Degree in Mathematics, anyone?

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I want to study mathematics and/or statistics at university, but I don't know exactly what you can do with a degree like that.

Is there anyone who has a degree in mathematics and/or statistics who can tell me what I could do with it?

Thanks.
 
If you're looking for work directly related to mathematics/statistics, then it would be mainly in academia, research and the finance sector. If you do well, investment banks may well come recruiting you - I think you needn't worry about job prospects.

So... doing your UCAS stuff now, eh? I've just submitted mine to my referee.
 
Heh, math degree is my second choice after a teaching one. And even then I want to teach math, lol.
 
Haven't done one myself, though my degree does contain a financial maths component, and I can confirm that there is certainly a lot of work out there for that.

Now...Murgatroyd has a degree in math, I believe, but he's on his yearly 6 month sabbatical from the forums, IIRC...
 
Zhen Lin said:
If you're looking for work directly related to mathematics/statistics, then it would be mainly in academia, research and the finance sector. If you do well, investment banks may well come recruiting you - I think you needn't worry about job prospects.

So... doing your UCAS stuff now, eh? I've just submitted mine to my referee.
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OK, thanks. It's just that I'm afraid of taking the wrong course...
Yeah, I need to do my personal statement. Omg, I haven't even started! I need to get a move on.

Zhen Lin said:
Haven't done one myself, though my degree does contain a financial maths component, and I can confirm that there is certainly a lot of work out there for that.

Now...Murgatroyd has a degree in math, I believe, but he's on his yearly 6 month sabbatical from the forums, IIRC...
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OK, thanks. When will Murgatroyd be back, do you think?
What's your degree?

MondoTR - awesome. I think we need more teachers out there, especially mathematical ones or science, you know.
 
I have one, though I don't do anything with it. Considered teaching but teaching isn't the wonder profession the ads make it out to be.
 
I had a minor in math when I went to college. I could have turned it into a major with only two more classes, but I wanted to go ahead and graduate. :p My major was in Computer Science. You need a lot of math for that. ;)
 
A meteorology major requires a minor in mathematics worth of math classes. So if I don't get another minor I'll probably just get the math minor.
 
Whilst Im still in Secondary School, I know I will be taking a Medical Degree in Uni, and take the International Baccalaureatte Diploma (In which Ill be doing Higher Mathmatics, Biology and Chemistry, and Regular Music, English Lit and History/Psychology)

I would advise a degree in Mathmatics though, it is everywhere, and if your good at it (Like myself, though im not gonan take a degree in it) Why not?
 
Well, I'm here. I'm not sure how long I'll stay around (my interest in Pokemon has been waning lately), but as long as I'm around, I might as well put in my few yen worth.

On the one hand, I've been told that a degree in math is a good basis for a career in just about anything. Where the overall focus in other subjects is mainly on the specific subject matter and techniques, the focus in math is largely on problem-solving and how to think.

On the other hand, if you don't actually have some idea of what you want to do, and of how to go about getting a job doing it, you may end up like me. I'm currently working as a warehouse clerk amid some of the most spectacular scenery in the world (Grand Canyon National Park), though I do plan to move on sometime in the not-too-distant future.

On the gripping hand, you may well find your interests changing over the years. When I started university, I knew without a doubt that I wanted to study math. That lasted about two and a half years. I still liked it, and I was still very good at it, but I found that math was getting overly tedious and I was much more interested in my Japanese classes. I ended up graduating after four years with a degree in mathematics and a minor in Japanese, but if I'd taken longer, things might have been different.
 
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