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Chance me for graduate school please!
Stats:
Junior at a SMALL liberal arts school
Math/chemistry double major
4.0 GPA
2 years of research (thesis at home school) + 2 summers of REUs in biophysics at Princeton and the Czech Republic (hopefully 3 coming up) = lots of presentation and mathematical modeling experience
-Chemistry thesis - synthesis of a antimicrobial compound
-Mathematics thesis - existence and uniqueness of nonlinear relativistic wave equations and schrodinger equations
Track and field team - decathlete
Honors program - various community service projects
Resident director (RD)
Math 101 teacher
Calculus lab assistant
Chemistry lab assistant
Calculus tutor
Water quality analysis - full time job, lots of experience with statistics and ExcelCourses:
Math - Calc I-III
vector/tensory analysis
linear algebra
abstract algebra
ODE
PDE
probability theory
complex variables
Mathematica programming
Physics -
intro I&II
Classical mechanics
Quantum mechanics I & II
Physical chemistry I (thermo) & II (quantum)
Chemistry-
general chemistry I&II
organic chemistry I&II
inorganic chemistry
analytical chemistry
biochemistry
GRE - not taken yet! Assume an average score
I want to apply to chemical physics PhD programs to study quantum mechanics/chemistry or applied mathematics to study chaos theory and/or PDEs.
Would I have a shot at good research universities? I know I'm lacking in the physics courses, my school doesn't offer a physics major and I have to commute. I also haven't taken any grad level math courses, which I know is important (again, school does not offer them) :(
Is there hope for top tier research schools? I'm looking at Harvard chemical physics (dream) and University of Maryland chemical physics, as well as applied math at various schools.
Stats:
Junior at a SMALL liberal arts school
Math/chemistry double major
4.0 GPA
2 years of research (thesis at home school) + 2 summers of REUs in biophysics at Princeton and the Czech Republic (hopefully 3 coming up) = lots of presentation and mathematical modeling experience
-Chemistry thesis - synthesis of a antimicrobial compound
-Mathematics thesis - existence and uniqueness of nonlinear relativistic wave equations and schrodinger equations
Track and field team - decathlete
Honors program - various community service projects
Resident director (RD)
Math 101 teacher
Calculus lab assistant
Chemistry lab assistant
Calculus tutor
Water quality analysis - full time job, lots of experience with statistics and ExcelCourses:
Math - Calc I-III
vector/tensory analysis
linear algebra
abstract algebra
ODE
PDE
probability theory
complex variables
Mathematica programming
Physics -
intro I&II
Classical mechanics
Quantum mechanics I & II
Physical chemistry I (thermo) & II (quantum)
Chemistry-
general chemistry I&II
organic chemistry I&II
inorganic chemistry
analytical chemistry
biochemistry
GRE - not taken yet! Assume an average score
I want to apply to chemical physics PhD programs to study quantum mechanics/chemistry or applied mathematics to study chaos theory and/or PDEs.
Would I have a shot at good research universities? I know I'm lacking in the physics courses, my school doesn't offer a physics major and I have to commute. I also haven't taken any grad level math courses, which I know is important (again, school does not offer them) :(
Is there hope for top tier research schools? I'm looking at Harvard chemical physics (dream) and University of Maryland chemical physics, as well as applied math at various schools.
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