Are my goals realistic if I pursue a PhD at a mid/low rank school?

lundi 28 juillet 2014

I'll be applying to PhD programs in pure math this fall. However, my profile isn't that outstanding, so I'll most likely being going to a "mid" to "low" rank (as determined by US News Grad Rankings, for what it's worth). Ultimately, I'd want to do research as well as teach lower/upper division math classes. That being said, I know how overfilled the market is with math PhDs, so even those from top 10 schools don't have much of a chance getting tenure, at least, not super fast. That being said, I'm totally okay with being able to either just teach lower/upper division classes with no research, or doing research and teaching at a "No Name" or "low rank" school. I just love the idea of always learning new mathematics and contributing to it, no matter how small or insignificant it may end up compared to others', and I don't think it's absolutely necessary to go to a top 10 school to do that. I could be wrong though. So given my last few statements about be content with ending up somewhere that's not necessarily top rank, are my goals for teaching/research realistic?





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