<p>computer sicence or physics, I'm not sure which field I want to go after undergraduate, so I'm studying pure math as my undergraduate degree and also I took some physics class and computer science class as well.</p>
<p>In this case, can I appy to graduate physics or computer science in future </p>
<p>Yes, you can apply to a graduate program in which you don’t have an undergraduate degree, especially with a degree in something flexible like math.</p>
<p>You should talk with your professors to see what they recommend in terms of background and preparation, given your particular situation.</p>
<p>molliebatmit, thx for the reply, I forgot to ask that if I apply to a field in which I don’t have an undergrad degree, does it put me in a disadvantage position comparing to those do have cs or phy major in undergrad ?</p>
<p>I don’t think the actual undergrad degree is so important but if you don’t have extensive classwork/research experience in the field you want to go into for graduate school it can hurt you. At the very least you will want several letters from professors in the discipline you are applying for that know you well. </p>
<p>In the case of physics or computer science, I don’t think it’ll hurt you at all - theoretical math is directly applicable to them. It could be a slight disadvantage for other fields, but I wouldn’t let that stop you.</p>
<p>This may be a useful resource for you:
<a href=“2014 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results - Physics GRE Discussion Forums”>2014 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results - Physics GRE Discussion Forums;
As you can see, the tenth post down is a student (fortheglory) with a math major applying successfully to physics graduate schools in the area of condensed matter experiment (CME)</p>
<p>However, I echo Molly’s advice to talk with professors you know. Note that this students says, “Research advisor has connections at many of the places I am applying to.” That helps a lot.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I know a little bit about physics graduate admissions (although not at MIT). They, for the most part, don’t care what your degree is called. They do care about what classes you took, your grades in them, and your physics GRE scores: in short, how well prepared you are for grad school. They also care about letters of recommendation: in short, other people’s predictions of how well you will do in grad school.</p>
<p>You can definitely get into a Computer Science graduate program if you are an MIT math undergrad. </p>
<p>I graduated with my B.S. i n Math from MIT, and I am now a computer science grad student @ Johns Hopkins. So long as you have enough computer science coursework as an MIT undergraduate, you can definitely get into a CS graduate program. </p>
<p>For my part, I took…
6.01: Intro to EECS
6.042/18.062: Math for Computer Science<br>
6.034: Artificial Intelligence
6.849: Geometric Folding Algorithms
18.424: Seminar in Information Theory
18.400: Automata, Computability & Complexity
6.338: Parallel Computing
6.070: Electric Project Lab
6.092: Introduction to Java Programming
6.189: Introduction to Python Programming</p>
<p>Many grad schools want you to have a formal programming language course, algorithms, discrete math (which 6.042/18.062 covers), data structures and computer architecture on your transcript. Have most of these and a decent GPA and GRE scores, and you should get accepted to most of your choice grad schools.</p>