Maths Studies for University

I was wondering if you can get accepted to a good university such as an Ivy League one if you do maths studies ?

Thank you.

Reply 1

tom29whu

Original post by MayBee

I was wondering if you can get accepted to a good university such as an Ivy League one if you do maths studies ?

Thank you.

What sort of qualifications would "maths studies" be? I'm not familiar with it, sorry.

Reply 2

PhenolphthaleinX

yes you can, but that depends on what you want to study.

Reply 3

PhenolphthaleinX

Original post by tom29whu

What sort of qualifications would "maths studies" be? I'm not familiar with it, sorry.

it's an IB subject, that's why it's under the IB sub forum if you even noticed...

Reply 4

tom29whu

Original post by desy.kris

it's an IB subject, that's why it's under the IB sub forum if you even noticed...

Sorry, I spotted it down in the latest discussions tab, and thought I could help out without noticing

Reply 5

killerhales

This is purely an opinion, rather than fact, but I would say if you want to do anything that is science based or related, maths SL would be a minimum.

If arts, I would say they couldn't care less.

What type of degree course are you interested in?

Reply 6

H.C. Chinaski

Original post by MayBee

I was wondering if you can get accepted to a good university such as an Ivy League one if you do maths studies ?

Thank you.

If you are interested in IVY league then they won't give a rat's ass which maths you do; you will however need a rather spectacular SAT score.

Reply 7

GentlemanOfTheRoad

Basically unless you want to do medicine biology chemistry psychology to a lesser extent, possibly economics, all of which you need SL/HL, maths studies is fine.

Reply 8

username460525

Original post by MayBee

I was wondering if you can get accepted to a good university such as an Ivy League one if you do maths studies ?

Thank you.

Well, I'm applying to Cambridge and I'm doing Maths Studies. I want to do languages, and my teacher emailed my Cambridge college to ask if they cared whether I did Maths SL or Maths Studies, and they replied to say it didn't matter at all.

So basically, if you're applying for subjects where your use of Maths will be minimal/not at all, it doesn't matter one bit. If you wanted to do science or architecture, however, Maths SL would probably be a requirement. But email the University to check :smile:

Reply 9

Cryphisss

I saw that discussion here and I would like to ask you if I can study something with computers, like computer software, web design by taking Maths SL? ( I am in IB1 year )

Reply 10

PhenolphthaleinX

Original post by Cryphisss

I saw that discussion here and I would like to ask you if I can study something with computers, like computer software, web design by taking Maths SL? ( I am in IB1 year )

I'm applying for Computer Science and all universities I've checked out do require Maths HL for any Computer related courses. perhaps the less prestigious ones have no subject requirement though.

Reply 11

Lizzy07

Well...I'm applying for law in Cambridge and I take maths SL.
I pretty much had the same question, as I wondered before taking it, whether or not I actually need it. Haven't found out for sure, so just ended up taking SL..:P
Anyone applying for law with studies? just wondering....))