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i think having an A- for analysis is much better than not having analysis on your transcript

This is the probability someone scores better than you on all three sections. I think you can use that as a performance metric, but it is not a percentile (i.e. the top 5.3382% interpretation is not valid). We can take another overall metric of performance to be the sum of the percentiles. Given your assumption, the three percentiles are i.i.d. Uniform (0,1) random variables, so their sum has the Irwin-Hall distribution with n=3. Using your example, the sum of the percentiles is 186/100, which is the 75.4 percentile for Irwin-Hall distribution with n=3. In reality, the three scores are quite correlated due to other factors such as time spent studying, test-taking ability, etc.

yes i think you will be competitive for good stat ms schools if you have good math grades, and get a good quant gre. just address the low grades in statement.

Out of the four you listed, I think calc3 and real analysis are the most important. Generally real analysis is done after finishing the calc sequence. It's not that analysis really needs the material in calc 3 but more that most people find analysis kinda hard so taking more math classes beforehand helps. I'm going to guess the linear algebra class you took was not proof-based so, having a proof-based algebra class would also be more important. You should be able to send the fall transcript to schools on time assuming semester ends some time in December. That said... I think you can get into some pretty good stat/biostat phd programs with good grades in fall math classes. But be careful about taking 3-4 math classes in a single semester. I was planning to take 3 math classes my senior fall (real analysis, complex analysis, and numerical analysis) before the professor for complex emailed me to tell me I should drop. In hindsight, he was right because I probably would have collapsed with the workload for those three classes alone.

@rosebud123 uw biostat phd applications have already been reviewed and interview invites should be sent out soon if not already

would something like this be a better fit for you than stat? http://www.qmss.columbia.edu/

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/statistics-rankings

not sure about that. i'd assume it helps but i also know of some people who did very well in master's program at top school but still weren't admitted to the phd

outside the top few schools, a lot of admitted students do not have several analysis classes. duke and penn are probably going to be pretty low chances ncsu has more applied research, good industry connections and has lots of students who aren't fresh out of college i believe penn and unc are both more traditional (i.e. more theory) programs

Assuming you get your grades around mid-late December, your initial application probably won't have your fall grades, but most schools accept an update so you can send that in as soon as you get your grades. You are probably competitive for any master's program (and I think lower top 10 phd programs too with a solid gre/grade in analysis).

probably competitive for any master's program

think 90th percentile+ scores will make you start to be competitive at schools like NC State, but would definitely also look at schools ranked below that

I think your chances will not be very high at top 10 schools without improvement to the GRE score.

I think you'll be fine since you have good grades in more advanced math classes.

I would just go through the schools that are well-ranked and see which have applied stats MS programs. And see if they have good placements in industry. If the program isn't housed in a ranked statistics/other department, it probably isn't very good.

I don't think lack of stat research is a huge deal. A few admitted students I talked to had 0 or fairly minimal research. What classes are you taking fall semester? Ideally, it would be real analysis, linear algebra, probability, but at the same time, that is a very tough courseload, especially if you are new to proof-based math courses. Your second semester courses/grades will not really matter since the grad schools won't see them during the admissions process. Don't think getting rec from an employer where you do something that's not really related to stats is good.

but is your goal to get a phd or to get hypsm on your resume people applying for master's mostly won't even have a single real analysis class, while op has take 2 and gotten A+s I think this profile looks pretty good, but at this point I'm just curious how grade inflation is at Canadian schools. OP as well as the other post on front page from @statscan9 (also Canadian) both have nearly perfect GPAs, so either they are both truly exceptional students, or schools hand out free A's in Canada?

Will you be able to take algebra, analysis, and probability? Linear algebra will probably be required. Analysis and probability will likely be somewhere between recommended and required depending on the school. Without these by the time you apply, you will not be successful at more competitive programs. I'd say only about half the incoming/prospective students I met at visit days were college seniors, so you definitely won't be out of place if you wait a year. I was always pretty interested in biology / public health (was pre-med before). I worked pretty closely with some biostatisticians in research and currently doing a data science internship at a big pharma company. I don't think doing biostat rules out more data sciency careers in your future. A lot of biostats depts do interesting research in statistical learning and big data, and pharma companies are looking to upgrade their informatics/machine learning capabilities now so the outlook is good imo.

With a master's, you will probably be able to skip some or all of the first year of classes in the PhD program. I agree that it is a good idea to take up to a 5th year of undergrad to get your math core in. If you've already basically finished your major, one more semester is probably enough. Also, would recommend math minor over stat. P.S. I actually studied chemistry too and made the decision to apply to biostat and stat phd programs in the spring of my junior year. By the end of senior year fall, I had done a calc sequence, linear algebra, one real analysis class, numerical analysis, probability, and a few applied stats classes. I was accepted to 1/4 stat phd and 4/6 biostat phd programs (all well-ranked). So coming from a science background, it may be a good idea to consider biostat programs if you have any interest in that.

Given your previous schools, i'm assuming you are looking for a well ranked program, which will most likely require multivariable calc and linear algebra. Are u planning to apply this year? Don't think you have time to take both of those.

I think you should be looking at NC State and some other schools in the 15-30 range (lower for safeties). And if the adv math classes / gre subject go well, apply to top schools too. Also, I'm assuming you've talked to your research mentor about this? I'd trust whatever he says over anyone on this board.

grades in the math classes? (analysis, algebra, prob, and calcs)

1. a little bit 2. prob not

what are u planning to do with this potential math degree?

yes, retake. 164 is <90th percentile