Graduate Admission into MIT

v_90
Fri, 30 May 2008 02:28:13 +0000

Thanks to everyone for replying.
CollegeAlum, I’ll try finding out more about IMC and other competitions. For my post-grad studies, I would like to finish a phD in maths - as for which specific field of maths I’d like to work in, I’m not sure.
Anonamous, I’ve heard a lot about the competition, but I didn’t even know it was regarded so highly outside Sydney uni. I’ll definitely participate; however, in my opinion, it is still easier than competitions such as Putnam and IMC (which I don’t think Australia participates in, but I’m not sure). I’ve heard about Vacation Scholarship, and I’ll try to become involved in that. From looking at MIT’s open coursework, it seems that they cover material more quickly than at Sydney, but roughly the same topic areas. I am interested in Pure Maths (I haven’t had much exposure to harder stats/applied maths). I’m still in first year, doing what will hopefully be a 3-year degree (Science/Commerce); in high school, my marks were generally not that good in subjects apart from maths (usually 90-95, which isn’t great considering that the subjects are scaled up very generously and a substantial amount of people get >95 in my school). I’m asking now, to get an idea of what I could do to increase my chances of admission, not because I’m applying soon.