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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, what are her goals? Graduate school, the job market? What is the financial situation?[/quote]

She wants to pursue a PhD. We are very comfortable financially. -op[/quote] Then she's in a good spot, as PhD admissions in math is mostly about your (ideally graduate-level) math background, letters of recommendation, and research experience. Certain schools are very strong at the graduate level while not being super selective at the undergrad level - Stony Brook might be the most extreme example, but realistically she should be fine at any of the R1s publics mentioned in my previous comment - OSU, NCSU, UGA, etc. as they are often flexible with students taking grad level courses early.

Does a particular area of math interest her? What area has her research been in?[/quote]

Her research was in Number Theory.[/quote]

And she's a junior?

Her strongest move at this moment might be to extend her research and find faculty at a target school to interact with or provide support or feedback. And then use that as admissions leverage. Did she make any connections through her camp / research?

Also, I would look at NYU/Courant bc they are expanding the institute into a separate college and will be looking for math standouts. (New/expanded offerings aren't quite as advantageous for admissions as under-enrolled majors -- but it could help.) See how kids from your school have fared there in the past few years? (But not Stern/Tisch)

Good luck!

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There's no reason to believe they will be looking for more math students - it's a reshuffling, not an expansion of the undergraduate offering[/quote]

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