<p>Plenty of all of the above. But are you interested in Mathematics or Applied Math and Statistics? They’re two different majors with two different ideologies.</p>
<p>Well ultimetely i want to pursue research in physics(theory) but i really enjoy solving competition based problems. They include: combinatorics and number theory, geometry and algebra. What do you reccomend?</p>
<p>I don’t know much about math competitions. But AMS (Applied Math and Statistics) teaches you how to USE math. Here, you’d be more likely to learn how to solve a certain problem in, say, science or engineering. Proofs would pretty much consist of “because a mathematician said so, Google it if you don’t believe me.” MAT (Mathematics) is math for the sake of math. You go deep into theories, proofs, and the like. Said proofs that your AMS professor told you to Google might more likely be on your homework in MAT. I don’t know the full details, but that’s the best I understand of it. Obviously, there’s enough difference in the material for one to be able to double major in AMS and MAT.</p>
<p>Also, AMS has statistics, MAT not so much. And AMS has “Applied Calculus X” (where X is the number in the sequence), while MAT has “Calculus X” or “Calculus X With Applications”.</p>
<p>If you’d like to know more, maybe shoot an e-mail to some staff in both departments. They can help you more than I can.</p>
<p>Wow, very informative. I guess i am looking for MAT because i could never find myself using a formula given to me without any proof for it or any way of deriving it. Are you a student at SBU?</p>
<p>Not yet, but I’ve taken a lot of time to familiarize myself with the program options.</p>
<p>Do you mind sharing your stats?</p>
<p>Sure.</p>
<p>GPA: ~93 (don’t remember if weighted or not)
Rank: ~50 of ~200
APs: Four this year, yet to take the tests (Comparative Government, Macroeconomics, Calculus AB, Computer Science)
SATs: Reading 740, others 710 for a total of 2160
SAT Subjects: 710 on Math I, 680 on Physics, 650 on US History
ACTs: 30 (with zero prep!), don’t remember the individual sections
ECs: Not too many. Ran a video gaming club for eight months or so. I do a lot of programming on my own time, which is what I wrote about for my extracurricular activities paragraph on the Common App. Bit of help for my mom’s website in its initial form. I am a member of my school’s Math Honor Society, and I won a National Hispanic Scholar Recognition Award from CollegeBoard.</p>
<p>I also had an awesome essay.</p>
<p>I’ve been invited to the Brookhaven National Lab tour, which is apparently only for a few great students. I didn’t get into the Honors College, but I think I got into University Scholars.</p>
<p>By the by, I’m not going into pre-med. Scary, isn’t it? (Computer science instead.)</p>
<p>Pretty impressive stats. So you are a hispanic as well? I am mexican american :D</p>
<p>will calculators be permitted during the math assessment test?</p>
<p>Even weirder. I’m half Puerto-Rican, half Jewish. And transfering, more info here. [Math</a> Assessment](<a href=“http://assess.math.sunysb.edu/]Math”>http://assess.math.sunysb.edu/)</p>
<p>I’m actually interested in the Econ major myself. Although I’m leaning more onto Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or just Physics.</p>
<p>There’s a reason you don’t have to declare a major until you’re a junior.</p>
Were you an international student?