<p>No explanation needed.</p>
<p>I am majoring in Applied Mathematics (my university doesn't offer a theoretical option), but I plan on studying some pure mathematics on my own.</p>
<p>Galois, I like your user name.</p>
<p>mathgeek, i think applied is the way to go. Theoretical can be fun and all, but applied is what really makes a difference in the world outside our own mental exercises.</p>
<p>Personally I prefer theoretical math. Applied is fun and all, but theoretical just pushes the right buttons for me.</p>
<p>I, too, am on the applied track. I'd be on the regular track if I had time to squeeze in both semesters of albegra.</p>
<p>conGrats on choosing to study 'the' most logicAl discipline out there...i'm a sophomore aT a school i think you all shEld be able to figure out from mCy text...</p>
<p>btw...what are your future aspirationHs with a math major??? i'm thinking gov positions or related fields like cs or engineering... maybe ed ...</p>
<p>I can't figure it out, what school are you talking about?</p>
<p>All I get is GALTEC??</p>
<p>I think it's Caltech (mathematicians are not known for great spelling)</p>
<p>GATech. . .georgia tech.</p>
<p>I've been thinking about majoring in math (unsure about applied or theoretical)
if you get the degree from a good school (top 50 ranked), and you have a good gpa, is getting a job right out of graduation easy?</p>
<p>"is getting a job right out of graduation easy?"</p>
<p>It depends on what you want to do. If you chose applied, you will have a better chance. You can also become a high school teacher.</p>
<p>You could double major in another field, such as, engineering or computer science. Those majors will give you better job security and pay than a math undergrad degree (or any other undergrad degree for that matter).</p>
<p>What jobs can a math major get, theoretical?</p>
<p>celebrian25: look for the word with the first capitalized letter...then count starting with the subsequent letter 1,2,3....7 stop, then take the next capitalized letter from #7 (count "a, I'm...etc" as words) and repeat the process... or just write down all the capitalized letters you see! </p>
<p>averagemathgeek: are you thinking about grad schools ...and if so which ones??? What math classes are you currently enrolled in???</p>
<p>neobez: Did you know that, "20% of the 2003 Fortune 500 CEOS majored in Engineering; 17% majored in business" (US News 05
Edition, pg.56)??? It's difficult to predict how "easy" getting a job will be. There are many factors to consider. For example, what kind of job are you looking for??? What kind of salary would you be willing to work for??? I'm sure you could easily obtain a job @ McDonald's for $7.50/hr ...so the question is: What kind of job do you want? Then the next step would be to check out sites that contain info on those jobs. For ex, check out <a href="http://www.ams.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.ams.org/</a> and then click on "Careers and Employment" and then judge for yourself. </p>
<p>If you graduate from a top 50 University, you generally shouldn't have to much trouble finding good employment (avg starting salary 40K+)....but don't rely on a degree for employment...rely on yourself! I worked in an environmental lab at the age of 17 for a couple of months...Great Pay...and the funny thing... everyone there held at least a Master of Science degree and I was doing about the same thing they were doing...just following the procedure (mix this with that....measure mass...heat...cool...measure mass again...etc)! My buddy dropped out of hs in 10th grade and turned his attention to Unix based Operating Systems (like Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD..etc). This guy he met at Linux labs in Atlanta, introduced him to an IT corporation...they interviewed him and hired him as their "Unix Systems Director" ...he's got a sweeet office (makes around 75K) and is occassionally invited to have business lunches with the CEO (+ hot ladies). Aside from that, they gave him about 10,000 shares, and remember, he does not even have a hs degree. So my advice to you is this: If you like math---> study math...if you like nonsense---> study psychology...if you want to learn how to be a sycophant until you can blackmail the boss ---> go for business...hehehehe....</p>
<p>no offense to any psych or business majors, but you have to admit that the hardest obstacle you have to overcome is perhaps a C in Calc I, the rest is just memo...</p>
<p>Anyway, feel free to disagree ...</p>
<p>This thread fell back into the second page. We can't have that!</p>
<p>everyone is too busy with math. and what is with the STUPID administrator here? "Sorry! The administrator has specified that users can only post one message every 60 seconds."</p>
<p>"mathgeek, i think applied is the way to go. Theoretical can be fun and all, but applied is what really makes a difference in the world outside our own mental exercises."</p>
<p>I strongly disagree. Applied mathematicians use several years down the road what theoretical mathematicians invent. If you're really good at theoretical mathematics, then you'll (eventually) make a big difference. I mean, who a few hundred years ago thought that finding the area under a curve would make that much of difference (and think where we'd be without the integral)? I guess picking a career is kinda like economics- you'll do best if you pick what you most efficiently do.</p>
<p>Chaos...I love chaos....I think I'm going to build a working waterwheel this summer.....</p>
<p>im doing to double major in bio and theoretical mathematics. applied is really cool too, but theoretical is just bomb ass. im gonna be so good, ill prove the pythagorean theorem wrong! lol</p>
<p>Yes adidasty! Early this year i was thinking bio and history, but now i'm thinking more bio and theoretical math.</p>
<p>What is a good school to get a masters and Ph.D in Theoretical Math???</p>
<p>Necrobumping ftw.</p>