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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.  We here at AWM can help guide you through some of these.
+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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 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).
+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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