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I applied pure stats. Which I believe is lower than Minnesota.

As of right now it is my only offer. I am still waiting for 5-6 programs? I believe all are above Minnesota, except maybe Johns Hopkins?

That low stipend isn't helping either

How is Minnesota ranked anyways? Say, in comparison to Michigan, CMU and Wisconsin-Madison?

Got a Minnesota offer!

To the person who get a rejection from Harvard phd via phone.. Did they call you or did you call?

To those who have not heard from Michigan yet: The coordinator just told me the application is not complete. If you have not heard anything yet then you still have have a chance at the phd or MA (if you checked you want to be considered for that too).

Sure. I looked up the results page and Minnesota has not sent any rejections (only ONE acceptance). However, Michigan should be done/near done. I will email the department now.

Has Minnesota sent out rejections yet? I have not heard from Minnesota nor Michigan, I am considering emailing both departments.

I still haven't got an acceptance or rejection from Michigan. Does anyone know what this may mean?

Sad Hopefully Minnesota sends out some admissions.

I'm still waiting on CMU, Chicago (MSc/PhD), Minnesota, Johns Hopkins, NYU Stern and MIT Masters in ORC I'm going to assume Michigan and Harvard are rejections. I don't like my chances

I'm not sure if having Hadley Wickham as your advisor is THAT great. I mean the work he does is very narrow and more regarding statistical graphics. Seems like that would be a tough field to get hired in/get tenured for academia. Of course he is amazing, but as an aspiring graduate student not sure if that would be the best way to enter academia.

I got one today. Generic email to check website.

That's how I feel about Wharton too, very possible none of the 5 people know about this website/posted. Last year someone called them early Feb for their results. Let us know if anyone decides to do this!

Looks like I may be rejected everywhere Michigan seems to be done too, there's 7 acceptances on the results page. That's around how many they gave out last year.

Thanks Cyberwulf, I really appreciate it. Looks like Minnesota sent an acceptance out last week that just got posted? Wonder what that means...

Thanks Cyberwulf, that was very helpful. Another thing is that I guess as applicants, it's tough to have an idea of what the applicant pool is like. Like how many 3.8+ GPA, real analysis I and II, and math GRE 90+ percentile students are there? At least judging by the results page, it seems a decent portion of the students have high math GRE scores for example (at top schools, for example UW this year and previous years) How are lukewarm reference letters viewed? I have a feeling my low real analysis grade, and lukewarm letters are hurting me. My school has a small statistics department (approximately 15 faculty members) and it's tough to get 3 strong letters when many of your courses are taught by lecturers who do not do research, and not professors.

What really frustrates me about the PhD application process is the amount of information us as applicants have. For example, what candidates do the schools actually want? Who are making the admissions decisions? How are we filtered? Do they read every reference letter carefully? What about our statement of purpose? How important are advanced math courses, what about research experience? etc etc. We have very little to base our knowledge of graduate applications/graduate programs on. Just a website, and some FAQs (which are usually useless) and forums and discussions with our professors. How do we know if a professor is going to write us a good letter? Sometimes older professors who have not written letters in a while do not know the difference between a strong and a lukewarm letter. For example one of my letter writers asked me who my other letter writers were and I said Professor A and Professor B. She said: "Oh don't use Professor A, I have read his letters before and they are very uninformative." If not for this warning, I would never have known. I would have used Professor A's letter and it could have potentially ruined my chances at many top schools. In which case I would apply again next year and may STILL use Professor A. There is such a lack of information, it's really quite frustrating and scary. However at the same time I understand the admissions committee have the same problem. They don't understand the transcripts of international students, they don't know what type of student we are, reference letters can be uninformative, etc etc...

I'm not liking my chances at CMU, they are quite a computational department and I feel like they prefer candidates strong in cs/machine learning

Just got my rejection email from Washington.. haha

From my conversation with the department receptionist, I gather there will likely be another round.

Please let me know what you find out! Ellen told me first cycle is done and to ask again in feb if I stil don't hear back

Also last year Michigan came first week of Feb. I think Chicago isn't far away either.

Regarding Michigan: I think it is coming soon. An adcom checked my googlesite last week. Regarding UW: They said the waitlist will be finalized in the coming weeks. Just because you have not been rejected/accepted, does not necessarily mean we are on the waitlist. They told me all this, and said to inquire again in a few weeks.