<p>How are the UMich math department placements to graduate schools?</p>
<p>I tried to search a lot but couldnt find any data . Any CC member studying math at UMich ??</p>
<p>Also, How is the UMich department in general compared to other universities?</p>
<p>Top ten at the graduate level in math. I would say it’s pretty darn good!</p>
<p><a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/mathematics-rankings”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/mathematics-rankings</a></p>
<p>Michigan’s undergraduate program is considered one of the top in the nation, on par with Chicago and Harvard. Their Mathematics sequences are highly regarded. While I do not have placement figures, I am certain that many undergrads end up at top programs for their graduate studies. </p>
<p>On a related note, only 12 Americans have won the Fields Medal. One of them, Stephen Smale, did his undergraduate and graduate studies at Michigan.</p>
<p>the honors sequence is excellent and is designed to prepare you for graduate school.</p>
<p>nutswitstubs, does one have to be in the honors program to take the honors sequence?</p>
<p>For those not looking to move onto graduate school, there has been some consternation with Ross with regards to the lack of access of Ross outplacement by the Math of Finance and Risk Mgmt and Actuarial Math students. However, a club within Math arranges for many, many industry recruiters to recruit these students on campus. This has now been in place for many years and the resulting outplacement has been outstanding. </p>
<p>alexandre: no, students don’t have to be in the honors program to take the honors sequence. i think you may need permission from the department, though, which ensures that you are at the appropriate level to take the courses.</p>
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<p>I don’t think that’s true (the needing permission part) unless that’s changed since we were freshmen. Does it say anything in enforced prerequisites for those classes? </p>
<p>I am confused between NYU and UMich… While both universities have their own environment ( Almost no campus and good campus community at UMich ) the thing is placements for grad school. </p>
<p>I plan to do applied math in grad school for which NYU is little better.</p>
<p>Can someone please please help me with placements for UMich? Where are do undergrad math majors normally go from UMich?</p>
<p>In my opinion, placing its graduates into elite Math PhD programs is Michigan’s #1 strength. Its graduates absolutely litter Columbia’s graduate program for instance alongside with Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, and Chicago.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.math.columbia.edu/programs-math/graduate-program/incoming-class/incoming-class-of-2008/”>http://www.math.columbia.edu/programs-math/graduate-program/incoming-class/incoming-class-of-2008/</a></p>
<p>Mich undergrad math has three tracks and the grads are close to 1/3 for each. One track is Actuarial and the grads generally go into traditional actuarial occupations in Insurance and alike. Another is Finance/Risk Mgmt. where the grads go into bank quant positions, Fortune 500 Finance positions and some go to grad school. The other is traditiaonal math where most go to grad school. Obviously there can be significant variation from this but that is more the norm. Some of the Finance/Risk Mgmt grads double major with Business/Ross in order to garner the recruiting at Ross. </p>
<p>Thanks a lot but actually I am not interested in that much Financial math. I am more interested in Mathemtical Biology and Computation Math. Applied math related to sciences. Can I expect a good placement after UMich?</p>
<p>ashleymartin, you will not be able to specialize that much at the undergraduate level, and given the fact that you are interested in such a niche field, I do not think you will find a lot of placement data in your specific field of interest. That being said, I know that Michigan offers Mathematical Biology. However, instead of trying to find out which program is better, I would focus on more important, such as fit. Where would you rather go for personal reasons? Where would you be happier?</p>