Profile evaluation for pure math PhD and tips to improve profile?
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 5:10 pm
Undergrad Institution: Public, State U, not famous
Minor(s): None
GPA: 4.0 , all As dean's list typical stuff, have taken 5 PhD courses (not including masters courses) by end of junior year and will take 2 to 3 in fall and spring of senior year)
Type of Student: Asian, F, international
GRE Revised General Test: About to take
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: will take in sep
TOEFL Score: Not required
Program Applying: Pure Math Ph.D
Research Experience: REUs every summer of college, just writeup from first summer, 2 papers from second summer one pubished one preprint, doing REU this summer expect at-least 2 papers, senior thesis preprint will be ready by December, several independent study projects during school year with write-ups.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Served as TA and or grader every semester, referee for journal relevant to field of interest, counselor at prestigious math summer program.President of Math club.
Honors/Awards: Presented at JMM,YMC. Several math scholarships from home uni and also external $5000 math scholarship.Highschool scholarships to attend math summer program at which I was counselor and also math competition experience up to national stage.
Have a backstory why I came to the States for undergrad and will have a good personal statement.
1 letter writer is thesis advisor established person in my field
1 will be current REU supervisor has connections at Ivy's and
last might be some professor at home uni and or
last REU supervisor (Not sure abt this he is a star, but i worked on group project so don't know if he can say much about me personally and feel like we got off the wrong foot)
I did look at previous applicants but if anyone can shed insight on my profile I will feel more confident applying to top schools like Harvard.
Minor(s): None
GPA: 4.0 , all As dean's list typical stuff, have taken 5 PhD courses (not including masters courses) by end of junior year and will take 2 to 3 in fall and spring of senior year)
Type of Student: Asian, F, international
GRE Revised General Test: About to take
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: will take in sep
TOEFL Score: Not required
Program Applying: Pure Math Ph.D
Research Experience: REUs every summer of college, just writeup from first summer, 2 papers from second summer one pubished one preprint, doing REU this summer expect at-least 2 papers, senior thesis preprint will be ready by December, several independent study projects during school year with write-ups.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Served as TA and or grader every semester, referee for journal relevant to field of interest, counselor at prestigious math summer program.President of Math club.
Honors/Awards: Presented at JMM,YMC. Several math scholarships from home uni and also external $5000 math scholarship.Highschool scholarships to attend math summer program at which I was counselor and also math competition experience up to national stage.
Have a backstory why I came to the States for undergrad and will have a good personal statement.
1 letter writer is thesis advisor established person in my field
1 will be current REU supervisor has connections at Ivy's and
last might be some professor at home uni and or
last REU supervisor (Not sure abt this he is a star, but i worked on group project so don't know if he can say much about me personally and feel like we got off the wrong foot)
I did look at previous applicants but if anyone can shed insight on my profile I will feel more confident applying to top schools like Harvard.