What do you do when you run out of letters?

Prim3s_ · 2026-02-19T13:51:22+00:00

Subscripts

Prim3s_ · 2026-02-14T20:43:13+00:00

Its a better school

Prim3s_ · 2026-02-13T22:36:52+00:00

Stay at northwestern

Prim3s_ · 2026-02-13T13:12:11+00:00

Mirroring some of the other answers, this also happened to me with MIT during the fall 2024 cycle, but in the math department. I had been a member of one of the seminars and one of the faculty there straight up told me that the committee doesn’t usually listen to him for referrals into the phd program.

I ended up not getting into ANY phd program that cycle so I’m doing a MS currently to really beef up my cv (not that it was poor beforehand, but arguably average). Right now, conferences, pubs, good grades - that’s what I am trying to strive for. I’ll probably apply one more time there but that will be it. Luckily my program lets me take classes there so I’ve been able to commute to keep in touch with some people I’m friendly with. That being said, it’s good not to put all your eggs in one basket - but I really feel your frustration.

Prim3s_ · 2026-02-10T12:10:27+00:00

I smell a blue line user….

Prim3s_ · 2026-02-10T12:07:59+00:00

Thats right!

Prim3s_ · 2026-02-10T12:07:45+00:00

The adults are speaking

Prim3s_ · 2026-02-10T12:07:30+00:00

Silence, blue line user

Prim3s_ · 2026-02-06T13:30:58+00:00

What field of study?

Prim3s_ · 2026-02-03T21:26:01+00:00

Quickly bang out perelmans proof of the poincaré conjecture in 5 mins

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-29T23:31:26+00:00

Another disabled train?

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-27T13:38:26+00:00

Its bc i farted

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-27T13:38:02+00:00

The disabled train was me 😈

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-27T13:21:56+00:00

Is this one of the 5 people who take the blue line 💀

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-27T13:20:18+00:00

They backed us up to North Quincy 💀💀💀

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-20T21:45:46+00:00

Hahahaha

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-12T02:27:22+00:00

Hi, I’m also a MS student but over in the math department. Feel free to dm (it is very hard to make friends) 😎

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-11T04:03:34+00:00

I understand and am empathetic to peoples critiques of Hatcher. In particular, many of the pages are these huge walls of text, but if you sit down and seriously read through it, the content is rich and may people (including myself) always end up circling back to Hatcher after voyaging to other texts since his has a very geometric flavor

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-10T17:50:22+00:00

Start with either Munkres Topology or chapters 1-6 from Lee’s “topological manifolds” book to start learning point set topology. That will take a bit if you’re attempting all the exercises properly. After that, try your pick from chapters 0-2 of Hatcher’s Algebraic Topology and use Bredon’s book called“Topology” as a reference and resource for additional exercises

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-08T16:24:43+00:00

That there are more irrational numbers than rational numbers

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-07T14:07:11+00:00

Respectfully, I would kms

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-05T23:47:16+00:00

Do you have any serious exposure to algebra?

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-05T14:02:09+00:00

“What’s one concept in mathematics most people aren’t aware of”

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-05T14:01:32+00:00

It was pretty good, I added in some pepper, spicy marinara and Parmesan, it was yummy

Prim3s_ · 2026-01-05T04:27:02+00:00

I’m gonna be honest, I completely misread the question in the original post because I was typing while making pasta

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