{"id":192,"date":"2023-03-29T00:16:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T07:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mgsa\/?page_id=192"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:37:28","slug":"qualifying-exams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mgsa\/qualifying-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualifying Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>We keep student-contributed solutions to past exams in order to help everyone preparing for the written qualifying exams. To contribute solutions, corrections, notes, or other helpful resources, feel free to email <a href=\"mailto:mgsa@usc.edu\">mgsa@usc.edu<\/a> or submit a pull request to MGSA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mgsa-usc\/QualifyingExams\">qualifying exams repository on GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mgsa\/qualifying-exams\/algebra\/\">Algebra (510AB)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mgsa\/qualifying-exams\/applied-probability\/\">Applied Probability (505A)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mgsa\/qualifying-exams\/pde\/\">PDE (555A)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mgsa\/qualifying-exams\/real-analysis\/\">Real Analysis (525A)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mgsa\/qualifying-exams\/topology\/\">Topology (540)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mgsa\/deprecated-exams-pre-2024\/\">Deprecated Exams (Pre-Fall 2024)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>For general information on the qualifying exams, see <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathematics\/graduate-exams\/\">this page<\/a> of the departmental website. Exams are typically offered each August and each January in the week before classes start, and results are typically announced in two or three weeks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fall 2020<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Exams: September 14\u201318<\/li>\n<li>Results: September 29<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spring 2020<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Exams: January 13\u201318<\/li>\n<li>Results: January 29<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fall 2019<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Exams: August 19\u201324<\/li>\n<li>Results: September 13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spring 2019<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Exams: January 7\u201311<\/li>\n<li>Results: January 24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fall 2018<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Exams: August 13\u201317<\/li>\n<li>Results: August 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spring 2018<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Exams: January 08\u201313<\/li>\n<li>Results: January 29<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Last update: 2025-11-03<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mgsa\" target=\"_self\">Back to our homepage<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":390,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-192","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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