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Apr 12, 2023 at 9:46	comment	added	RougeSegwayUser		Honestly, with your correct set of courses it’d surprise me if anyone would consider your application. You absolutely need real analysis of some kind. Complex analysis is pretty essential too. If your linear algebra course wasn’t sophisticated and from a book like lay, it doesn’t count. Taking topology would be helpful as well as loads of math grad schools assume you know it or have absorbed it through osmosis, unless it’s algebraic topology, and I can’t see you doing that unless you take the advanced algebra class. I do not mean to be pessimistic, but my suggestion is take course that year.
Apr 15, 2014 at 23:51	vote	accept	JustAskin
Apr 14, 2014 at 3:12	comment	added	JustAskin		@NateEldredge this city's very cold in the winter, it would be great to go to school somewhere where I'm not forced to stay indoors and sad for 1/2 of the schoolyear :( I don't have an aversion from classes or anything, I just would enjoy a change of scenery, why not sooner rather than later? (question answered)
Apr 14, 2014 at 2:23	comment	added	JustAskin		@NateEldredge The physics major's already complete, save one class. Might as well finish it. I came in as a physics declared major, not math.
Apr 14, 2014 at 0:03	comment	added	Nate Eldredge		It also might be worth exploring why you are so anxious to get out of college...
Apr 14, 2014 at 0:01	comment	added	Nate Eldredge		I have to ask: if math is "the only subject you enjoy" (which I hope is an exaggeration; there are lots of other interesting things in the world), then why are you so set on getting that physics major at all? As far as grad school and a career in math, it may hurt more than helping. Of course, if there are a couple specific courses that really interest you, you could certainly take them.
Apr 13, 2014 at 22:09	answer	added	paul garrett		timeline score: 6
Apr 13, 2014 at 21:15	answer	added	Pete L. Clark		timeline score: 20
Apr 13, 2014 at 19:34	comment	added	JustAskin		@DavidRicherby - My aim is not to do "as little maths as [I] can get away with"; if it were up to me, I would be taking an all-math courseload for the remainder of my undergrad career, it's the only subject I enjoy. What I do want, is to do as little undergrad as I can get away with. Unfortunately the need to meet general-education and graduation requirements means that cutting down on UG time would mean sacrificing math classes to do it, which according to the answers here is gravely detrimental to my value as an applicant to post-undergrad programs.
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Apr 13, 2014 at 13:37	comment	added	Raphael		If a you did not need a full load of mathematics for getting a PhD in mathematics, it would not be worth the paper it's printed on. (For reference: in Germany, you typically study 5 years (or more) before starting your PhD. On one subject. To be fair, our (classic) PhDs don't include taking courses.)
Apr 13, 2014 at 12:51	comment	added	David Richerby		I'm confused. You want to get your undergrad finished as quickly as possible, spending half of even that short time doing something other than maths. You then want to take a year out, again not doing maths. One minute, you're saying that you want to spend four years of doing as little maths as you can get away with; the next minute, you're talking about a PhD in the subject. That seems inconsistent.
Apr 13, 2014 at 11:04	answer	added	Ben Webster		timeline score: 18
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Apr 12, 2014 at 22:47	comment	added	JeffE		The only person who will be impressed by your finishing in three years is you. School is not a race.
Apr 12, 2014 at 15:15	answer	added	Nate Eldredge		timeline score: 26
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