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+So you want to go to graduate school in math or applied math?  Some of us have experience in just that, so we can help!
+To get into graduate school, it helps to have **lots of A's**, a transcript full of **challenging coursework**, good **math subject GRE** scores, **undergraduate research experience,** and most of all, good **letters of recommendation** from professors that know you well.
+[[http://awm.math.ucdavis.edu/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=presentation.pdf|{{ :thinking_bout_gradschool.png?nolink&300 |}}]]
+Here are informative slides from our workshop on applying to graduate school, including timetables for the application process.
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+=== GRE Info ===
+There are TWO (2) standardized tests that you need to take for most graduate programs in math or applied math (without loss of generality) - the GRE General Test and the Math Subject GRE Test.
+The GRE General Test is automated, and you can take this year-round, once a month up to 5 times in a calendar
+year.  It is similar to the SAT in style, and has three sections:  Analytic (writing), Verbal, and Quantitative.
+The Math Subject GRE is a whole other subject.  It is **only offered THREE (3) times a year**, **twice** in the fall (usually October and November) and **once** in the spring (usually April). It is a written test that you take in person, and covers more areas of math than you have probably taken as an undergraduate math major (especially if you take the test as a junior in spring or even as a senior in the fall).  Roughly speaking, the test is
+  * 50% Calculus (21A-D, 22B). {{ :butterfly_proof.jpg?nolink&300|}}
+  * 25% Algebra: Abstract algebra (150A-C) and number theory (115AB), linear algebra (22A or 67, 167), and a little high school algebra.
+  * 25% Additional Topics:
+    *Real analysis (25, 125AB)
+    *Discrete mathematics (148), logic, set theory, combinatorics (145, 146), graph theory, and algorithms
+    *Other topics: general topology (147), geometry (141, 116), complex variables (185A), probability and statistics (135A), and numerical analysis (128ABC)
+A free math subject GRE practice book can be found [[ https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/practice_book_math.pdf | here]] (on the GRE website).
+**AWM has also donated 6 math subject GRE prep books to the undergrad study lounge (MSB 3118)**, so feel free to study out of those with your peers!
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+=== Undergraduate Research ===
+UC Davis has opportunities for undergraduate research in math, specifically [[https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/undergrad/research/ | quarterly ]] and [[ https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/undergrad/research/summer-research/ | Summer ]] research programs with professors in the math department. Outside of Davis, there are many other
+[[https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.jsp?unitid=5044 | Summer REU Programs]].