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What kind of career can you go into with math degree?

 
Old 10-03-2011 at 08:53 PM   #1
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What kind of career can you go into with math degree?
I want to ask a question to math majors.

What kind of career are you looking to have in the future?
Old 10-03-2011 at 09:14 PM   #2
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its either math teacher or environmental cleaning
Old 10-03-2011 at 09:20 PM   #3
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Math teacher or drug dealer. What? They do a lot of math.

Edit: Pun not intended. Sort of.
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Old 10-03-2011 at 09:24 PM   #4
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actuary? or is that stats....
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Old 10-04-2011 at 02:36 AM   #5
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being mental hospital patients, why do you ask?

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Old 10-04-2011 at 07:37 AM   #6
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We can do anything. Stats proves it.

http://www.math.duke.edu/major/whyMajor.html
Old 10-04-2011 at 08:09 AM   #7
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What CANT you do with math?


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Old 10-04-2011 at 09:02 AM   #8
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There's an info session today or tomorrow, they announced it in class. Check out their website (probably) for more details.
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Old 10-04-2011 at 09:22 AM   #10
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It's recently become "cool" for companies to hire mathematicians. Rejoice!

Also, Reddit ftw: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/co...hema ticians/
Old 10-04-2011 at 11:50 AM   #11
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There is a math&stats career night tonight in Gilmore Hall 111, at 6:30.

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Old 10-04-2011 at 02:55 PM   #12
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i forgot the name but insurance companies hire math guys to create prediction models. thats like a 6 figure job



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