Which schools are good in pure / theoretical math?

[Anonymous]

East coast or west coast preferred, but happy to hear anywhere.

[Anonymous]

MIT
Stanford
Cal Tech

[Anonymous]

This really isn’t enough detail to help you. What kind of school are you looking for? What are post grad plans? What’s the math background of your DC? How are their academics?

[Anonymous]

UMich has a strong honors math track for undergrads.

[Anonymous]

Like overall? The best are Princeton, MIT, Harvard, and Berkeley.

[Anonymous]

OP: DS is pretty good in math and stem (all As), but not as well rounded (B/B+ in humanities).

Probably looking to get Masters and/or PhDs in pure math. I can see him in academia doing research.

TIA

[Anonymous]

LACs: Mudd, Pomona, Swarthmore, Reed.

Universities: The ones mentioned plus UCLA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP: DS is pretty good in math and stem (all As), but not as well rounded (B/B+ in humanities).

Probably looking to get Masters and/or PhDs in pure math. I can see him in academia doing research.

TIA

Depending on his SAT and extracurriculars, Caltech. Princeton would eat him alive, but also i doubt he’d get in with Bs in humanities.

You’re mostly looking for programs under the best universities (Princeton, Harvard, MIT) and LACs (Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Swarthmore). Id look into Reed, Utah is fantastic for algebraic geometry, UVA is quite strong, UMich, Umn, and Ohio State.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like overall? The best are Princeton, MIT, Harvard, and Berkeley.

For smaller size I would add swarthmore

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like overall? The best are Princeton, MIT, Harvard, and Berkeley.

For smaller size I would add swarthmore

?? Swarthmore is not even the top lac for mathematics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like overall? The best are Princeton, MIT, Harvard, and Berkeley.

For smaller size I would add swarthmore

?? Swarthmore is not even the top lac for mathematics

That title easily goes to Williams!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP: DS is pretty good in math and stem (all As), but not as well rounded (B/B+ in humanities).

Probably looking to get Masters and/or PhDs in pure math. I can see him in academia doing research.

TIA

FYI "all As in math and science" in HS is not sufficient to thrive in pure math through grad school.

For that you should already have substantial interest in math beyond what school offers.

That's OK, though; there is a lot of non pure math opportunity in college too, and it is very appealing to students who enjoyed HS math.

[Anonymous]

You really can't go wrong with a school for pure math. There are so many mathematicians teaching everywhere with not enough students interested, so an actually interested student will get a lot of attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP: DS is pretty good in math and stem (all As), but not as well rounded (B/B+ in humanities).

Probably looking to get Masters and/or PhDs in pure math. I can see him in academia doing research.

TIA

FYI "all As in math and science" in HS is not sufficient to thrive in pure math through grad school.

For that you should already have substantial interest in math beyond what school offers.

That's OK, though; there is a lot of non pure math opportunity in college too, and it is very appealing to students who enjoyed HS math.

Very odd take. Sure, it’s not enough if you’re going for a PhD in purr math at Princeton, but most math majors become them after interest in college and there’s not that many people going into college with math beyond calc3 or linear for it to be a substantial issue. You could start any undergrad math degree and finish on time with calc1.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like overall? The best are Princeton, MIT, Harvard, and Berkeley.

For smaller size I would add swarthmore

?? Swarthmore is not even the top lac for mathematics

That title easily goes to Williams!

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