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Slarti

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    Mathematics

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  1. If I were to marry before I was published (unlikey) I might consider changing my name. But, my name is currently First Mom'sMaiden Last and I don't want to remove anything so I'd end up with three last names Although, it would be funny if I married my current boyfriend and changed my last name to his: I'd have an Arabic first name and an English last name, but I'm neither Arabic nor european.
  2. Huh? I didn't see anyone respond negatively. Edit: Ooh you meant by voting the post down! Also my post above seemed a bit mean. Obviously there's different circumstances, but what I meant is that I still can't believe I'm actually going to be making that much money.
  3. Am I the only one who thinks a grad stipend of ~16k/ year(assuming a tuition waiver) is plenty of money? I've kept track of how much I've spent per semester in undergrad and it comes out to about 4k a semester (12k/yr). That doesn't include tuition or plane tickets home for the holidays but does include eating out as much as I want (probably averaging once a day) and buying everything I want (nothing expensive but I've never thought about money when buying a book or a new pair of jeans). Edit: I'll be making about 21k a year including doing summer research, so I can get a year-long lease.
  4. Don't do this! If for some reason you end up having to turn down #2 after accepting their offer it looks really bad. See if you can get an extension from both schools. It looks like school #2 already knows your situation so it should be a little easier to get an extension from them. Edit: Has your fiancee been accepted to #2 but just not heard about funding yet? If #2 is that much better, would it be possible to make it a year off of loans if you accept #2 and then find out she doesn't have funding?
  5. From what I've heard on my school visits, I don't think the GRE scores are terribly important for American students. If your GRE scores are really low, your application might not even be looked at, and a high GRE score might get you noticed, but things like a bad letter of recommendation will hurt you a LOT more. I got in where I did (see sig) with a 680/60% and I know for sure I was not the lowest score that was accepted at one of those places.
  6. Definately take Algebra and Analysis, and as many other upper level (proof based) courses as you are comfortable with. Probability Theory sounds like a good idea, but I'm not too sure about Statistics since it is often taught at a lower level and is not always proof based. I'd suggest applying to both Ph.D. and MA programs, but talk to your advisor as they'll be more able to assess your chances of getting in.
  7. Exactly. APHI, I feel like the points you were making make sense from the perspective of a master's student. It's not that master's students are inferior in any way, it's just that they're looking for different things. A master's program is much shorter so it is easier to support yourself without funding and it is not usually expected to be funded. In addition, the large majority of PhD students want to work in academia, and after they obtain a PhD they won't really be earning much more than if they get a job straight out of undergrad (so much more true in the Sciences/Engineering). On the other hand, a MA or MS can account for a significant pay increase in industry. I realize a PhD will too in the same type of job, but the large majority of PhD students are not aiming towards those kinds of jobs. I agree with what you said earlier about the apprenticeship. In many ways that is what I believe a PhD program will be like: after the first year or two, I will be doing research and teaching just like the professors and I will be trained to develop those skills so that eventually I can also teach others. Apprenticeships traditionally involved the support of whoever was training you, at least in terms of room, board, and other essentials, and while most PhD stipends are more than enough to live off of, the poverty line is 11,616 so they're not that much more than what you need to live off of. Also, if you have well over 100k in loans from undergrad (as many of my friends do), paying for your PhD for 6 or 7 years is just not feasible. Edit: I'm saying this from a Science/Engineering perspective where jobs are mainly industry vs. academia. I know almost nothing about pay in Social Science or Art fields.
  8. I think that's only true if you're living in Atlanta but not on a college campus. As far as Georgia Tech goes, essentials (grocery stores, fast food, some decent restaruants) are easily in walking distance, although I don't think the city is bike friendly. There's lots of student housing right off campus, and there's even some nice apartments about a mile away (they might be pricey). Now on the other hand, the metro system is awful, so if you DO plan on going out a lot you will need to own a car or know someone with a car. Also, if you want to live somewhere cheap and nice and are willing to drive, that's possible, but avoid Atlanta rush hour at all costs.
  9. Georgia Tech's undergraduate admissions package is huge! It has brochures and all these forms in it and says "Congratulations!!" in big letters on the front. All the graduate admission letters I've gotten have just been a sheet or two in a normal envelope. Ditto. I woke up one morning and when I was turning off my alarm to go back to bed, I noticed I had an email from Berkeley ("Decision Notification"). I immediately got up and turned on my computer so I could login to the online site, even though I knew it was a reject.
  10. You guys are making me worry; I don't think I own anything other than jeans and t-shirts. I might be able to find something with a collar, but that's a long shot. Can I substitute nerdy t-shirts for dressing nice? So, anyone going to UIUC this weekend, don't worry about being underdressed.
  11. Same here. However, I've only dated people in science/engineering, but that's probably just because those are the sorts of people I tend to meet.
  12. I would go with option number 1, but where I live having less than an hour commute is great! What I mean is, get an apartment together and just commute every day. IMO, the only problem with option 1 is if you really don't like the area, and think the worse school is worth it just for being in a nicer area.
  13. I want to do combinatorics, but I have no idea if that will end up being graph theory, probabilistic combinatorics, algebraic combinatorics, or some combination of those. I tried to apply to places with a wide variety of combinatorialists, but that turns out to be kinda difficult. I'm surprised by the number of algebraic geometers, but then again I've somehow not taken any topology or geometry classes.
  14. I usually hear "I'm terrible at math," or "Wow, I failed college algebra..." My uncle keeps asking my parents when I'm going to change my mind and become a lawyer or a doctor and I've heard "You're smart, why don't you study ____" from other people more times than I can count.
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