Which schools are good in pure / theoretical math?

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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.

Don’t listen to this clown. I majored in math at UVA and don’t know what is required “beyond what school offers” to go all the way through grad school.

[Anonymous]

Why not try for Oxford / Cambridge / Imperial. They will not care one iota about the Humanities.

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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!

Meh, I’d argue Harvey Mudd is clearly better at math. Same with Reed, Pomona, and potentially Swarthmore. Williams just get the title because of SMALL.

[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!

Meh, I’d argue Harvey Mudd is clearly better at math. Same with Reed, Pomona, and potentially Swarthmore. Williams just get the title because of SMALL.

+100, while checking out lacs in math with DD, we found Williams’ math program severely overrated compared to its peer institutions.

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This list includes statistics, but schools with the most alumni per capita who go on to earn a Ph.D. in math or statistics:

1. Caltech
2. Harvey Mudd
3. MIT
4. Pomona
5. Swarthmore
6. Princeton
7. Reed
8. University of Chicago
9. Carleton
10. St. Olaf
11. Grinnell
12. Williams
13. Harvard
14. Haverford
15. St. John's
16. Whitman
17. Rice
18. St. John's
19. New College of Florida
20. Wheaton

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-phd-programs#math

[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

Is DS pretty obviously a child prodigy in math, with over-the-top math activities and awards?

If so: The recommendations made here make sense.

If not, maybe it would be better to aim more for the schools that rank, say, 20 through 30 on the list of schools that send a lot of students to math grad school, instead for the schools at the top of the list.

The problem with the schools at the top of the list is that it may be somewhat overwhelming to try to study math as a normal bright person along people who were ready for university math and literature classes, when they were 10.

[Anonymous]

Brown should be considered a well as all of the schools on the above list.

[Anonymous]

University of Chicago should be on the list.

[Anonymous]

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

Your state flagship is good I'm sure. No sense paying $90k if you're going to pay for graduate school. These SLACs just impress other DCUM posters.

[Anonymous]

If female, Wellesley is good.

[Anonymous]

My kid is a math major at Virginia Tech and having a very good experience. She’s been to math conferences and believes she’s getting a very strong education with teachers who are helping her make networking connections.

[Anonymous]

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

Your state flagship is good I'm sure. No sense paying $90k if you're going to pay for graduate school. These SLACs just impress other DCUM posters.

You don’t pay for graduate school in STEM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Your state flagship is good I'm sure. No sense paying $90k if you're going to pay for graduate school. These SLACs just impress other DCUM posters.

You don’t pay for graduate school in STEM.

Great. I'll tell my son that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Your state flagship is good I'm sure. No sense paying $90k if you're going to pay for graduate school. These SLACs just impress other DCUM posters.

You don’t pay for graduate school in STEM.

+100, you get funding to be a grad student in math.

[Anonymous]

Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Caltech, Rice, Chicago, Williams, UC Berkley.