<p>Given the following information, do you think applying to a top 50 or top 100 math phd program is worth it?</p>
<p>-No name liberal arts college (only about 35% of our students were in the top 10th of their graduating class in high school)
-GPA: 3.72, Math GPA: 3.79
-Ended my freshman year with a 3.42 GPA; Improved tremendously.
-Important Courses taken: Calculus I-III, Calc-Based Physics, Linear Algebra, Abstract Algebra, Real Analysis, Topology
-Courses taking in my final semester: Diffy Q, Complex Analysis
-Pursued Actuarial Science simultaneously for a while; passed 3 important exams (all of which required a lot of outside studying time) and landed a top internship as an actuary. Decided senior year that I wanted to pursue graduate math.
-3 LOR from professors that know me well and have seen me improve.
-Working on a senior project that invokes economics, linear algebra, and topology</p>
<p>-GRE Scores:
General: 164Q,152V,Writing (waiting for results - expecting at least a 5)
Subject: 1st time - 550 (24%)
2nd time - waiting for results (expecting 580-600 or 35%)</p>
<p>The main thing I have going for me is the improvement. I came into undergrad hating school and am leaving as a huge math nerd that reads about math in my free time. My statement and LORs should reflect this. </p>
<p>What do you think? Thank you so much for any feedback!</p>