calbear13

I have full funding at wisconsin (with biostatistics degree option), fellowship at JHU (AMS program), and waitlisted for fellowship at columbia. I'm really hoping I get off the waitlist at columbia as that will make my decision easy (I know it's the lowest of the three on the rankings, but placement is ridiculously amazing) - if not, any thoughts on where I should go? I like the idea of being able to focus on coursework with a fellowship, but I feel wisconsin may be more respected in academia since it is a pure stats program of high caliber research. At the same time, I still don't quite know if I want to go into academia or industry after my PhD... Any advice from you wise sages out there would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!

I have full funding at wisconsin (and opportunity for biostatistics degree option), fellowship at JHU (AMS program), and waitlisted for fellowship at columbia. I'm really hoping I get off the waitlist at columbia as that will make my decision easy (I know it's the lowest of the three on the rankings, but placement is ridiculously amazing) - if not, any thoughts on where I should go? I like the idea of being able to focus on coursework with a fellowship, but I feel wisconsin may be more respected in academia since it is a pure stats program of high caliber research. At the same time, I still don't quite know if I want to go into academia or industry after my PhD... Any advice from you wise sages out there would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!

To ehou333, I was the guy who posted about acceptance at wisconsin. i thought there were several guys who posted acceptance?