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Thanks everyone for the replies. Just finished up my first real analysis class and I'm pretty sure I maintained straight As on every assignment/exam. That's a first for a math class. I guess I like proofs a lot more than computations.

Ah, great. I'm definitely excited and want to get more into the discipline! After this summer I'm going full-time math, but will need to send out apps in December I assume after I get grades in the other math courses to get some meat on my app. I'm optimistic that I can get a very good letter of rec from my Analysis professor, and I suppose pick up the other two next semester if I do well enough early on in the course. I suppose letters from calculus profs aren't much good, or even intro to proofs.

Good to know. Hopefully that means that if I'm finding Reals interesting, the others will be even more fun!

Ah, sorry, i typed "RA" instead of real analysis. I've done a little piddling on the side with Abstract Algebra and Topology, and am top of the class in the first Real Analysis class that I'm in right now, and I definitely love it. I'm aware (and excited) that math is much different after calculus. The Analysis course has made me certain. I actually like the Analysis better than the computational calculus. Next semester is going to be the "Proving Grounds" now that I'm done with econ (all the stuff I've done so far has been on the side). I'll be taking Abstract and another Reals class in addition to two others TBD. The advice on the GRE sounds good. The time part surprised me. All of the problems I worked were correct, just didn't finish :|.

oops @ "Mathe" Hey All, I'm an economics grad student who has realized that the only reason I ever liked economics was the math. I started taking some proof-based courses on the side, did very well, and got hooked. I took the GRE with econ in mind, and my score isn't so great, but I'm much more into calculus and up than the GRE stuff. I'm slow with calculations, to be honest, and have to check everything for silly mistakes, even given understanding. For this reason, I'd like to avoid a retake if possible. It looks like it's possible to get into some of the lower ranked programs with a 740 GRE Q per the new NRC data. The completion rates, however, bother me at a lot of schools. There are a LOT of programs that are not on the rankings that I'd imagine I could get into, at least some of them, that is. Right now I'm in the first RA course and rocking it, and plan to finish a math BS over the next year with the usual: 3 piece RA, Abstract Alg, Matrix Theory, Complex Analysis, a Programming class (c++ or num. analysis), etc. I'm looking at schools in urban areas like Texas-Dallas, U St. Louis, SMU, Alabama-Huntsville, etc. I'm not stressing over placing into an academic position if I go to a program like this, I'll be happy with other career paths if that's what I must do. I just want to get the degree and learn the math. I doubt I'll be impoverished with a solid econ MS under my belt. Does anyone have any advice/recommendations? I'd like to avoid places with massive attrition. Thanks!