What are my chances of getting into grad school ?

Graduate School
1

<p>Okay so I go to the university of Georgia and I am a double major in math education and math. I want to get into a really good grad school but I'm not sure of my chances. I would love to go to somewhere in New York like nyu or Columbia, which is a stretch, I'm sure. But I would also be okay with a top 25 school like UC San Diego or something (anywhere out of the south and with a pretty view,really)</p>

<ul>
<li>20 year old female<br>
-GPA: 3.88 (but all A's the -A counts as 3.75 at UGA so I have all A's with a few -A's)
-Research : I'm doing research under a well known research professor starting in the fall.
-GRE: haven't taken it yet but im going to study my ass off and get in the 800's... I hope</li>
<li>I am a substitute teacher (I have done it for the past two years....doubling up on my tue/thurs classes and subbing on mon/wed/fri
-I am also a paid math tutor for the UGA </li>
</ul>

<p>*** I want to be a college professor in math</p>

<p>Other than that I haven't don't much more to prepare for mathematics phd program !
I still have 3 years at my university, so please give me some advice on how I can better my chances.</p>

<p>Thank you ! </p>

2

<p>Sorry for the typos… I’m submitting this thread on my phone. </p>

3

<p>You’re on the right track… then again, how much is research experience weighted depends on upper-division coursework and on whether you want to go for a pure or applied math PhD.</p>

<p>If possible, take graduate-level courses before you graduate.</p>

4

<p>Looks good, especially since you have three more years to get as much research experience in as possible.</p>

5

<p>You may want to do an REU in math - [url=&lt;a href="Search Results for REU Sites | NSF - National Science Foundation[/url</a>] a list of math REUs sponsored by the NSF. There are others at other universities sponsored by other agencies; they just may have different names (like SURF, SROP, SURP, etc.)</p>

<p>If you are interested in both math and education (K-12) you might consider being a math education professor, instead of a math professor. Math education professors teach new math teachers how to teach math, and they also do research on math pedagogy and instruction. The caveat is that education professors usually need at least 3 years of K-12 teaching experience in addition to the other credentials (PhD, publications, college teaching experience, etc.) to be competitive for professor jobs.</p>