biostat_hopeful

Thank you for your comment. I think I will just try to aim for the highest GRE possible and then try to apply to some 15 or below schools. Thank you very much. But someone also mentioned there could be people admitted to good schools but not so exceptional lol, so I will treat applying to those schools above 20 or above as buying a lottery ticket.

Thanks a lot for your honest opinion. I did not know my application is so bad until I come here to post my "transcript". I will try to get as high of GRE Quantitative as I can coming soon then. But I think I won't give up applying to one of the UC schools just want to give a try. But yes I will definitely pay more attention to the ones below ranks of 15th as what you suggest. But say just for a scenario: if I can get the GRE quantitative to around 163+, and if I have two strong letter of references, do you think I have any chance of the schools in the 15 to 20 areas? And also just wondering how important is the GRE quantitative? do schools screen out (or even directly filter out) applications by GRE (for example they have a person who would basically throw away applications with GRE Quant of less than say 160 if the number below 160 is spotted on an application?).

Sorry for breaking down my sentences. Sorry I am just wondering does even a 167 or more will not help? Does it mean nothing much I can do to improve my chance even if I get a much better GRE quantitative score? Thank you again for your comment.

Thanks a lot for your reply Cyberwulf. But just wondering say if I could get around 163 or more in my coming retake for the quantitative part of GRE, do you think I stand any chance in those good schools that you said I should forget about? because I really did not study for it and was kind of tired and not able to concentrate on that day. Thank you for your comment.

Hi, could anyone give some suggestions or opinions based on what they see in my profile. Thank you. If it is not easy to give an opinion based on a school not in US, say if you substitute University of Toronto with an above average like 75th percentile of school in US, could you give some opinions if instead of Toronto, you substitute say University of Iowa. Where would that graduate "from Iowa" stands when applying based on the information here? pretending same grade and same courses.

Hi everyone, I just hope to get some opinion about where I stand in applying to PhD biostatistics schools. My undergraduate GPA is kind of low. I did two master degree. One is in statistics, the other is in biostatistics. I am working as a statistician and research assistant these couple years. I have recently did the GRE, but did very poorly since I did not take the time to study for it, will redo soon. Undergrad Institution: University of Toronto Major(s): Statistics and Mathematics Minor(s): Economics GPA: 3 (upper-division 3.3+)(sorry I know it is kind of low) Type of Student: Domestic asian male Graduated school Institution: McMaster University (Master of Science in Statistics) (canada) Thesis based: did a thesis like project GPA: 3.7 (around A) Courses: Foundation of Statistics I (A-), Foundation of Statistics II (A-), Categorical Data Analysis (A-), Multivariate Data Analysis (A), Order Statistics (A-), Seminar course (A-) Graduated school Institution: University of Toronto (Master of Science in Biostatistics) (canada) Thesis based: did a practicum GPA: 3.6 (around A-) Courses: Mathematical Foundation of Biostatistics (A+), Applied Bayesian Methods (B-), Categorical Data Analysis (A+), Survival Analysis (A-),Statistical Genetics (A-), Longitudinal Data Analysis (A+) GRE General Test: Q: 148 (will redo soon) V: below 50th (will redo soon) W: below 50th (will redo soon) Programs Applying: Biostatistics PhD Research Experience: During my work in the past couple years, I have about 5 to 6 publications related to health in genetics area. No first author paper, one second author, the rest are mostly meta-analysis (so it is one among the 30 or so in the list of co-authors). There is one paper in a good journal called Nature Genetics, the rest are in some so-so health biology related journals like American Journal of Human Genetics, Nature Communications ... Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Not much except some entrance scholarships Letters of Recommendation: 3 letter. Two will come from my master thesis supervisors at McMaster, one will come from my course instructor at Toronto where I got A+ in the course. Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: I've taken some mathematics and statistic courses during undergraduate study Calculus I (83), Calculus II (81), Multivariate Calculus I (78), Multivariate Calculus II (80), Linear Algebra I (81), Linear Algebra II (74), Differential Equation I (72) , Complex Variable I (73), Introduction to Analysis I (68), Price Theory (91), Group and Symmetry (65), Fields and Group (93), Stochastic Process (82), Regression Analysis (85), Statistics and Finances (83), Time Series Analysis (75), Classical Plane Geometries and their transformations (74), Introduction to Combinatorics (80) Schools (in my dream): - UC LA - Washington at Seattle - UC Davis (not sure if all UC schools are same difficulty of getting into) - UC Berkeley - UNC Chapel Hills - John Hopkins Schools (realistically have some chances): - your suggestions is appreiated - your suggestions is appreiated - your suggestions is appreiated - your suggestions is appreiated Don't know yet, please provide some suggestions as to what schools I might have a chance? because I really don't know much about the schools in US. Thank you very much for the time and comments and suggestions!