<p>I was hoping someone on here will be able to help my with my query. I would love to study in the USA for my MSc or even Phd in maths. My question is, where would be the best place for me to go, academically, socially etc. Also is there anything I could do to try and make myself appear better on my application? If any one can help me it would be greatly appreciated. </p>
<p>Qualifications:
MA Accountancy (BA Accounting with Economics 1st Class Honours) University of Aberdeen
BSc Mathematics 1st Class Honours (studied at open university at the same time as my accountancy degree)
SAT 800 Math 800 CR 800 Writing 760
SAT II 800 Math 2 800 Literature</p>
<p>I have also participated in many EC's and internships, but I don't want to bore you with the list, so i'll leave that for now.</p>
<p>You might want to post on a different part of the forum as this is the part for international students wanting to study in the UK. </p>
<p>No one but you can tell you where the best place is to go. You don’t have to go an Ivy league school if you don’t feel comfortable socialising with the people there. When looking remember you’ll be living there for the next few years so don’t apply for a uni just because of it’s status. I’ve used the college confidential college search (located on the left hand side of this page) and it gives you college suggestions based on what information you type in. Then to narrow it down I graded everything from one to 10, for example, the course, location, rooms, food options etc. If like me you’re pretty forgetful you might want to sign up to College P.rowler (minus the . — For some reason this website hates the word) and you can save the school under ‘‘my schools’’ and you can go back and visit them whenever you need to. I’ve been using the website and it is very helpful. </p>
<p>Apparently schools on both coasts (East and West) cost more than the schools in the middle States but that doesn’t matter if you don’t care about the cost. Many international students apply to colleges on the coasts (eg, New York, California etc) because of the well known cities. Wherever you go you will make friends so don’t be worrying about that. When picking schools you want to think about Location, do you mind being in the middle of nowhere, I found the perfect college to do my Undergrad but it was miles away from big cities which isn’t what I wanted. Colleges in small towns have a more homely feel to them and everyone knows everyone because the size of the uni isn’t that big but if you want to be just another number apply to one of the big colleges. Big cities like New York for example have both big and small colleges you just need to search more for the smaller ones as many students that go to them are from the New York area and often commute everyday or go home for the weekends, which is something you also might want to consider. If you can afford to fly over and look at the campus’ and talk to the professors I recommend you do so.</p>
<p>Also the deadlines for many are January/February time so you don’t have that long left to look. </p>
<p>You’ll find the perfect school soon you just need to stay positive, you will probably look at so many ones that you could go to but there’s something that will put you off and it will be frustrating but when you get there it will be worth it right?
Good Luck :)</p>
<p>You might have better luck on the graduate thread in the CC forum or on thegradcafe.com.</p>
<p>Also, US schools like to see research experience, do you have any research experience? If you apply for both master’s and PhDs and only get into master’s programs, make sure it is a funded program, with a teaching assistantship and tuition remission.</p>
<p>Furthermore, you will need to have the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) not SAT scores for graduate school admission. Many of the most selective programs also require the GRE Subject test in Mathematics. Unfortunately, the GRE subject tests are offered only a couple of times per year.</p>