Current college: top 15 LAC
Entering as: junior
Major: physics/math
High School GPA: UW: 3.8 W: 4.35
SAT/ACT Scores: 2120
SAT II Scores: 800/800 math/physics
(GRE MATH SUBJ 830, PUTNAM 20) <= Should I even mention this?
AP nine 5's and two 4's
College GPA: 3.65 (I got C+ in Tutorial)
Major GPA: physics/math 4.0/3.62
US/Intl: International, male (do not need aid)
LOR: I'm overrated by physics profs, so I will get nice ones.
Credits obtained until 2016 Spring: 92 credits out of 124 (graduation req.), 44 of which is from AP
Math & Physics classes taken until Spring 2016:
Math: Complex Analysis, Senior Seminar, Fourier Analysis, Abstract Algebra, Representation Theory, (Senior Seminar), (Field Theory)
Physics: Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Thermo Statistical Physics, Quantum Theory, Mathematical Methods of Physics, (Advanced Quantum)
The first two physics classes are also upper-level ones, and classes surrounded by () are the ones to be taken in Spring 2016
If I will not transfer, I will have to graduate right after my junior year, since I don't have any new classes to take. I don't have research experience, but I will begin it from the last half of this semester. Although the definition of upper-level courses in my school is ambiguous, I took almost all the highest-level courses in math and physics departments, each of which is a really small department and have not sent their students to nice PhD programs. In order to get research opportunities and take more advanced courses, including grad-level ones, I think I should go to a research university.
Questions:
Could you recommend me any university (no LAC) which I have chance for and it satisfy the following conditions?
- Does not have too much distribution requirements. Since I have taken only Tutorial, Intro Economics and Logic other than math and physics, I'm concerned with distribution requirements.
- Has a nice program in either math or physics (so that I will be able to take nice classes/research and have higher chance for PhD)
By either taking all physics courses or taking some easier math courses in Spring 2016 semester, I can increase my cumulative GPA to 3.72. But is the spring semester grade really considered? Is it really worth?
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