<p>INTRO:
Hi everyone. This is a very helpful community of knowledgeable people, and I look forward to helpful feedback of any sort. I want to go to the best school possible, with active research and motivated students such as myself.</p>
<p>WHO I AM:
-Rising senior at a regional university in Kentucky
-URM
-Mathematics major, seeking grad program in applied/computational math. I'd be happy to do computer engineering, but only if the school has a solid CSE program. (also interested in AI, but ignore that if it's confusing)</p>
<p>-Lots of electives in Computer Science
-math courses are very geared toward applied math (numerical analysis, PDE, Operations research, computational math)
-3.67 overall GPA
-3.25 major GPA
-2 (very) strong letters of reccomendation, 1 so/so
-Attending a summer program at Carnegie Mellon
-Presented a paper at two undergrad conferences</p>
<p>WHAT I WANT:
I'm not asking you to chance me, because my GRE scores aren't in. But basically, I want suggestions for the best grad program possible (for me) that meets these criteria:</p>
<p>-Warm weather (rarely below freezing, even during Winter)
-Pedestrian-friendly campus. Don't like driving.</p>
<p>UF? FSU? GaTech? I heard Florida State isn't great...going out west, maybe U. Washington? UCSD, UCI, UCB all seem out of reach.</p>