[Anyone heard from UNC Biostatistics recently?]

Are they not going to inform us via the website?  If we haven't heard, does that mean we didn't get in?

[Graduates in Biostatistics]

From everyone i've talked to in programs, jobs just aren't falling into your laps like program recruiters are saying.  Just like every other field, you have to seek them out, network, get your name out there.  I don't think the market is as rosy for fresh MS and MPH graduates either because their old jobs are being taken by freshly graduated PhDs.  Though if you believe that the healthcare industry is going to explode in the next few years because of retiring boomers, then maybe the market will expand!

[Another Profile Evaluation for Future Biostat Applicant]

Bound to happen... good job prospects (in academia as well as industry), good pay, not much barrier of entry in form of prereqs and overall interesting area.

 

Yeah, but the flood of new graduates will kill the good pay and prospects.  Better get that industry experience and faculty spots soon!

[Another Profile Evaluation for Future Biostat Applicant]

Whatever you do don't wait another year to apply.  From the department people i've talked to this year was by far the most competitive, even for masters programs, and it's only going to get more competitive next year!

[Reason to worry?]

Looks like Columbia just sent out acceptances? This is looking really bad for me.

 

So does Columbia decide from all their apps at once or do they review the ones that came in first?  

[MS Admission Decisions, Biostatistics?]

Mine was early Jan.  Possible they haven't gotten around to making decisions on everyone yet or am I just being too optimistic?

[MS Admission Decisions, Biostatistics?]

Got into Columbia just now for Biostatistics MS. No mention of funding, but that's not really surprising to me. Pretty excited though, it's my first admission ! (:

 

They sent out acceptances today?  When did you apply for the record?

 

Haven't gotten anything.  Doesn't look good 

[Reason to worry?]

Out of curiosity, what was your undergrad GPA, the ranking of your undergrad university, and your GRE scores?

[Cannot believe get rejection from Wisconsin Madison]

Application rates must have just exploded this year!  Probably will trickle down to masters admissions as well.  Looks like the big secret is out.

[Reason to worry?]

Wow.  Are these applicants domestic or international?  Or has there just been some kind of explosion this year in applicants?   I can't believe someone with a 4.0 and perfect Q score got rejected!

[Should I have applied to more schools?]

Don't worry, you'll be fine. I wouldn't be surprised if you got into all the places you applied.

 

Wow really?  Given all the survey results showing folks with 169 Q scores and top GPAs made me think competition was extremely tight this year.

[Should I have applied to more schools?]

I think you should be OK, especially only having applied for Masters.

 

I'm worried I didn't apply to any safeties though but I really want to get in one of UW/Mich/Columbia/Berkeley/UNC

[Should I have applied to more schools?]

Aspiring Masters Biostats applicant:

 

Domestic

3.66 GPA from top 50 university

166 Q, 164V, 4.5W

3.9 average in Calc I/II/III + Linear Algebra + intro probability

2 years clinical research 

2 good recommendations, one great one

 

 

Applied to UW, Michigan, UNC, Berkeley, Columbia, Emory, and Boston.

 

 

Haven't gotten any emails or calls yet, did I overreach??