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When I applied: "You'll definitely get in!" After I got accepted: "I told you so" Dammit >_>

Not really. I'm a socially awkward person and can barely keep in touch with people in the same room as me. So I don't keep in touch, and if I haven't kept in touch I wouldn't say anything at all. If I wanted to tell them, facebook statuses seem like the most ubiquitous way to go, but I see you can't do that so easily. If people really wanted to get in touch with me, they'd contact people close to me, who do have my info. And of course, the closest they ever get to that is a coincidental meeting on some random street corner with some idle chitchat that ends with a fruitless and unpursued "We should hang out sometime". You describe them as random people who you barely even talk to. Why even tell them anything? They're only marginally closer than strangers anyway.

Answer: from a society that on several levels enforces archaic gender roles to the point that they are largely ingrained and institutionalized.

I dunno, I didn't read "long term poverty will be worth it if I can follow my dream" so much as "I'm gonna be in long term poverty ANYWAY, so I may as well follow my dream". Well that or "I don't care so much that I'm making slightly less than my non-grad counterparts since I'm following my dream".

I registered for the general GRE a couple months in advance. But unlike many of the people on this thread, I didn't so much as look at a practice test. Or study for the test specifically in any capacity. I completely winged it. I suppose for the math GRE, I looked at a practice test and vaguely remember doing a couple problems? Final scores: 169Q /161V / 5.0W, mGRE:760 Percentiles: 96% Q/ 86% V/ 91% W, mGRE: 73-76% (depending on the year; it has been decreasing). I regret not studying for the mGRE more. What I did was take some of the courses shortly before taking the mGRE so that the topics were fresh in my mind. Weird how there was a lot of abstract algebra on there. But anyway, there a couple reasons why I don't study for these kinds of exams. The first was a misplaced idealism and self-righteousness where I believed these tests are designed to test our competence in these areas as they had developed in college, and to cram for the exam would be disingenuous, because it would inflate our scores to a point that was not reflective of how competent we actually are. But screw that, multiple choice tests aren't really super reflective of competence anyway. The second reason is because I just happened to be drilled on multiple choice tests since I was 6. It wasn't even kaplan or some other test prep service. There were just that many scantrons and multiple choice tests for a decade and a half.

Heaviside step

Beverages

Step function

Induction step

I know ucla math has a 3.5 upper div math gpa cutoff, so such programs do exist. I'd suggest contacting DGS's or <your program> departments about how strict that cutoff is. I'd imagine some would throw your application out immediately if they don't meet the cutoff, while others would realize there's a lot more to your application and you're definitely worth considering.

Induction hypothesis

STEM guy here. I've been told that going to grad school would result in me making less money in the long run, but I personally do not care. I figure I get to be paid to do what I love for half a decade, and that's totally worth it. Plus, I feel like my options expand when I get out of grad school.

Strong induction

... make 9 interviewees mysteriously vanish

Are the professors well known in their field? I hear that's important. Is the GRE recommended for ICME? If so, I'd take it. Does Stanford actually weight gpas above 4.0? Does anyone? (Aside:if they do, my ugpa should be higher and I am now sad that I God not indicate that) I'd say your profile is very competitive though.

locker problem (I mean proper nouns are are a subset of nouns, which are a subset of words, so...)

possible combinations (I've been using proper nouns and no one has said a word)

soup

Now for an update: I'm not sloppy seconds, BUT I got accepted! The wait is over, and now I must choose between two future schools.

Are you familiar with LA traffic? Depending on where you're coming from, it may be frustrating to get to campus. Like, a week ago, someone died on the 405 and backed up that freeway for hours. It often takes half an hour to get from Santa Monica to campus. That said, ideally you would live wherever is most convenient, and that is often near campus. I happen to get a better deal price-wise in Palms, so I disagree with the should-live-near-campus idea. It's whatever you feel most comfortable in.

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The first one was on February 14th, at work, since I have a 9-5 job completely irrelevant to my field. I got rejected at work too, thrice. The second one... I was asleep because UCSD apparently sends E-mails at odd hours. I woke up to an E-mail, freaked out, and found out I was accepted.

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^^Ditto on the Japan not using cards thing. Also a lot of foreign cards (like my Chase debit for example) charge a fee for international transactions. I'd recommend getting some lump sum and converting it there for the trip. They will try their very best to accomodate a lack of Japanese, and the most touristy places often are able to speak English, but for the most part, pictures and a bizarrely frequent number of English signs are trhe best bet to getting around (because their English is generally terrible). I actually went to a store in Akihabara once where they used google translate to try and communicate that they had no idea when a shipment would come in. It was embarassing but also pretty cool.