Research program in Ivy Leagues?

Graduate School
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I’m a pure math major. I was wondering if there were any research programs (kind of like an exchange program) in the U.S. Ivy League schools. I know there are some exchanges set up in “mediocre” schools (please, no offense) but pure math is very academic and schools (and advisors) actually matter, especially with research.</p>

<p>If I stay at my school for next summer, I know I can get a great research position with one of the best researchers in my department. But I’ve always wanted to do an exchange, and I’m just looking around for a possibility. Does anyone know of a research program in Harvard, MIT and the rest of the regular list? I have a great GPA (4.0 in major subjects, probably 3.8-3.9 overall) and I can get great recommendations from my professors.</p>

<p>Please excuse me if I sound arrogant - I don’t mean to be. But since the only option open from studying just pure math is academia, I feel that I have every reason to be picky about schools. The rich schools can do so much more than other schools.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for your reply!</p>

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<p>Based on this and previous posts, it seems you’re not familiar with what “ivy league” actually means. There are 8 (and only 8) ivy league schools:</p>

<p>Brown
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
Penn
Princeton
Yale</p>

<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_league[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_league&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Schools like MIT and Stanford, though top schools, are not part of this athletic conference.</p>

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<p>Yes, I am familiar with the Ivy Leagues, and I did know that MIT and Stanford were not a part of the Athletic Conference. But for all intents and purposes, MIT and Stanford qualify for me as “Ivies.” And I think you also knew that too. I was hoping to get some real replies, not some nitty-gritty argument about Ivy League memberships.</p>

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<p>Hey, just doing my part!</p>

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<p>Heh. So… about that question, eh?</p>

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<p>ivy doesn’t mean much for graduate students</p>

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<p>Caltech’s summer research program SURF also open to students outside Caltech.
You could also find many other summer research programs sponsored by NSF called REU. Just google.</p>