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Originally Posted by eimmot
it is because people in UCLA undergrad usually take all these classes if they would like to go to grad school.
my worry is, would my Bs in calculus seriously affect my chance of getting into the top school?
to be frank, do u guys think Harvard / MIT are possible?
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I think Harvard and MIT are possible, but I can't imagine why you would want to go to Harvard.
In all seriousness, though, I would add Chicago, Yale, and Berkeley and get rid of Oxford, LSE, Cambridge, Caltech, and probably Cornell. Caltech has a very specialized program that is probably not a good idea to get into unless you're fairly sure what you want to do. You will certainly get into UCLA (assuming you get A's in Riley's/Hansen's classes), so there's no point in applying to anything below.
Apply for the NSF if you haven't already. If you're interested in going to MIT, I'm under the impression that it is very important that you apply for it. (But not so necessary that you win it, unless you want to be stress free during the visiting week.)
Good luck! I hope to see another departmental scholar out here in Cambridge next year.
