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blueskysrain in applyingtograd

Unbalanced Math Coursework

Nov 05, 2007 01:37

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blueskysrain November 9 2007, 05:38:48 UTC

Thanks! I hope that it will look okay since I want to do Alg. Geometry. I mean, I'm waltzing through material in Harris, and kind of gasping for breath in Chapter II of Hartshorne. =P

mbwahl November 5 2007, 09:43:28 UTC

Some schools ask you to list what you plan on taking for the rest of your senior year. Others have an essay/upload space for additional information, in which some people mention their plans for that year. Somehow, you'll find room to discuss your intention on each application. Or, don't call attention to it ( ... )

blueskysrain November 6 2007, 05:10:08 UTC

The prof that's currently scheduled to teach it next semester is legally forbidden to come to campus at this time. Loooong story involving death threats, local public schools, and an arrest. We'll see if he can come to school, but at any rate, I'm taking Real Analysis for the background to take Complex, and I won't be able to take Real until spring.

mbwahl November 6 2007, 06:26:53 UTC

HA HA HA HA! I don't believe it. It's too funny! Is it just be or are the crazies always math wizards? o_O

blueskysrain November 9 2007, 05:37:07 UTC

He's not crazy. He just went a little off the deep end one time, and it got blown out of proportion. He has an autistic son that he was trying to work with the county to help give his son an education, and felt that the only way to actually express how mad he was in a non-native language was with some strong language.

Nonetheless, I don't have a complex analysis class.

pinkstatik November 5 2007, 12:34:08 UTC

Well, I'm jealous of your math background. I only found out this year that Linear Algebra was nearly essential for me to have taken for some schools, and as much as I like math, it was too late for me to take it. :(

But I'm not sure because I'm not applying to math programs. Good luck!

followyoudown November 5 2007, 13:24:32 UTC

Not an expert on this by any means, but isn't topology the generalization of analysis?

paul_n_gull November 5 2007, 20:04:22 UTC

Exactly for that reason knowing topology does not mean knowing analysis.
It's just like assembler is the generalization of c++...

followyoudown November 6 2007, 00:08:45 UTC

True enough. I just suppose that a lack of analysis courses isn't that terrible since the poster has strong background in topology.

blueskysrain November 6 2007, 05:13:05 UTC

Well, point set can be, but paul_n_gull has it correct.

My strong topology background has roots in algebra (as for the algebraic topology), and multivariable analysis (differential topology), giving rise to the issue of there not being normal real and complex analysis.

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iamtheshoshie November 5 2007, 13:29:22 UTC

I guess I'm in a slightly different boat because, as a chem major, I was forced to take courses in all three major subfields (inorganic, organic, physical). I definitely worry that a school will take a look at my transcript, shake their head and say, "what?! No analytical or biochem?!" But I think that schools accept that four years is really not a ton of time in the long run to learn really broad and complex fields. If they really want you to have a certain course, they will probably just make you take it in your first year. Courses are easy to catch up in.