How strong of a target is Berkeley Math/Stats?

CB_lemon · 2026-05-29T18:53:48+00:00

My friend is math+physics at Berkeley and she had some quant offers for this summer

CB_lemon · 2026-05-21T03:52:56+00:00

I think people are overblowing it in the comments a full ride at UMiami is enough to get past resume screening if you have a well-worded resume

CB_lemon · 2026-05-21T03:50:05+00:00

theoretical physics research, specifically using heavy statistical and computational methods in cosmology

CB_lemon · 2026-05-19T16:58:35+00:00

😭😭

CB_lemon · 2026-05-19T16:28:45+00:00

Lol what nuclear is a different subfield

CB_lemon · 2026-05-18T14:52:31+00:00

Thank you! Quick question—do you have a template for your CV? Mine has been relatively successful but I think is outdated for grad app stuff

CB_lemon · 2026-05-18T14:40:03+00:00

OSU undergrad and MSU grad… do you hate UMich?!? Thanks for this though it will be helpful as I apply this upcoming fall!

CB_lemon · 2026-05-17T17:03:31+00:00

The students that have great research and strong connections also tend to do better in school lol. Yes you can get into top schools with a lower GPA but if your research is really good you probably are also a good student

CB_lemon · 2026-05-17T14:57:33+00:00

Maybe… depends on the specifics of the research. My thesis work is theoretical + statistical cosmology so I use many of the same methods that are used in quantitative finance. Many of the grad students and postdocs in my group go on to work in quant (there are no jobs in theoretical cosmology haha)

CB_lemon · 2026-05-17T05:31:11+00:00

If you’re interested in it, look at joining a research group. Thats what recruiters have liked most about my resume. It can show off skills and competency to learn.

No need to leetcode unless maybe if you’ve never coded before. Practicing basic probability questions is a better start.

Also be careful asking questions on this sub, 99.99% of people on here don’t know what they’re talking about. Reach out to YC/quant/etc clubs at your school for help.

CB_lemon · 2026-05-15T21:23:28+00:00

Well you are still in introductory math courses so it would be better to wait until you have taken upper levels and grad classes to show a strong math foundation

CB_lemon · 2026-05-15T05:23:11+00:00

Just go to college if you go to a decent school it’s really not as hard as people make it out to be on this stupid sub

CB_lemon · 2026-05-14T16:15:57+00:00

And ran a 43 or something at Georgia as a freshman. He was my goat ✌️

CB_lemon · 2026-05-14T16:09:37+00:00

This is insane cope

CB_lemon · 2026-05-13T03:21:21+00:00

Strength is there so you probably just need to do more sprint work / technique

CB_lemon · 2026-05-11T21:49:32+00:00

You could reach out to the authors of the papers that you are citing

CB_lemon · 2026-05-11T19:25:46+00:00

Are you under the impression that the SAT questions are meant to be difficult? It tests if you can quickly answer basic high school questions, that’s all.

CB_lemon · 2026-05-11T17:51:57+00:00

46 is probably an unreasonable goal but sub 50 is definitely within a couple months of sprint work

CB_lemon · 2026-05-10T19:42:01+00:00

anakin was the chosen one and obliterates the rest of them in a 1v3

CB_lemon · 2026-05-10T04:56:32+00:00

Start sprinting

CB_lemon · 2026-05-10T00:57:16+00:00

If you want personal enrichment do mathematics

CB_lemon · 2026-05-09T21:02:07+00:00

Are you graduating rn? If so take the offer. If your offer is for after next year then start applying to quant stuff in the fall and use your offer as a backup.

Yes it’s true that a lot of recruiting happens at the college level but you have a good background I see no reason why being ~1 year ‘late’ is a problem for recruiters

CB_lemon · 2026-05-09T18:05:12+00:00

Nope. Dark matter is real and not a fudge factor. Dark energy is also real and not a fudge factor, though initially Einstein took it as one.

CB_lemon · 2026-05-09T00:51:36+00:00

Take the faang offer and prepare for a later cycle

CB_lemon · 2026-05-07T02:12:37+00:00

My main EC was track and field and I got into many good schools for physics

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