kalgrey

To me it seemed like UT was saying they had over 125 applications and are expecting an incoming cohort of 6-- so I'm assuming they admitted more like 15 (based on past admission data), not just 6. But still, congrats to those who applied and got in, that's awesome!

@marmle Thanks for the info and the link to the thread! And good to know! I wasn't sure what the environment would be like, so that's nice to hear. That was actually my posting for Johns Hopkins, but I haven't seen any others, so I was wondering if people just hadn't posted them or what. Looks like they're not sending them out all at the same time then.

I know some of you guys went to the Harvard visit days for Biostatistics--how was it? What did you like the program? Just wondering on the off-chance I get admitted later. I'm living outside of the US, so I wouldn't be able to visit. Any info is great, but no problem if you'd rather not share! Also, has anyone heard from Johns Hopkins Biostatistics?

I think one of the biggest things to consider in your situation is also whether you want to be somewhere where they are solely (bio)Statistics-focused, or whether you'd prefer a program that also incorporates Epidemiology and Bioinformatics--I'm guessing you won't get as much of a Theoretical Statistics background, but you'd learn about other interesting things. And then consider what you want to do afterwards: do you want to be a professor? It might be best to have that theoretical background in that case. But if you're most interested in Applied Statistics, the Dartmouth program would give you a lot of tools to be able to do effective research in the field. I'd say it's unranked because it's new, and also because it is kind of an "interdisciplinary program". If there are faculty who are well known in their fields, that's a good sign.

@marmle Yeah it sounds like they were interested in your application from the beginning then! And I also expected to hear back about the visit day already, hopefully the email will come soon!

@marmle Have you received the email from UW-Biostats about the visit day in February yet? And to answer your earlier question, I applied to UNC too, but haven't heard back yet. I haven't seen any acceptances besides your's on the admissions board for UNC Biostats, I wonder why that is? Maybe your application was just too good.