Stupid me - I realize I still have a SmartLink card that has 124 trips left (!!!), and another one with 87 trips left (!!!!!!!!!).

I don't commute to nyc anymore so won't be able to use them up before the 8/31 deadline.

Anyone interested in buying one or both at reduced rate?

please DM - open to reasonable offers!

Hi everyone - incoming math major freshman in the fall, and I've already gotten some really good feedback about the BS+MS degree / Honors track here (thanks!).

I have some additional questions:

1. Anyone has taken the Math maturity test? What's in it (what topics? is it more proof based)? Can I prep for it?
2. Approx how many students are in the BS+MS/honors track per year? Is this something fairly common, or pretty rare? Is everyone doing this really cracked?

thank you!

I'll be an incoming college freshman in the fall studying math, and want to apply to REUs for next summer.

Would love some advice/tips on the application (do I need a "story" like for college apps?), and what I should focus on in the essays/statements.

Thank you!

Incoming freshman and have already taken linear algebra (local community college) and Calc IV (4-year university nearby), and potentially can skip more (self studied Real and Functional Analysis, PDEs and ODE, etc)

At what point do I reach out to schedule placement tests to skip those classes, and hopefully get into the Honors track for math? I want to try to get the MS degree along with my BS in math in four years.

Thank you!

Will be traveling to Europe and China for the next 3 weeks - which phone company/plan I should get so I have connectivity in all places?

Edit: located in US

If I'm aiming to get into a top quant firm, would CMU or Columbia give me a better shot / more opportunities?

Some background:

Heading to CMU in the fall for Math major + CS minor (in Mellon school of science. Thinking about getting double major in Math + CS if possible).

I'm thinking about transfer to Columbia, and is wondering which school would give me better / more opportunities to get into a top quant firm / internships?

Of course transfer applications would be competitive, but wondering if it'd be worth my effort to even try and do the application.

I'm a fairly advanced math student (at CMU, I'm hoping to graduate with both a BS and MS in Math in four years). The second option would be to go on and get a PhD in Math.

I'll be starting CMU in the fall as a math major (still deciding CS minor or double major).

I'm aiming to graduate in 4 years with both BS and MS degrees in Math (probably pure math).

What can I do in the next four years to maximize my chances at getting into quant?

- during the school year. Eg. Make sure to take stats courses?

- during the summer. For example, should I focus on research or internship opportunities?

- specific clubs I should join? other activities that would help?

I know it'll be competitive, but just want to get an idea of what I should focus on if this is the route I want to take.

Thank you.