PhD in Math at USC

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Geia sas Semfitises kai Semfites,

legomai Panagiotis Tsilifis kai eimai apofoitos Semfe '09. Skeftomoun oti auton ton kairo pithonotata kapoioi apo esas na vriskeste polu konta stin apofoitisi kai na etoimazete aitiseis gia didaktorika stin Ameriki i toulaxiston na epeksergazeste tin pithanotita mias tetoias epilogis sto apotero sas mellon. Se sas loipon pou vriskeste se auto to stadio ithela na prostheso mia akoma epilogi panepistimiou sti lista sas. Tha proteina loipon na tsekarete to USC sto Los Angeles, CA kai an sas endiaferei na kanete aitisi.

O vasikos logos pou grafo einai oti to panepistimio den einai kai toso gnosto stin ellada (toulaxiston ego to ematha teleutaia stigmi) epeidi oloi sunithos exoun sto mualo tous ta "all-time classic" Ivy League panepistimia tou east coast kai meta isos ta UCLA, Berkeley, Stanford stin California kai merika akoma stin upoloipi ameriki. Peri USC exo na po oti prokeitai gia mia poli periptosi, einai ena idiotiko panepistimio to opoio vrisketai arketa psila sta national rankings (tsekarete) kai epeidi den upoferei apo oikonomiki krisi (opos polla alla panepistimia, idiaitera stin CA) sas dinei megales pithanotites na ginete accepted. Xaraktiristika ta 2 teleutaia xronia to math department pairnei peripou 15 PhD foitites. Sto department genika uparxoun polloi kaloi kathigites kurios se Probability/Stochastic Calculus apo tin pleura ton Applied math kai Algebra/Topology apo pleuras pure math. Parola auta uparxoun kai kapoioi kaloi kathigites se statistics, PDEs kai optimal control.

Gia peretairo apories, an sas endiaferei kai thelete na mathete kati parapano steilte mou eleuthera email sto pantsili@gmail.com i sto tsilifis@usc.edu . To official deadline gia aitiseis (sto math depertment) einai December 13 (isos 15). Genika thelo na toniso oti o logos pou grafo einai oxi gia na diafimiso to panepistimio alla giati pisteuo oti kapoioi apo esas thelete na fugete apo tin ellada kai endexomenos na min exete pollous tropous na enimerotheite gia panepistimia stin ameriki (toulaxiston ego anagkastika na psakso polla pragmata monos mou kai ekana kai arketes aitiseis stin tuxi) kai epeidi nomizo oti to simantikotero pragma einai na kataferete na ginete dektoi kapou ara na kanete aitiseis me ton optimal tropo under this perspective, tha elega oti to USC einai mia polu kali epilogi.

filika,
Panos

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ps. Merika sxetika links : http://www.usc.edu/ (selida tou panepistimiou)
http://dornsife.usc.edu/mathematics (selida tou math department)
http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~mathgp/ (edo tha vreite plirofories gia to PhD program, exams, courses ktl)
www-scf.usc.edu/~tsilifis/ (kai gia na epikoinonisete mazi mou).

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Thanx for the info. An kai nomizw pws to USC einai arketa gnwsto gia kapoion pou to exei psaxei sovara gia USA. Einai apo ta polu kala kai sta ranking einai psila.Oppte fantazomai oti to admission den einai toso eukolo. Zhtane GRE subject gia PhD opou ama den exeis paei kai toso kala,logika den exeis polles elpides..Gnwrizeis ti metraei gia autous pio polu?Va8moi, gre,etc. h research experience,sustatikes kai SoP? Oti plus info exeis euprosdekth!
Thanx in advance!

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Thumamai me sigouria otan ekana ego aitiseis oti to GRE subject itan optional alla isos auto na exei allaksei tora. Prosopika den eixa kala score (prepei na imoun below 40%) kai fainetai oti den epaikse megalo rolo, apo tin alli omos eixa kanei kai to master sti semfe opote auto mou edose ena plus. Auto pou nomizo, einai oti oi aitiseis prepei na einai stimenes oste na deixnoun sunolika ena kalo profile gia ton candidate. Den uparxei sugkekrimeni suntagi epituxias, nomizo einai simantiko apla na tous areseis kai na deixneis ikanos na ta vgaleis pera. To proto pragma pou sigoura den theloun einai na paroun kapoion o opoios tha ta paratisei sti mesi kai tha fugei. Den paizei kan megalo rolo to me ti theleis na asxolitheis (ektos kai an kapoios exei kati polu sugkekrimeno sto mualo tou kai to dilosei sto SoP). Ego ekana PDEs & dynamical systems sti semfe kai tora asxoloumai me statistics/probability.

Vlepo genika apo ta paidia pou einai edo oti sinithos prospathoun na dimiourgisoun ena diversity, to opoio simainei oti kathe xrono tha paroun peripou 5 americanouns, 5 asiates kai 5 europaious. Yparxoun atoma pou irthan apla apo ena polu kalo panepistimio (sinithos americanoi) me ena psilo GPA opote kai auto einai to mono dunato tous xarti alla uparxoun kai atoma pou exoun kanei idi kapoio master i exoun idi ereunitiki empeiria (kapoia dimosieusi i internship). Nomizo oti oi sustatikes kai ta SoP prepei sigoura na einai grammena me ton veltisto dunato tropo alla den einai auta pou tha paiksoun ton protarxiko rolo mias kai den prokeitai na kseroun kapoion apo tous kathigites mas, opote den kaneis epiklisi stin authentia. Sxetika me ti sxoli mas, sigoura ena kalo GPA voithaei polu alla nomizo einai sufficient na eisai konta sto 8. Ta 58 mathimata + diplomatiki einai entuposiaka gia autous kai pragmatika diapistosa oti eidika se applied math eimaste pio pano apo ton meso candidate. Yparxoun paidia edo apo Columbia, Rochester, Brown k.a. apo tous opoious den exete na zilepsete kati . Auta mazi me ena kalo GRE einai ena eisitirio gia na mpeite toulaxiston se mia waitinglist kai otidipote parapano nomizo sas paei gia offer i toulaxiston antistathmizei tin elleipsi se kati apo ta proigoumena.

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