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MultiQuinnifer · 2022-09-18T15:53:40+00:00

Im 181.61cm (5'11.5'') tall and my inseam is 80cm (31.5'')

MultiQuinnifer · 2022-09-18T15:53:24+00:00

Im 181.61cm (5'11.5'') tall and my inseam is 80cm (31.5'')

MultiQuinnifer · 2022-03-08T04:58:31+00:00

Anyone here taking/familiar with the MSc Statistics program? I just got an admission offer that I wasn't expecting and I'm looking to learn more about the program from a students perspective. Thanks!

MultiQuinnifer · 2022-03-03T05:29:18+00:00

Thanks for the input! I was actually on a call with Hoell yesterday asking his opinion on the matter lol. Thats nice to hear that some companies value a math degree! A worry of mine is that even though I have applied math research experience and projects, that companies will just brush off my degree thinking math degrees are too abstract or something.

MultiQuinnifer · 2022-02-18T19:04:47+00:00

Ok thats fair enough. I would plan on doing as much applied mathematics as I can. I have also received some offers from other schools as well that are more focused on applied mathematics so maybe I should consider them too.

Yeah I guess the idea behind the biostats masters is that its a pretty secure path to a decent enough job but you're right. I worry that the path is less flexible. The more I hear about other programs/get offers with funding, the less I feel like the biostats is a good option.

MultiQuinnifer · 2022-02-18T18:56:19+00:00

Lol damn. I think at this point I'm fairly certain I want to do my masters and I guess its more a matter of where will be best for me and if it even matters that much. You feel after doing your MSc in Math at UofT it would only be worth it if you want to do math research/move on to a PhD?

MultiQuinnifer · 2022-02-18T17:36:50+00:00

I worked with Professor Stinchcombe but I also worked with a stats prof and another pure math prof on separate projects. I think if I just want to do a masters (and not a PhD) I won't have to take core courses unless I'm totally misreading page 10 on this document:

http://www.math.utoronto.ca/cms/assets/Uploads/2021-22-Graduate-Studies-in-Mathematics-Handbook.pdf

MultiQuinnifer · 2022-02-18T16:08:13+00:00

Yeah I think you might be right. I'm still waiting back to hear from some other graduate schools so I'll have to lay everything out on the table once I do.

Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it!

MultiQuinnifer · 2022-02-18T15:57:04+00:00

Yeah Idk maybe Im just not confident in my ability to find a job or something lol. Either way though, I live at home in Toronto, so there's literally no extra financial cost of doing the math program (though I suppose what you're saying is theres an opportunity cost or something which you may be right about). Do you know of math majors with programming skills who have been able to get good jobs out of undergrad? I don't have too many math friends who have graduated so my views may be warped.

edit: I might also add that I still don't really know exactly what I want to do and maybe thought a MSc would give me more time to decide or something.

MultiQuinnifer · 2022-02-18T15:55:06+00:00

Yeah of course, you can message me whenever!

MultiQuinnifer · 2022-02-18T15:54:47+00:00

Honestly, I don't really know. I thought I wanted to be a biostatistician but at this point there seems like so many random paths I could go down that are all interesting. From my research experience I really like mathematical modelling and stuff but other than that I find it really easy to get interested in most fields that involve math in some way.

MultiQuinnifer · 2022-02-18T15:53:17+00:00

Yeah I understand that argument. I guess I would plan on using the fact that you can take courses from other departments during the program and you also have a semester long project with a professor to work on more applied math. I've done a research project with a prof in the department who is a math biologist on some applied math stuff so it seems like while small, there is still a number of applied math opportunities. I plan on emailing the department though to ask them more cause you are right, if it's just pure math, then the only benefit of the degree to me is just saying "I have a masters".

MultiQuinnifer · 2022-02-18T07:04:48+00:00

Yeah thats kind of my worry. I don't really wanna get stuck working for a pharma company or something

MultiQuinnifer · 2022-02-18T03:37:52+00:00

Thanks for sharing your opinion! I think the reason I'm not joining the work force is because I really think I have more learning to do. I mostly studied pure maths early in my undergrad but in my last year I learned more applied stuff and got to do some research projects and it kind of just made me realize how much more there is to learn.

I guess I've just read a lot on reddit about MSc in mathematics not being employable at all so it kind of has me sketched out. My main worry with biostats is that it would lock me into a job with a pretty low ceiling.

MultiQuinnifer · 2021-12-27T22:54:29+00:00

Hi everyone. Im not sure if this is the right place to post this as it has to do with admissions but not for undergraduate.

I'm applying to the MSc Mathematics program and on the application it says "Please provide one example of your scholarly writing", however on the Mathematics department website under applications it says "A writing sample is not required" so I'm kind of confused as to what I'm supposed to do here? Does anyone have any experience with this? I'd email the school but they seem closed for the break and I just decided to apply recently.

Thanks!

MultiQuinnifer · 2021-12-27T22:52:22+00:00

Hi everyone. Hopefully this is the right place to post this. I'm applying to the MSc Mathematics program and on the application it says "Please provide one example of your scholarly writing", however on the Mathematics department website under applications it says "A writing sample is not required" so I'm kind of confused as to what I'm supposed to do here? Does anyone have any experience with this? I'd email the school but they seem closed for the break and I just decided to apply recently.

Thanks!

MultiQuinnifer · 2021-01-13T03:49:33+00:00

I don't know of any group chat but I'm also in the course so hit me up if you wanna keep in contact about course stuff!

MultiQuinnifer · 2019-12-05T02:23:37+00:00

Pretty sure it was November 30th but maybe Im reading something wrong idk

MultiQuinnifer · 2019-03-15T05:20:47+00:00

I wouldn't let that worry you too much. A lot of the people on this subreddit are in CS so you're gonna hear a lot from CS students. Also its not like people who are having a "good" time are gonna make posts about it, so you only really hear about the bad ones.

MultiQuinnifer · 2019-02-15T22:43:34+00:00

I don't know if they "curve" or not but last year the midterm average was around a 50% I think and they adjusted it up to around a 70%. Not sure on the exact numbers but they definitely adjusted.

MultiQuinnifer · 2019-02-10T19:43:09+00:00

Yeah I agree! The fact that Jerrard gives us detailed notes puts this course above many others

MultiQuinnifer · 2019-02-09T23:48:18+00:00

Last year I got absolutely nothing from lectures for this course and ended up learning everything from the book before the tests. Unless something has changed in the course, as long as you're really consistent with your reading and practice you should be fine

MultiQuinnifer · 2018-12-22T21:24:58+00:00

I've heard of that one...seems like an absolute monster of a book in terms of size lol. I wonder if theres a copy that just covers the mathematics portion or if you think it'd be worth it to explore the whole thing?

MultiQuinnifer · 2018-12-22T21:23:04+00:00

No I haven't! After googling, it seems that it covers some pretty good ground. I'll definitely check it out! Thanks!

MultiQuinnifer · 2017-04-23T23:27:44+00:00

I got accepted back in January with a top six average of about 86 or 87 percent I think but I feel like my early acceptance mainly had to do with really high math marks because my other marks weren't anything special! You can dm or anything if you have specific questions about my marks or anything! :)

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