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Hi everyone, I'm posting a question for my friend. The thing is, he's hesitating where to go between MS in Statistics at UW and MS in Math at ETH(Swiss,Europe). He wishes to pursue a PhD in US in field of Stats/Probability after master's degree. UW's stat master is a great option while ETH is also very research-oriented and strong in probability. So I would like to listen to your opinions. Could you please share any information you know about this? Which one would be better when applying PhD programs in US? Anything would be highly appreciated. Thank you guys so much!

Yeah, thank you. I do want to mean 'rigor' actually. Thanks. I have checked the curriculum both but maybe it's not that easy to tell, at least for me. I see you said you ever worked with the people in Davis. They are really great, right?

Thank you! But may I ask, do you think it might be a little weak for biostat students when it comes to theoretical things?

Thank you! May I ask ..would the foundation/theory of statistics taught in a biostat program be less solid than in stat program? I often heard this kind of opinion and it became my worries. Thanks!

Yeah, it eases my worries. Thanks very much! Same to you!

thanks a lot! BTW, I think maybe the reason UC Davis is not ranked among biostat is that they're not included? They're just a biostat group within the department of stat, though biostat at UC Berkeley is also a group but ranked.

Hi everybody. I am comparing two master admissions: stat@UCD or Biostat@UNC? I plan to continue phd study and in both program I could transfer to phd so I assume they're equivalent on this issue. I have much more interest in bio-/medical/healthcare things than in financial/economical things. But I'am not sure about choosing Biostat at a career goal at this point because I am an undergraduate majoring in math and I am not very familir with statistical things. There seem to be many opinions about stat or biostat. Some might say stat could do what biostat can do, then choosing biostat might limit oneself to a narrow area. The future of biostat is not that promising... So I'm hesitating a lot. If so, would it be better to choose UCD? I know UCD also does great job at biostat. But what if I focus my research on biostat finally? Then UNC would be better and it seems to have a better location for biostat students and more economical. So I feel really hard to decide. I would be grateful to have any of your view. Thanks very much!!