<p>Hello everyone. I am an undergraduate math and economics double major (the economics is with honors) and an art history minor. I have a cumulative GPA of 3.57 and a math GPA of 3.72. I have taken topology, analysis (real and complex), linear and abstract algebra and number theory, amongst other lower level math classes and electives. I have taken the general GRE subject test and got an 800 on math and a 570 on verbal. I have no research experience, which really worries me. I go to the University of Rochester which has a pretty strong math program, but nowhere close to top 10. I will have great recommendations but the lack of research experience and failure to take grad level math classes makes me worried that I will not be able to get in. What schools do you think would be a good fit for me? I plan on attending education grad school and would like to work as a high school math teacher before applying to grad school. Also, I am a female, not sure if that helps in any way.</p>
<p>So you’re planning on going to graduate school twice for two completely different degrees?</p>
<p>Nobody can “chance” you for grad school - “chances” are complete ******** anyway. You need to think about the subfield you’re interested in researching and find out what professors are leading in that direction.</p>
<p>Not taking grad level courses won’t hurt you, but a lack of undergraduate research experience will. You should seek out those opportunities ASAP.</p>
<p>I have to disagree with polarscribe. The lack of research experience won’t matter much but the lack of graduate courses will hurt you tremendously. Math is rather different from the other sciences in that respect.</p>
<p>If you say math grad schools expect grad-level courses from applicants, I’ll defer to your knowledge. My experience is in other fields.</p>
<p>Top math programs, more so than in other fields, expect applicants to have a few graduate courses under their belt. I’m not sure if this is true, but someone told me that at Princeton, they don’t even offer a first-year graduate sequence-they expect you to know the material coming in.</p>