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I’m from Turkey and have been studying for GRE since i want to study in USA. But i will also consider applying European universities. Supposedly i have very good GRE scores, does it increase my chance of being admitted to a European university? If not, are there any similar(GRE-like) exams valid for Europe?
I bought Barron’s preparation book and i try to learn 100-150 words a day for the verbal part. I haven’t started to study for analytical writing section yet, but i will check out the tips for rephrasing and synthesizing in Toefl,and have a look at sample essays. Also, I have been reading English and American newspapers everyday on the Internet everyday. Finally,I don’t study for quantitative part because i’m mathematics major.

I attend a little-known state school, but I am doing some advanced research in mathematics as an undergraduate. I intend to engage in a senior honors project in algebraic geometry, and I typically get above an 840 on the math GRE practice. I intend to pursue PhD studies in math, but I am inhibited by my low gpa (3.75–trust me, it’s terrible for a math PhD applicant in math who isn’t from a great school).

Long story short, I want to do Harvard math 55 for both personal and academic reasons. I would preferably do it before I take the real GRE, but I want to get admitted to Harvard as a special (i.e., guest) graduate student, which is far less rigorous. So I will take the general GRE first, of course, and likely be magna cum laude and have university honors. I am a math/physics/philosophy/honors quadruple major, though my focus has been pure math.

So my question is, how likely am I to be admitted as a special guest student to Harvard (I can’t imagine it being as difficult as regular admissions, certainly not math admissions), and how likely am I to be able to enroll in math 55 (it isn’t explicitly stated as a restricted course)? Hopefully, my only major concern will be paying for it (!).

Thanks yahoo! community!

I’m an undergrad majoring in mathematics with a minor in computer science. I want to go to study computer science for graduate school. Should I take either the mathematics subject GRE exam, the computer science exam, or both?

where can i find GRE preparation material? i need specially Nova’s mathematics guide as it is comprehensive and easy to go through
i also want the material to be fee, if anyone knows any links from where i can download the material right away

cheers

I’m currently a junior in college researching grad schools. I’m really unfamiliar with the process and have a few questions:
1. How many credits does a grad student generally take per semester?
2. I am looking into ways for paying for grad school. It seems like many people apply for assistantships. What are my chances of getting an assistantship?
3. Does a 50% assistantship mean working 20 hours, 25% assistantship mean working 10 hours, etc.?
4. The program I am interested in applying to at a school I want does not require the GRE. Will not having a GRE score hurt my chances of getting an assistantship?

THANK YOU!!

A little background:
I will graduate next spring with a Mathematics along with a Secondary Math Education major. I have a 3.85 GPA. I currently do research for a professor, coach middle school cross country, work at a middle school summer school program over the summer, am a tour guide, and I tutor.
I currently go to a state school. I’m not sure if that makes a difference or not.

I need to score atleast a 1000 on the GRE general test. The math part is not an issue because I am a mathematics major but I was hoping for some insight on the rest of the exam…..

Hello,

I got my bachelor’s of mathematics last year and I’m taking a year off this year to travel a bit before going to do my master’s (I’m hoping to enroll in engineering). Anyway, I took the GRE General test and my results were not spectacular (470 verbal, 740 math). I’m signed up to take the math subject test on the 7th of november, but I’m debating on whether I should or not.

Since I’m taking a year off, I’m not doing any math, and I haven’t had access to any of my books or notes or anything. And I guess being in Korea learning Korean, I haven’t been studying much.

I’m primarily looking at schools in Texas since they seem to be within my reach (california universities are out of my reach I think), and those I’ve looked at so far do not require the Subject test, just the general. But I would not like to be disadvantaged or to see admission refused to a certain university because I didn’t take the GRE Subject test.

I’ve been gathering my documents and stuff and I’m about to apply, so I don’t know if there will be schools that I will want to apply to that will require the GRE Subject test. It’s possible that I apply to 4 or 5 schools.

Seeing that it’s been a few months since I’ve done any math, and since I’ve not had access to my books, do you think it’s worth taking the test? I’m afraid that if I do take it, it just ends up hurting me because of poor results.

I need advice…
By guessing, I mean just choosing random answers without really looking at the questions.
Yes, if I didn’t get 800 on the math part, it’s because I didn’t pace myself well and ended up guessing on the last few questions because I ran out of time.

On the physics gre ets guide, they list a series of mathematics areas i have to be very familiar with:

boundary value problems
differential equations
vector algebra
complex analysis

i really don’t want to spend my time re-reading entire math text books when i’m studying for the physics gre. So can someone tell me what aspects of these subjects i need to know?

if you have any other advice, feel free to relay it as well..i could use all the help i can get!

thanks

NOT the mathematics section of the GRE…but the Individual GRE SUBJECT TEST.
How hard is it for a traditional math major to complete. Beyond Multivar Calc and Linear Algebra, I have taken 1 semester of Analysis and 1 semester of Abstract Algebra.

Thanks.

I am in search of phD programs in Mathematics across the country, and I am targetting at some of the better institutions. I am gonna take the GRE general test next month, but I am still struggling on whether I should take the Subject test as well. Does anybody know any GOOD phd math program admission without the requirement of the subject test? And what is the odd to get into a good program without going through this test? Thank you!