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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dc also took AP Calculus BC in 9th grade. He was very interested in math competitions and progressed up the AMC/AIME/USAMO ladder, achieving USAMO in junior year. MIT loves students who qualify for USAMO. Dc's GPA was not high enough for MIT, but he ended up at Carnegie Mellon, which was a perfect fit. He did well at the Putnam competitions (the CMU Putnam coach is also the coach for the US team that goes to the IMO), and now has a job he loves. I don't know if your child is the math competition type, but this was a path that worked well for my dc.[/quote]

Can I ask what job he does that he loves?  Private sector or government?[/quote]

At the time, private sector in a very well-known company doing data analysis. Now is working in another private sector company that is not as well-known, but a step up in both responsibilities and compensation.[/quote]

Thank you so much for coming back to respond.  Trying to think of options for my math-loving DC.  Not sure what to do with a Math degree other than teach.[/quote]

Actuarial work is a possibility. So is finance. Quants are in high demand at hedge funds.

Your dc may also find that while they like math and they are good at it, they will study other subjects/topics in college and change focus. Many math majors minor in comp sci or economics, and end up getting jobs in business and finance. They use their math, logic, and coding skills to create algorithms that predict the correct time to purchase or sell commodities, and in what amounts. Other math people are more interested in mathematical applications to science, and publish technical papers. Still others specialize in statistics.

Is there a particular aspect of math your dc really likes? Number theory, combinatorics, geometry, statistics? Perhaps, when visiting colleges, your dc could email a professor in the math department for an informational.interview that would take place after the main tour. Then your.dc could get a sense of the math specialties in which that college's math department excels, as well as a better idea of what career opportunities are available. I wish your dc all the best![/quote]

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