I personally have decided not to go to graduate school for now, but I have not ruled it out as a possibility. There is still a possibility that I may decide to do it several years down the road. I recently graduated with a BS in mathematics with a 3.1 GPA. My question is, is this good enough to get into a graduate program for mathematics or a related subject? Is it good enough enough for even a master’s program in mathematics or something related?
How well did you do in upper level math courses like real analysis, abstract algebra, complex analysis, etc.?
Any undergraduate research?
What’s the goal- become a middle school math teacher? Then yes.
Work in quantitative finance for a hedge fund developing trading algorithms? Probably not.
But if your Math GPA is very high, and your overall average was dragged down because you wanted to explore foreign languages, art history, etc. then what will be key is your GPA in quant courses…
What do you want to do? Did you take GRE’s? If those scores are good, the further out from undergrad you get, the less important your GPA will be assuming you are working in a related field and getting good experience.
Yes u can.
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Anything is possible. Funded grad school is not probable. Perhaps even unfunded grad school is not probable at a top 50 school. I am not saying it is probable beyond the top 50 – I just don’t know.
I did not take the GRE’s since I do not currently plan on going to grad school. I just wanted to know for future reference. Also, my GPA in major isn’t outstanding either. It’s not bad, but it’s not outstanding. The problem is that math is a hard major, so some of the classes in my major were pretty difficult. I have gotten a couple of C’s in my major, and I got two D+'s in my abstract algebra sequence. I also got a few C’s in my non major classes. Also, my goal would not be to become a middle/high school math teacher. I understand that my chances aren’t super good with where I’m at.
But if you go to grad school, what WOULD your goal be? Start there.
I did horribly in abstract algebra, but that’s mainly just because the teacher I had for it was a very hard teacher. I was allowed to get D’s in up to two classes and still get my degree, and I got two D+'s in the abstract algebra sequence. As for some of the other upper courses, I did well in real analysis, topology, differential equations, and upper level statistics among others although I did not make an A in every single one of those. I manage to scrape at least B’s in all of those classes though. Also, I did not take complex analysis as it was not required and wasn’t even offered at my school.
Please answer…why do you think you want a masters in math? What is your career goal?
Understand…this advanced degree might not be required.