statisticsfall2014

Hello, As were winding down towards decisions, I think it would be interesting to compile some feedback on what recommendations people have for next years students. To start it off, I think it would be helpful to get an honest assessment from someone close to the process about your chances (perhaps someone at your school on the admissions committee), that way you know what range of school to apply to. As cyberwulf pointed out on the admissions thread, it seems that results are more tiered that I had previously expected going in. If anyone else has any other insight, (international, masters, PHD, funding), feel free to post here

All remaining for me to hear from is UCLA and Columbia. Any prior probabilities I should be assigning to my chances there based on what people have seen? One thing I am thinking is that since I applied for the NSF GRFP fellowship, UCLA might hold out to see if I get it, in which case they wouldn't have to fund me. I'm assuming NC State is holding me on the wait list for the same reason, and UCSB hasn't guaranteed 4 years of support yet. Alas, CMU has already offered great support. I guess that's a key difference between public/private schools.

NC State is a really great program, (I'm on the wait list!), and it's definitely a place that's very on top of things in terms of the statistics world. It's a goldmine if you want to do statistics

Sounds good, I'm going to push pretty hard to go to JSM this year

Wait listed at NC State.. Persistent Homology- Noooo!!!! I was hoping to see you at CMU! Even just based on your name, it sems like the Topological stats there would be a good fit lol: http://www.stat.cmu.edu/topstat/

How do you know

Who is the UCLA acceptance/Has anyone else heard any updates?

This is great stuff.

Mine is also: "Submitted- Pending Decision" for UCLA.

Sweet, yeah I'm now waiting on NC state, Columbia, UCSB, and UCLA. Hopefully can get these sorted out soon. Anyone have any updates on these + the other remaining schools people mentioned?

Is anyone still awaiting an offer from anywhere?

Same, just received the Berkeley rejection.

It would be fun to compile all relevant admissions data into one place, format it, and analyze it. The new thread will be a great piece of information. Some others: The page-source of the results page when the keyword "statistics" is entered. And departments who post admissions statistics.

On having not gotten a rejection from Michigan yet: ^^ Probably a good sign ^^

Yeah I'd imagine they must be coming soon.. excited to get some closure

I'm just going to bring a pair of Jeans and Khakis, and a couple nice, but not over-the-top shirts. I'm not sure how that would translate though

I'm not totally sure what to expect, it probably couldn't hurt to read about the professors but since we already have offers I do't think it will be as pressure packed as like an interview visit. Are you guys considering anywhere besides CMU?

great! I just booked my tickets last night (420$ round-trip from seattle). http://civilstat.com/?p=1409 This is a great post ont eh histroy of the department. It includes a link of the entire history (written by Margaret, the one sending the e-mails!) from the recent book on the rise of statistics departments. It's a great read!

Hello everyone, I am hoping this thread can be for those who are attending either the open house or planning to accept their offer of admission.

There's good faculty at cornell for machine learning I'm sure. i know before applying, I spoke to Giles Hooker, who is very involved in machine learning. http://stat.cornell.edu/people/faculty/giles-hooker

I would love to live in Santa Barbara though, *sigh*, that place is paradise.

Ok, so I think I'm going to give up on: Harvard, Berkeley, and UCSB. And keep hope alive at UCLA, Columbia, and NC State. I am most likely going to accept the CMU offer though, as the more I've been reading about the department the more excited I am getting.

^^APPEND TO THE ABOVE^^ I am referring to all pure Stats PHD Programs

Anyone have updates on the following: Columbia, NC State, UC Santa Barbara, and UCLA. Those are the remaining mysteries for me.

Great! Looks like applying to late deadlines has payed off, congrats! Florida is a terrific department