<p>Hi, What do you think of this univ.? I want to apply for its mathematics program.
I always think that MA is a perfect place for getting eduacation, I want to know how about OH, MI and MN, can you give me some idea?</p>
<p>BGSU is a great school for mathematics! Several undergrad math courses are taught by students in the math program.</p>
<p>Ohio is know for its amazing universities. It has more than any other state. Though, I’d advise you don’t pick a school based on the states reputation alone.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about BGSU’s graduate program, but its undergrad is generally considered less-than-stellar in pretty much everything except education.</p>
<p>I have a BS in mathematics from Bowling Green. Most of my professors were good, and all of them knew their stuff very well. I had zero classes taught by graduate students, but I started with calculus. Many of the lower-level classes (pre-calc and lower) are taught by grads. There is quite a bit of research going on, especially in computational or numerical methods.</p>
<p>@GA peach- Do you really mean to say that Ohio has more great universities than any other state? I think it would be difficult to make that argument for any state besides Massachusetts. Maybe California has a case, but I doubt it.</p>
<p>They’re not greater. You just hear about them more, largely because so many of them are Division I-A (now FBS) football schools:</p>
<p>Ohio State
Ohio
Miami
Kent State
Cincinnati
Akron
Toledo
Bowling Green</p>
<p>That is totally false. Ohio has one elite school, and that is OSU. None of the other schools mentioned are even close to elite. Bowling Green is not an elite school by any means except in the field of education. It is not a very good value at all and I suggest if you are going to Ohio to try to get into OSU.</p>
<p>No, it’s not “totally false,” just inaccurate.</p>
<p>Ohio State offers everything you can imagine and is academically top-notch.</p>
<p>Miami has been called one of the “public Ivies” and has long been considered an excellent public university for undergraduates.</p>
<p>Case Western Reserve in Cleveland is a highly regarded private university with a stellar reputation in medicine and engineering, among other areas.</p>
<p>Oberlin College and Kenyon College are among the top small private liberal-arts college in the nation.</p>
<p>Many of the remaining large public universities (Ohio, Toledo, Kent State, Cincinnati, Bowling Green, and Akron) are respectable in most subjects and excellent in some, but are not consistently great overall, and probably not worth it for most out-of-state students.</p>
<p>Yes, but we’re talking about graduate school here. In grad school, the overall reputation/prestige/ranking of the university doesn’t matter; what matters is the specific program, in this case mathematics.</p>
<p>For graduate mathematics, the best would surely be Ohio State and Case Western Reserve.</p>
<p>Most schools will tell you how many of their recent graduates are employed and where. I would encourage a potential graduate student to request this information from the relevant department and see how it compares to his or her aspirations. Bowling Green, for example, has quite a few Ph.D. math graduates teaching at smaller state universities (U of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the like). If that’s the kind of job you see yourself in, then BG may be for you. If not, then not.</p>
<p>You should really shoot for OSU or Case Western if you want to go to Ohio. From personal experience BGSU is just not a great place to succeed and stand out. </p>
<p>(It is ranked #1 in something though, but you’ll have to look up what it is on your own) ;)</p>
<p>It has the number one Ph.D. program in photochemistry. That could be because it has the only Ph.D. program in photochemistry. (Not the only program where you can specialize in photochemistry, just the only one that concentrates solely on that subject.)</p>
<p>darn it you got me :(</p>
<p>I wasn’t sure you were referring to that one, but now you’ve given yourself away. :)</p>
<p>I was actually referring to something else, but its too inappropriate to say on CC :D</p>
<p>Ooooh, you mean that! Yes, definitely number one in that. Definitely.</p>
<p>Basically everyone makes a big deal about it and they seem “proud” of it, when in reality that title is nothing to be proud of. </p>
<p>But its pretty funny though, even though it would be scary o_o</p>