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The department said that I will be fully funded; so I assume you would be funded too.

FWIW, I did an interview with PSU and they are sending out results soon- I was told during the interview that I am accepted, so it seems that decisions are already made at least in most part. I also got a waitlist from CMU - could somebody fill in funding details? Thank you

Have you contacted the professors in Michigan before or during the application? I also applied for the Michigan, havent gotten an e-mail, so I am just wondering. BTW, congratulations!

Thank you very much for all advice!! I truly appreciate it. As for the grade, I will go with the first score. I have thought about Biostats, but I've decided to just stick to stats...especially on the topic of time series and stochastic process. Thus, I want to give a second thought on schools which lean on Biostats. Could you provide further information on this matter by any chances? (By the way, I changed my lists above a little bit.. I added Columbia and Boston U, and removed Emory and OSU. )

Hello. I am an international student and I am considering to apply to Statistics PhD programs this year(unfortunately I don't think I can do MS degree first because of my situation...I really want to do though). I'd like to get some feedback on my chances. Also I'd like to ask which GRE scores would be better for me. Any reply will be welcomed! Here is some information about me... Undergrad: Majored in applied statistics. - GPA: 3.99/4.00(graduated at the head of my department) from one of the top schools in my home country. Some undergrad classes: Math: Calculus /linear algbea/ Discrete math/ Differential Eq/ Analysis(Rudin)/ Mathematical Statistics(Hogg) Stat: Regression/ Sampling theory/ Nonparametric stat/ Stochastic Process/ Time Series/ Bayesian stat/ Categorical Data analysis(Logistic Regression)/ Experimental Design GRE: Which one would be better? V: 169/ Q:166/ AW: 3.5 vs. V: 157/ Q:170/ AW: 3.5 I am thinking about going with the first one because I have much better verbal score. However I am worried about that relatively low quant score might bring some concerns about my math ability... I didn't take GRE Math Subject test... Experience: 2 year job experience. usually worked with time series data Recommendations: three stat professors probably not well- known. But I expect quite strong recommendation letters Lists in mind: UW/ Berkeley/ CMU/ Duke/ UNC/ NCSU/ Upenn/ Penn State/ Cornell/ Iowa state or U of Iowa/ Emory/ OSU/ Rutgers or Texas A&M Univ/ Would I have any shots on these schools? Also I am interested in time series or bayesian statistics. I will be really grateful if you could mention some other universities I might need to consider. I really appreciate any help. Thanks so much in advance!