It's time of application season, and I am having hard time deciding which schools to apply to
As a notification, I am an international student studying in US institution
Current School: University of Pennsylvania
Major: Mathematical Economics
Major GPA: 3.75
Overall GPA: 3.5
Relative Coursework: Advanced Econometrics, Mathematical Statistics, Real Analysis, Data Computation Analysis, Abstract Algebra, Mathematics in Finance, Optimization
Undergraduate level Mathematical statistics -- B- , Graduate level Mathematical statistics -- A
First part of graduate level real analysis -- B- , Second part of graduate level real analysis -- A+
Programming Language: R (very strong), Python (strong)
Research Experience: worked with Wharton professors for 2 consecutive years but the works are not really relevant to statistics
Letters of Recommendation: going to ask one mathematics professor (real analysis course) in which I got A+ and two statistics professors one, but all of them do not know me well. I am going to present myself to them in the coming week
For personal reasons, I really want to go to MAS in Penn State. Other schools that I am looking for are U Pitt, Case Western, Carnegie Mellon MSP, and Rutgers
Any thoughts on how I should decide which schools to apply for? Any comment will be really appreciated.