Future_Mathematician_

Hi I hopefully will be completing my masters in math in spring 2012 and I will be applying for the math PhD at Oregon State University this Winter. Could any of the people who (are currently/ will be) attending this university tell me what their emphasis was and what kind of fellowship/Taship awards they provide there? Could you also provide the graduate course experience you had prior to attending this PhD program? For example, I have two grad courses in algebra and I will be taking two grad courses in complex and three in real the following year (that's my grad course experience). I really like analysis and I'm interested in geometry too. I might also be interested in applied math. It seems that this university has all those things and it does not seem to be very competitive, please correct me if I"m wrong. What math subject GRE score should I get to be competitive in this program? What about my GPA. As of now my GPA is barely a 3.0. Please let me know what you all think. Thanks

Hi All, I would like to congratulate all those who got accepted in the math PhD program at the University of Oregon. If you don't mind sharing your stats, please post them here. I'm a master student at an ok university in California and I would like to go to the University of Oregon for my math PhD. Unfortunately, my grades (as of now) don't look so good. I still have three quarters left before I graduate, but the schools I will apply to this December won't have a chance to look at those grades (that is if my grades improve at all). Here are my grades (I'm only taking two courses per quarter and TAing some calculus courses): undergrad real analysis part 1 (using baby Rudin as textbook): A+ graduate algebra course (group theory): B- undergrad real analysis part 2 (using baby Rudin as textbook): B graduate algebra course (Module Theory): A- undergrad real analysis part 3 (multivariable) (using baby Rudin as textbook): A (if things keep going well) graduate algebra course (Galois theory):C (if I get lucky... I'm planning to take two more graduate sequences for my remaining three quarters on either real analysis and complex analysis OR real analysis and topology. Any suggestions on how to make my coursework more marketable? I might also do a reading course on some stuff with operators and advanced linear algebra. Should I pick complex or topology? Thank you all for sharing your knowledge and stats, I really appreciate it. The university of Oregon is one of my top choices and I really want to go there.

Hi, Do you have any tips on how to improve the math subject GRE? I already have the Princeton Review "Cracking the math subject GRE" and I also have the practice exam that ETS sends you. How did you prepare for it? Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Greetings Everyone, Has anyone applied to a math PhD in New Mexico State University? Or is anyone currently going there? I'm planning to apply there too... Do they have a good pure program? I'm looking into a place that has analysis (maybe operator theory?), algebra(homological algebra) or topology. I already looked into their website and they do have some people in analysis and algebra, but if anyone here is going there, it would be helpful to know what you think of their program. Also, are there any diesel gas stations over there in Las Cruces? I might have to drive my diesel there. Thanks

Thanks! Do you have some tips on how to improve my math subject GRE? I have the Princeton Review "Cracking the mathematics subject GRE" and I also got the sample exam that ETS sends out. When I first took it, it didn't go so well because I didn't have time to prepare and my abstract algebra, linear algebra, and multivariable calculus were very rusty. I think now I'm in better shape regarding these three. I'm also planning to TA linear algebra and multivariable calculus. What other resource can I use improve my score? What helped you? Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

So far, I kind of like stuff involving modules and category theory ( I guess homological algebra). But I'm also very interested in analysis. I will start the graduate analysis sequence in the fall, but so far I think I might like stuff involving operator theory. As for topology... I have not taken a course in it yet. I do know some of the basic stuff, but not at the graduate level. But I want to make sure that the schools I apply to have these three just in case that I change my mind later on. I think the University of Nebraska Lincoln has operator theory and some good algebra, but it's too far from California... I'm not sure if I should apply there... By the way, how hard is it to get into the university of Oregon? How about UCI? Thanks for answering back

I think I forgot to mention that when I took the math subject GRE I got an embarassing score: 12 percentile I'm planning to retake the math subject and score as high as I can (hopefully at least in the 80 percentile range). Do you think I should also retake the general GRE? I'm sure I can improve the quant part, but I think it would be a waste of time to try to improve the vocab and written parts because English is one of my weaknesses.

Nope. None. My general GRE scores were bad: only 750 in quant, I think a 335 on verbal and 4 in written. I'm planning to just stick with the graduate sequences for my last year and I will try to PhD pass the algebra qual at this university, perhaps that would help... Do you think I stand a chance at all... Any suggestions of what schools to apply for math Phd (pure math, preferably algebra, analysis and topology)?

Greetings Everyone! This is my very first post, I hope I'm not breaking any rules. Anyways, I'm currently in a math masters program at a "decent" university in California (I would rate it somewhere above the cal state system but below UCI). I will be applying to a PhD in math this December and I'm wondering if I stand a chance at getting into a PhD at say UCSB. I got my undergraduate degree from a Cal State and didn't graduate with such a great GPA (I think a 3.5). My undergrad grades are: linear algebra: A- Abstract Algebra (1st time): D Abstract Algebra (2nd time): B- (Algebra is definitely not my forte) Real Analysis: A- (but we used a very "weak" textbook, not even a "real" real analysis book) Complex Analysis: A Probability (1st time): D Probability (2nd time): B+ Number Theory A Math Finance B Numerical Analysis B+ Grad Course Number Theory B So far I've taken two intro grad courses in algebra and two undergrad real analysis ( using Rudin as a textbook). Grad Algebra (1st quarter): B- Grad Algebra (2nd quarter):A- undergrad real (1st quarter): A+ undergrad real: (2nd quarter): B I'm currently taking the third and last course in the algebra grad sequence along with undergraduate advanced multivariable calc (also using Rudin as a textbook). My plan is to take (for my remaining year) the Real Analysis and Complex Variables graduate sequences (which use Folland/Royden and Conway as textbooks). I would also like to apply to schools such as UCI, University of Arizona, New Mexico State, University of Nebraska, University of Oregon, and UCLA and UCSD. I know UCLA, UCSD and UCI are long shots, but I still want to try. What are my chances of getting into any of these programs? My GPA is not that great (3.35) but up until now I have some experience as a 50% TA. Any comments/suggestions that might help me are greatly appreciated. Thanks