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What are my chances would be of getting into a  statistics phd program? 

Undergrad Institution: top 50 private
Major(s): Physics, Math
Minor(s): 
GPA: 3.88
Type of Student: male, White, Domestic
GRE General Test: Not taken yet, took a practice and got 86 and 91st percentiles for reading/math respectively, not planning on taking subject test
Programs Applying: PhD in Statistics
 
Research Experience: 2 summers of research at home university in physics, one paper in review, maybe another one or two to follow (not first author)
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Deans List, Pi Mu Epsilon Honors Society,Honors College

Pertinent Activities,Jobs:  TA, Tutoring
 
Letters of Recommendation: I'm assuming they will be pretty good
 
 
Computing Skills: R,Python, Latex, SQL, limited linnux,

Applying to Where: 
  • NC State
  • University of Connecticut
  • Columbia
  • Northwestern
  • Boston University
  • UNC 
  • UCLA
  • Duke

Is this a good list?  Any advice would be really helpful.  Thank you

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Yeah, that seems like a fairly reasonable list. I would imagine your chances of admission are pretty good at UConn and BU, and you would likely be "in the discussion" at NCSU, Columbia, UNC, and UCLA. Duke seems like a pretty tough nut to crack, but with really good letters, it's worth a shot. Northwestern is very a small program with an admit rate much lower than its stat department's reputation would dictate, so it's hard to figure your chances there.

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