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kka34

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  1. It won't keep you from being considered for TA/RA positions. There are many others that don't have an SSN when applying, like international students (me). However you will be required to provide an SSN before the payroll can process your stipend, otherwise you'll get your cheque a month late. At my university, the deadline for submitting this was about 3 weeks before school starts.
  2. I found it very useful to talk to ask my professors useful, especially the ones that work in the field that I'm interested in. They were very helpful, because they were familiar with the research groups at different universities. Also try looking at the profiles of the research groups yourself at random universities (maybe go by some rankings?) to see if they are working on anything that you are interested in.
  3. That sounds very similar to what I did, and I got into most of the programs that I applied. So I think you should be ok.
  4. I got accepted to some very good schools with a 50th percentile in writing. Of course, there is also some dependence on the program that you are trying to get into. Writing might be more important in finance than it is in physics.
  5. In my defence, I just wrote the first words that came to mind. The OP wasn't supposed to copy+paste them.
  6. At most Canadian universities, for physics (not sure about math), we have a similar GRE requirement. It is only recommended for Canadians, and required for international students. I talked to a professor about this, and he said that they do this because they are not familiar with the physics programs in other countries. They don't know how good your institution is and being in top 5% at a bad institution doesn't mean anything. The GRE score gives them an indication of your skill without having to know where you are from. I wouldn't be surprised if Cornell and Brown did the same thing. Have you thought about emailing the universities about how "recommended" the GRE is for international students?
  7. I think the polite way to handle this would have been to remind your prof a week before the deadline. Sometimes people forget, and there is nothing wrong with reminding them. Just do it nicely. I had something similar happen during my application procedure (prof forgot to upload the letter to some universities). As for now, you should probably just let him know. Although you might choose to dress up the email. Write something along the lines of "Hi, I noticed you haven't sent the letter to the program. I thought you were very busy at the time, so I asked someone else to do it. I hope it isn't an inconvenience."
  8. I would say a 85-90% subject score would be required in your case, just to show that you know math. But you would have to do more than that to prove to the admission committee that you know mathematics. Tests are easy to study for. Also you have to realize that graduate schools expect you to take specific courses at the undergraduate level. If you are missing only a few, they might let you into the program but will require you to take those classes at their university. However in your case, you are missing all of them.. I would suggest that you try to do a minor in economics or math. I'm guessing it would take you an extra year to get, but it will give you the required mathematical knowledge and get to know some of the professors. Or at least take some upper-level classes.
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