Math majors at Chicago?

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Graduate schools really couldn’t care less about the ‘name brand’ of your school. They care about the education you’ve received prior to applying to grad school, and so if you transfer to Chicago having the same math background as other 2nd or 3rd years, then you should be in good shape. Otherwise, you’ll probably have some catching up to do, but if you extend your residence at Chicago to an extra year or so, you should be in good shape.</p>

<p>If two people are applying from Chicago, and one is a year ahead math-wise than the other, that person of course has the advantage. It’s the same scenario. It all depends on what level you enter Chicago with and how successfully and quickly you progress.

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<p>Gotcha, thanks. I took Calculus 1 and 2 at my first school, as well as a Java programming course and an “Intro to Abstract Math” course that were specific to the math major program at that university. So, the only courses that are really transferable are my calculus courses, but I’ve read that to get into Honors Analysis you need to take Honors Calculus, which is an entirely different beast from most regular calculus courses, and blah blah blah. I suppose at some point my advisor will have some advice for me. I’m just hoping I’ll be able to handle the slight time crunch.</p>