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I don't have much to add, except to say that I am in a similar situation. The funded fast-track masters does not seem that different from being a pre-quals PhD student, from what I've heard. Michigan seems like a very attractive place if you want to do statistical genetics.

The visit weekend was earlier this month on March 4-5th. Has anyone else that went hear back yet?

Thanks for the feedback! Good luck with your apps.

Anyone else?

Thank you for your feedback. I assume you are only referring to 4-8 ranked biostat programs, and not stat programs. I also assume you mean Penn biostat, and not the program at Wharton. I am still curious if I have a chance at any decently (5 - 15) ranked stat programs (not biostat).

I am definitely also considering biostat programs. For each of the schools listed above that have both programs (stat and biostat), I definitely would also apply to biostat programs. Some of the schools listed above only have biostat programs I believe. I also realized recently that the deadlines to apply are so late (mid December) that I would actually be able to send in my grades from my first semester of my senior year, where I plan on taking the first halves of real analysis, abstract algebra, and I will probably also take numerical analysis or complex analysis.

Bump. I understand these kinds of posts (i.e, profile evaluations) are irritating, but I would greatly appreciate your feedback. Thanks.

I am considering applying to stat MS / PHD programs in fall 2014. I'm currently in my third year as an undergrad. I'd really like to be in a stat PHD program after I graduate, but I am not sure how likely it is that I'll get into a decent program. Undergrad Institution: top 20 private school Major(s): Mathematics, Psychology Overall GPA: 3.84 Type of Student: Domestic Male GRE Q164 V164 MGRE: don't plan on taking currently The math / stat classes I'll have taken by the end of this semester are: Multivariable, Linear, Math proofs course, differential equations, probability theory, mathematical statistics, vector spaces, applied psych statistics, grad course in latent variable modeling in psychology. Also have taken a decent amount of of CS classes. The semester that I plan on applying I'll also begin sequences in abstract algebra and real analysis, which may or may not mean that I'll have a grade on my transcript for those courses. I have a decent amount of research experience, having worked in a psychology lab that does a lot of stat genetics stuff for the past 1.5 years. Also plan on doing a machine learning research thing this summer. But no publications yet, and while some are in works, starting to realizing that getting anything published is probably unlikely. May do an honors thesis of some sort next year. I also have some work experience in that I've been doing statistics / machine learning / database consultation for a very large business for the past 2 years. Gained a lot of experience with some common programming languages during that time. LOR should have one that is excellent, and the other two should be fine. Have won some semi-significant scholarships / honors at school, but nothing too crazy. Anyway, based on my perusal of these forums, I think I can get into most MS programs that I'd want, but I'm really more interested in the PHD programs. My current guess is that I could get into a few ok PHD programs, but probably not any top programs since I don't have a ton of high math level coursework or any math publications, and I also don't have a great Mgre score to help me. Should I wait until after my senior to apply since I'll have completed sequences abstract algebra and real analysis at that time (and may have things published)? I'm most interested in machine learning but I am also interested in various biostat things. The schools that I am interested in at this time, with many/most of them probably being unreachable are: Harvard, WashU, Penn, Johns Hopkins, Emory, Iowa State, UNC, Duke, NC State, UCLA, Berkeley, UC Davis, Pitt, Brown, Carnegie Mellon I'll probably add a bunch of lower ranked programs as well so I get in somewhere. So please evaluate my profile, and I would appreciate any guidance about whether I should wait a year to apply.