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    Applying to Columbia, NYU, University of Kentucky, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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  1. I think it's interesting that this covenant only covers offers of financial aid/support, not offers of admission.
  2. I've decided to get a place on/near campus to avoid a two hour commute, especially for my first semester/year (several years since undergrad). But I will have to go home a few nights a week when my wife is on call. I think it will be worth it, especially for the initial catch up.
  3. I've been thinking about this a bit myself. I accepted at a better than safety school, with a couple Ivy league apps pending. I've concluded that if the better offer comes, then you can switch and you'd just be out an admission deposit (if you had to give one). The better place you choose in the end wouldn't have heartache, they did offer you admission. Only if you later applied for a position at the place you reneged on would it at all come up. We go through this nut roll to get in school, when it comes to choosing, look out for yourself. The school will get over it.
  4. Curious how you could be advising given the situation you describe...anyway send her to http://graduate-school.phds.org/ which in conjunction with US news gives a good picture of rankings, and some links to other data sources. For the PhD, she needs to drill down in the schools website under the research link to find the subjects she's interested in, and apply to those places that match her interests.
  5. I've been out of town for almost a couple weeks, but my wife called to let me know there was a fedex envelope for me from Columbia. I figured it was an acceptance...no sense in sending a rejection letter via fedex. And it was an acceptance--amazing. She even joked that the handwriting looked like mine, and naturally I told her it was smart person handwriting The bad part is I already accepted with RPI (but I suppose I could still decline), and have begun to really like the offering at RPI, but it is a lot to give up...the reputation of Columbia. And I am still waiting a response from NYU. This is kinda crazy...applied to four places, and on my way to being accepted at all four. Strange that a rejection would make the decision so much easier. Ugh.
  6. I'm just keeping this thread alive as a Math/applied/stat Masters applicant. There are hardly any posted results for masters programs. It seems like they tend to come after the PhD results. I do have two acceptances so far, but I think a pretty strong application, and the better schools (NYU and Columbia) are holding out on results so far. Are most of you out there relying on TA/RA and tuition waivers for a Masters Degree, or are you willing to pay, and then go work in industry? Curious, as I have recently read a report on the increase in professional level masters degrees, which has been strongest in IT and biotech, but across the board for the sciences to a lesser extent. Also, any ideas about returning for a PhD a few years after completing the Masters? I would be working in the field, and probably be able to maintain some contacts in academia, but am interested to hear some ideas on how this might work given the perspective of a masters degree as a consolation prize for PhD students.
  7. I've been dealing with a not so great relationship with my army boss lately, and I've come to conclude that it's healthy to view the knuckleheads as just a test of my perseverance. But at the same time it is necessary to take an objective look at myself. Did I miss the deadline? When I reread something after it sits in a drawer/file for a few months do I wonder what the hell I was thinking? Until I get the time/distance perspective, it's just a test to see if I keep going when it gets tough. I know from an old acquaintance this definitely happens in law school, they'll ridicule you in class just to see if you can take it, and you have to be cause you will have to take it from a judge and keep composure and on message. Just the same in science in preparation for a dissertation... I know it sucks, but depersonalize it, make is about the work, and don't loose composure. If the knucklehead persists in personal degradation then see his boss.
  8. Interesting. I'm a math major so take my comments with a grain of salt if you wish. Stats can be made hard, but I think it's mostly to do with the attitude toward the subject. Most of the knowledge we get from experimentation and studies requires the ability to form valid conclusions from data sets. If this is a terribly difficult chore, then I would take a hard look at future prospects of contributing new knowledge to your field. But at the same time, if you have the creativity to devise effective experiments, and collect some good data sets, a math guy like me would be glad to have you outsource the data analysis.
  9. Hang in there, I declined my offer from UK last week, if that helps
  10. Pure vs. Applied I would say that applied means your solving someone else's problem using mathematical tools. While pure is doing it for its own sake (elegance, growth of knowledge, etc) and the means to expand that knowledge is by proving theorems, ergo prove a theorem to get a PhD. If you have no interest in probability or stats I would lean toward pure, unless you have a knack for dynamical systems or Diff Eq.
  11. I'm just another applicant, and it's too late now, but I concur with the advice to apply to better programs than you think you can get. I see you applied to KY...I did as well. I was surprised to find their program appears to be decent (based on info from the web page) and big enough to have a decent course offering each year (RPI for example has limited offerings each year). The stats program there is a bit better, and there's no reason not to take classes from the other department (if probability at all interests you). Good Luck!
  12. Count me in too. This has been a great find, so I'm glad to contribute.
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