Snitse

Thanks for all the (somewhat conflicting) advice. You've certainly given me a lot to think about. I actually have been considering Operations Research like one of the posters suggested, but while I know a bit about what kind of work i might do, I don't really know what the job market/salaries might be. Any ideas?? Thanks again.

Wow, I didn't expect such a strong response. Well would it make any difference if I said I could probably get into a top school, and I would be willing to get a PhD in applied math?

Until recently I had been planning on getting a PhD in pure math, and then working in academia, but I then decided that working in academia might not be for me. I still however would like to go for a math PhD, but my concern now is that depending on the concentration I choose, finding a job outside of academia might be harder or easier. I feel like I am interested in all sorts of math and so am open to changing my concentration based on what types of positions will be available to me after graduating. I was just wondering, what kind concentrations would be good for finding non-academic jobs post grad school? I always hear that there are many jobs available to math PhD's and have had examples quoted at me like one math PhD my dad knows makes evacuation plans for cities in case of disaster or another one works planning traffic lights. I would love to do something where I got to use interesting math and apply it to tangible problems, I just don't know what sort of concentrations I should look at to be qualified for those kinds of jobs later. I am an undergrad entering my senior year. Thanks for any insights.

To clarify, I go to a well known university in the US.

I talked to some people I know and heard from them that they didn't even take the CS subject GREs before applying to CS grad schools. Is the CS subect GRE a requirement or suggested? Thanks

Yea, I guess the Comp Sci Major doesn't add that much, I'm really just doing it because I like it a lot. If it wasn't math, I would probably get a Comp Sci PhD. Also, I wanted to go to school in the Boston area, or relatively close. Obviously there is Harvard and MIT, but I'm not about to put all my eggs in those baskets. Any grad schools in that area that might suit me? I did my own research online and found some stuff, but its not the same as hearing information from people who know what they are talking about. Thanks again

Thanks for the advice everyone. I would love to be able to take more math classes, but I added my compsci major pretty late, so I have to fill up senior year with all those requirements. I'll definitely get on the GRE stuff soon, and work hard at that REU.

I'm currently doing a math/compsci double major at a top 30 university in the US, and was interested in going to grad school for a math phd after undergrad, but I don't really know what kind of places I should be looking at. My GPA is a 3.7, with a math and comp sci GPA of 4.0, and I expect it will be higher than that by the time I start sending out applications. I've done an independent study in geometric group theory, and will be at an REU this coming summer (Right now I am a junior). Hopefully I will publish after my REU. By the time I will graduate I will have taken calc 2 and 3, linear algebra honors, abstract algebra one and two, real and complex analysis, and a graduate class in geometric group theory, and possibly another random class like computational geometry. In those i have taken so far, I have gotten an A. I haven't taken my GRE or the GRE subject tests yet either, but if its any indication of how I might do on my GREs (I'm not really sure if it is any indication or not) i got a 2240 on my SATs. I am a domestic student. I know that many of the things that my applications depend on are not decided yet for me, so its hard to actually reply, but I was just trying to make some decisions about my life and wanted a better idea of what I might be doing in a couple of years. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks