StatPhD2014

If you didnt hear from them yet, you are probably either on the waitlist or rejected

Yeah same here I use the results page mainly for knowing when results might be coming out based on previous years, and seeing if schools started sending offers for the current year. Oh and I'm definitely upvoting the OP for taking the time to make this

It is not competitive, there was another post here that showed they had 280 graduates from the MA program in one year alone. It looks like if you have the basic requirements you will probably get in.

I always thought the bigger bias would be that people who were accepted were more likely to post their results

Uchicago? they do their Phd apps first and then they proceed to MS applications.

Still nothing from Berkeley, maybe they lost my application

It is only 3 pm in California they might not be done yet

Columbia has done their first round of offers, and i think has waitlisted others. Depending on the responses of its intial offers it might add to their waitlist or their offers

they are probably sending the emails one at a time

what time was this? Edit: nvm i see once i posted, it looks like gradcafe is on greenwich mean time (GMT) which makes sense

And acceptance rates are not the only thing to look at Stanford has a higher acceptance rate than most of these other programs, because it has the subject test requirement. Also for lower tier schools most top tier students probably would not even apply there (even if they have a great overall school name).

Your best advice will come from professors at your schools statistics department, especially if your school has a good statistics department. Tell them your grades, coursework, anything else you feel is necessary and let them tell you where you think you can get into. This is what I did, while the advice given by fellow applicants can be helpful it is far more helpful to get it from people who actually do admissions

Did it say under 6%? There was someone else who said it said under 10%, i am just curious what the admissions rate was. If anyone is curious they took around 30 students this year

They don't have a formal waitlist, they keep a number of applicants on an informal waitlist just incase something drastic happens like almost all of their accepted students decline their offers

From what i can tell it is much lower for their PhD under 10%

Where can i find these admissions rates, do you a link to it i would be interested

I did hear on this forum for biostats there were more applications this year, but was this year that different than previous years for statistics students

If anyone is curious about Columbia, It was an email from the department administrator, with a letter from the chair attached, and it included funding details

What are the strengths of Columbia's stat department?

Wow that number for Columbia MA students is really high, they do both spring and fall admissions for their MA stats programs but that number is still really high. It seems like a cash cow for the department, cant be a sign of a good MA program

Don't know if they are finished yet but they did start

No one really cares about your transcript when you apply for academic positions

Your best advice would come from your professors. You should probably ask the one that is going to give you a really good recommendation, a list of schools that he thinks you would get into after you tell him your grades, coursework etc.

Stony Brook is pretty far from NYC

Yeah generally dont agree with many of these either, industry employers in many fields do care about the school name and the connections it has, this is especially true in finance/consulting. As for your second point, i really doubt harvard is a low quality program