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Graduate schools in the US?

I know you guys probably get a lot of these over the long haul, but I need some help looking for grad schools for 13-14 school year and any help is appreciated.

I'm a 4th year applied math major (which is kinda a misnomer, since our program here covers 2 courses of analysis, algebra up to Galois theory and covers vector spaces in a second (required) linear algebra class) and because of a bureaucratic snafu (and a few other issues), I don't have an advisor in the math department, so I'm on my own for grad school lookouts.

As far as grades, I don't have the best; I hope to graduate around a 3.0. To make a long story short, I'm autistic, so my ability to take an in-class test is horrible....when classes have take-home tests, I get As and when classes are all quizzes and tests (with little focus on homework), I get Cs. This means my GPA doesn't really reflect my mathematical ability.

I'm currently doing a little bit of research on my own topics (currently getting credit for research into the algebraic structure of solitaire, and a few other personal projects with others), and I hope to get into a school where I can explore both pure and applied math together, particularly around topology, dynamical systems and branches of algebra. Ultimately, I hope to become a professor.

Does anyone have any suggestions for schools to look into? I know the only ones in my home state are University of Buffalo (which has literally no information on the program), Cornell (yeah, because I'm totally going to get in), NYU (ditto) and RPI (considering), so I'm entirely open to out-of-state suggestions.

So, can you guys help me...?

Posted Jun 24, 2012, 12:42 AM UTC

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