<p>I'm going to be applying this fall for grad school in math. No major research in math I'll have great recs from good professors at UC Davis.
I'll do well on the math gre probable not so great on verbal the only real hook I have is a 4.0 gpa. I'm a transfer student at davis and so far I've gotten 5 A+'s and 8 A's this past year no A-'s or B's. I had all A's at the cc also.</p>
<p>The heaviest weights in graduate school admissions for math are professor letters of recommendation, your statement of purpose, and your research. It's hard to give you a good idea of your chances of admissions based on what you said. Most people have a GPA between 3.7 and 4.0, and so while your 4.0 is going to look good, it's not going to impress the admissions committees too much. And as far as you saying your professors will write you good letters of recommendation...that's true for a lot of people. So it's impossible to tell whether or not yours will stand out.</p>
<p>When you say "no major research in math," what do you mean by "major research"? If you haven't participated in an REU, haven't worked with a professor, and haven't completed a senior mini-thesis, then that's probably going to work against you. But if you've worked with a professor a bit and completed some type of project outside of the normal curriculum, then you should be fine.</p>
<p>I have a friend who received a full fellowship to McGill (as well as about five good schools in the USA) who never did research. She didn't get an honors degree either. All she did was work hard, get good grades, and have professors that wrote wonderful letters of recommendation. So yes, it is possible to get into a good grad school with no significant research. It isn't possible, however, to judge how well you'll do in admissions without really knowing you. Graduate school admissions are so much more complicated than undergraduate, and so no matter what people online say, they're probably not going to give you a great idea of your chances. I don't mean this in a bad way - I've had a lot of friends surprised because they got into schools they thought they'd never get into. It's just so hard to predict.</p>