Other Strong Math Schools

Colleges and Universities A-Z California Institute of Technology
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<p>I have finally begun my college search in earnest and am a little overwhelmed by the sheer size of America‘s higher education system. Being home schooled, I can’t just run to my guidance counselor and ask for a list of good math/science schools. Caltech is my dream school, but after that I’m clueless. Any suggestions, preferably in California?</p>

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<p>Stanford, Berkelely, Harvey Mudd- these are all in California</p>

<p>Look into MIT and Harvard too - they are very good in math.</p>

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<p>Does Stanford lean applied or theoretical? Berkely=Big=Bad(at least for me with class rank 1/1). Yeah someone told me about Harvey Mudd and it looked cool until I learned they were undergraduate only.</p>

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<p>Whats bad about undergrad only?</p>

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<p>I checked out their course listing, and I will have already taken most of their math classes.</p>

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<p>zeta... why not, then, just skip college altogether? lol</p>

<p>if you're really that far along, HMC probably wouldn't mind letting you take math courses at the Claremont grad school... It's somewhat close to HMC.</p>

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<p>The University of Chicago. A lot of students take grad classes as undergrads.</p>

<p>I like your name, by the way. Even if you are quite irrational.</p>

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<p>to whom are you referring?</p>

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<p>Ah, but am I a transcendentalist?(A correct answer earns you the Fields medal!)</p>

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<p>I just thought of something intriguing. Abstract Algebra is my forte, so I must be algebraic! Hurray, the Fields medal is mine.</p>

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<p>I think your proof is too hand-wavy. You might want to consider that before accepting the Fields medal.</p>

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<p>I can tell you what I've gleaned from talking to a super-genius math friend of mine.</p>

<p>He mainly talked about Harvard and princeton, but also mentioned CMU.</p>

<p>Harvard is where a number of smart math people go, but its math department is full of lazy people (either undergrads or grads, I forget) who just sit around after proving their smarts.</p>

<p>Princeton is where a lot of math people also go; it is full of smart people who actually do things.</p>

<p>He also talked of Carnegie Mellon as having a very good math department.</p>

<p>Well, that's the tidbit of information I have to offer.</p>

<p>Oh, and my friend ended up going to Harvard. Yep, only Harvard. Slacker. :-P</p>