<p>Hi all... I am currently a math major at a small college, and am planning to apply to grad schools for math phd program. I have a gpa of like 4.8. I have done research all the last three summers(two in some other fields and the last one in math), but havent published any paper. I will be writing a senior thesis too. I have the following courses:
Intro Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Functional Analysis, Measure Theory, Topology, Differential Geometry, Graph Theory, Abs Algebra I, Combinatorics, Number Theory, Discrete Structure, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Calculus. and some Engineering and Physics courses.
I am planning to take GRE soon. I will probably do ok enough in Q but i suck in Verbal. I will probably do OK enough in math subject test.
I am thinking of applying to schools such as Princeton, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Berkley, Brown etc. and few lower ranked schools.
What are my chances?...</p>
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<p>I would really reconsider applying to so many top heavy schools. I was waitlisted at Cornell and I was writing a paper with a professor who is very well known at Cornell. I thought I was a shoe in and I still didn't get in.</p>
<p>The kinds of people that get into Cornell, Berkeley, Brown are all top flight students. They either did tons of research, have publications, took grad courses and got A's or all of the above. </p>
<p>How good are your letters going to be? You need 3 good to great letters to have a chance at any of those schools. </p>
<p>I'm not saying don't apply, by all means if you have the money, apply. But but look at some lower end schools. Carnegie is actually a very limited math department, they seem to focus on probability, finance, optimization, etc. Make sure this is something you are interested in. </p>
<p>Princeton, Cornell, Michigan, these places take 10-15 students a year, out of many qualified applicants. Chances are slim even for highly qualified students, don't take it personally at all. </p>
<p>Just make sure you apply to 3 or 4 safety schools.</p>