CC BY-SA 2.5 |