<p>I have come across various resources in Forums and Outside Forums and I have found that Mathematics is the best career in research and jobs. Now I have been very much interested in Mathematics. I have started solving various High Level Mathematics which are out of my syllabus. I am a 12th grade student studying and living in India. I wish to pursue my further career in Mathematics at IISC, Bangalore [Famous institute for physical science and have tough syllabus for maths]. I want to ask question that is Mathematics a really good interesting subject in areas of research and industrial jobs?
First I was very much interested in Computer science and wanted to do Engineering but later I stumbled upon Maths which has changed my mind.
I want to career as to become a Computer Scientist. I would like to know what should be done to acquire that level of qualification. Is Computer Scientist a lucrative career.
Does IISC's Mathematics curriculum suits that qualification [Mathematics</a> Department - Indian Institute of Science (IISc) || <a href="http://www.iisc.ernet.in/ug/UG-Math.pdf%5D%5B/url">http://www.iisc.ernet.in/ug/UG-Math.pdf][/url</a>]
If that does not then I might try to do transfer in Caltech for Undergraduate Major in
Applied + Computational Mathematics, Is that good decision.
And doing MBA after Doctorate is a good career in Mathematics.
Thanks</p>
<p>well, i love maths, but phy is more my stuff. anyways maths as a carrer is pretty good. especially the encription part. its really cool. iisc is cool too, but why not isi?</p>
<p>ISI is also a good Mathematical Institute but it does not have curriculum more depth like IISC.
ISI is 3 yrs undergraduate program while IISC has 4 yrs undergraduate program.</p>
<p>if you’re talking about iisc’s new 4 year bs course,then,remember that in the 4 years your only focus will not only be maths,but phy & chem too.unlike isi…</p>
<p>1 yr they have phy maths chem and bio with engineering.
now it is not possible to register for ISI as they have 28 march last date for admission.
Also if you are transferring to top U.S colleges then they need all that four courses.</p>
<p>you never mentioned anything about transferring. how was i to know that? btw you do realise that getting into iisc wont be easy either,dont you?</p>
<p>yes I know they have 500 cut off in aieee</p>
<p>and then there is this super-tough interview…i hope you know that this year they selected 84 outta the 16000 applicants…</p>
<p>interview? I dont know that.</p>
<p>if you’re talking about 4 year bs programme, then you heard me right… how do you think they’re gonna choose from hordes of candidates selected from aieee, iitjee, aipmt, kvpy etc?</p>
<p>hey that is for graduated people not for undergrad.</p>
<p>hmm really? i dont think so. just go to their site & find out. i bet you are wrong. anyways best of luck for your iitjee, aieee & your iisc admission.</p>
<p>you can check here
<a href="http://www.iisc.ernet.in/ug/faq.htm%5DFAQ:">http://www.iisc.ernet.in/ug/faq.htm]FAQ:</a> 4 year Undergraduate programme
How are the students selected for the Programme? </p>
<p>The selection will be based on the performance of the applied candidates in any one of the national examinations listed above. A separate merit list of candidates who have applied will be prepared for each of these national examinations and the seats will be offered based on the performance in the examination and the number of seats available. A candidate who has qualified in multiple examinations listed above will be included in all the appropriate merit lists. Separate merit lists will be prepared for candidates belonging to different reserved categories, as per standard Government of India regulations.
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<p>For trying to get into IISc, your best chances are through KVPY. Its a fun exam to give, but there’s also an interview. </p>
<p>Maths is an amazing subject, and one of those I am considering for my second major. However, if money and jobs is your main aim, I would advise you against doing a doctorate. There are some very good masters program which teach you about maths which is necessary for finance (I assumed this is where you want to go, since you mentioned MBA). Check the Courant Institute at NYU. It has a very famous and reputed program in financial math.</p>
<p>And as far undergraduate in India is concerned, I would advise you take a look at ISI, IISc and Chennai Mathematical Institute. Almost whoever makes it to CMI is no short of a genius. Their admission process is very tough, even when compared to IISc’s. They have an exam which is purely theoretical… Take a look at the IMO and Putnam problems, CMI’s paper will somewhat consist of similar problems…</p>
<p>If you want to transfer, any of these institutes are great…</p>
<p>Thanks phr34k,
But I need physics course also in 1st year which is mandatory for Caltech transfer students.</p>
<p>I have seen a lot more people transferring from IITs. If you really want to transfer, then I guess IIT and some engineering branch would be your best option, since you’ll be covering most of the general requirements of MIT at least (I have heard Caltech’s are even more rigorous)… </p>
<p>But the best advise I think would be given by the transfer office at Caltech. So mail them and ask what they need…</p>
<p>I have not participated in IIT-JEE so no chance in IIT.
Most Caltech admission officers just copy n paste the information, they dont reply with an answer.</p>
<p>no iitjee? thats pretty cool of you! my parents would literally kill me if i didnt. no matter how unprepared i am. but then again, i am hoping to join iitk.</p>
<p>that was because of my illness, at that time I make decision of taking a gap year but I prefer to do my boards this year. I was not sure whether I can complete my 12th syllabus on time, so IIT-JEE was far big step and hard to achieve.</p>
<p>oh i’m sorry to hear that. i’m sure you’ve performed quite well in your boards. best of luck & make us indians proud with your caltech admission:-)</p>