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Hi, I am a sophomore math major at large state school with a decent-good reputation. Currently, as I look towards the future I see two fields/career paths that interest me: i)Getting a PhD in Math to become a professor/researcher or ii)going into finance. However, as much as I would love to go into to these fields (especially Math), my performance at school the first semester has been, while not terrible, mediocre. I am aware that I need to haul it in order to fulfill my goals, and I am willing to work extremely hard towards them. My only question is, will I still be able to enter these extremely competitive fields?
My statistics are as follows:
Overall GPA = 3.5
Math GPA = 3.2
Classes: Calc I (B)
Calc II (B+)
Calc III (B)
Differential Equations (B-)(Something I'm still mad at my self for, did great all semester yet wretched on the final)
Linear Algebra (A).
No research experience to speak of.
However I am currently taking both Complex Variables/Analysis(Said to be one the harder classes in the math dept, with one of its hardest teachers), and Proof/General Higher Math, and am quite sure that I will end up with A in both of these classes. Concerning classes, I plan on taking a topics class in set theory over the summer, and am registered for (at least) Modern Algebra and Point-Set Topology in the fall. Also, on reason why both my major and overall GPA are kind of low is because before I decided to do Math I was on A Pre-Health Chem/Bio-Chem track while taking a year of organic chemistry,Biology, and calculus based physics - and did fairly well because I devoted so much attention to them. But I have no desire to go down the natural sciences track, I I realize my reasons are not a adequate excuses. I realize to do well I need to work both much smarter and harder.
So I guess my question really distills to this: if I do significantly improve GPA(major specifically) will I indeed be able to reach my goals? Can this only accomplished by getting a 4.0 from this semester onward (which is my goal, but I realize that it is a lofty one)?
Anyhow, thank you for reading this. I would really appreciate an honest appraisal, thanks.
My statistics are as follows:
Overall GPA = 3.5
Math GPA = 3.2
Classes: Calc I (B)
Calc II (B+)
Calc III (B)
Differential Equations (B-)(Something I'm still mad at my self for, did great all semester yet wretched on the final)
Linear Algebra (A).
No research experience to speak of.
However I am currently taking both Complex Variables/Analysis(Said to be one the harder classes in the math dept, with one of its hardest teachers), and Proof/General Higher Math, and am quite sure that I will end up with A in both of these classes. Concerning classes, I plan on taking a topics class in set theory over the summer, and am registered for (at least) Modern Algebra and Point-Set Topology in the fall. Also, on reason why both my major and overall GPA are kind of low is because before I decided to do Math I was on A Pre-Health Chem/Bio-Chem track while taking a year of organic chemistry,Biology, and calculus based physics - and did fairly well because I devoted so much attention to them. But I have no desire to go down the natural sciences track, I I realize my reasons are not a adequate excuses. I realize to do well I need to work both much smarter and harder.
So I guess my question really distills to this: if I do significantly improve GPA(major specifically) will I indeed be able to reach my goals? Can this only accomplished by getting a 4.0 from this semester onward (which is my goal, but I realize that it is a lofty one)?
Anyhow, thank you for reading this. I would really appreciate an honest appraisal, thanks.