panletitbe
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33 minutes ago, ghjk said:
Well, if ALL the information public, you could guess how much they would lose in terms of *GREAT* candidates and the admission fees:)
I mean like NYU Stern makes it very clear that they only admit about 1 student every year for stat PHD program, but you are right, it's about candidates and application fees.
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1 hour ago, ghjk said:
Don't count much on UNC INSTORE, as a professor told me that they would accept VERY FEW (aka, 1 - 3, I guess?) students this year while receiving a HUGE number of applications.
OMG, NO... If they only admit very few students, they should make this information public on their website...
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2 hours ago, marmle said:
Decisions for UW Stats are out, or at least acceptances and waitlists, as I saw an acceptance on the results search and I just got waitlisted. Congrats to those that got in!
Hi, I saw your results, congrats! Since you already got admitted into top programs like Biostat@UW, would you mind withdrawing some applications, like Stat@Austin so that others can have opportunities? Sorry if it offends you.
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It seems NCSU has sent out two rounds of admission, first around 12/20/2016, then about last week.
Sad news..
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I'm from Umich but not biostat department.
As far as I know, the department is very rich, almost all master students will have funding and many will transfer to PhD program. But maybe you still need to pay for the first semester.
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Anyone help me?
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Hi everyone,
I know it might be a little bit early to ask this, but since I got an offer from UCR for statistics PhD program, anyone familiar with the school, department or the city?
I'm currently in Michigan, it seems Riverside is a nice city close to LA and San Diego, and the department is relatively small. I heard some words about RC Riverside, and it turns out for undergraduate, it's not that good, how about for PhD?
Thanks in advance if I can hear some useful information.
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BTW how to "reply" to someone on this forum.....
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Are you in a thesis MSc?
Sounds like you could participate, at least as co-author, in a publication by the time you apply for PhD. That might boost your chances.( Of course, my background is not related to your field, so take my comment with a grain of salt).
Yeah, I know how important publication is, I'll work hard this summer.
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I was in a similar position to you. I had poor undergrad grades but did very well (4.0 GPA) in a master's program. In fact, my undergrad grades in math were quite bad(3.0 average), my master's institution is unranked, and I did not take the subject GRE. However, I do think my letters were strong and I am American rather than international, which I know is an advantage. I was accepted by Purdue and Ohio State(you can see my other results in my signature).
Based on what you have posted, the fact that your master's will be from Michigan and the fact that you took and scored quite decently on the subject GRE clearly make your application look stronger than mine before letters and American/international are taken into account. I can't say I know exactly how much more competitive admissions are for international students, but I would be surprised if you didn't have good results applying at schools in the 25-50 ranking range. In fact, I know some international students whose resumes I think are probably less impressive than yours who go accepted to places like Purdue and UNC, so I would also not be surprised if you got offers from some top 25 schools as well.
I think you should pick a range of schools throughout the top 50 to apply to, depending on how much money you can afford to spend on application fees. Pick a few schools in the 25-50 range that you are confident you will have a good chance at, pick some in the 10-25 range as reaches, or even pick a top school or two if you don't mind gambling and it's not a financial burden to apply. Even though application fees are expensive, I think the cost of applying is relatively small compared to the potential benefit of receiving an offer, even if one's chances aren't great at a particular school. Plus, as many people have previously commented, there are so many qualified applicants for top schools that sometimes admissions results can be a bit random.
Since you are already at Michigan, you should ask faculty there about the possibility of PhD study at Michigan. Michigan is a great school, and if you can impress some people there during your master's studies, maybe they will lobby for Michigan to take you. Besides, you want to be impressing people and making connections anyway so you can get good letters for all your applications. You can also ask professors with whom you have developed a relationship for advice about where you might be competitive in PhD applications.
Maybe I am underestimating how much harder it is for international students, but I still think it is worth being bit ambitious with a backup plan. After all, you won't get in anywhere you don't apply.
Thanks for your kind and encouraging words. Congrats on your offer!!
For the difference between American and international, take Michigan for example: in Fall 2015, Michigan stat PhD program has 77 domestic applications, where 15 of them are admitted, 264 international applications, where 18 of them are admitted.
I've asked my program advisor about the chance of getting into the PhD program in Michigan, and the reply is that the program seldom admitted students from master program, even though you had good GPA and worked hard...
I'll try to work hard this summer and get strong letters, and still focus on the schools ranking 25-50, hope I can have good results!
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It's not out of the question, but given the lower undergrad GPA AND the fact that you're an international student, you may want to target schools mostly in the range of USNWR rankings of Ohio State and below (to be honest, your best chances may be at places like UMissouri and Virginia Tech, but you might be able to get into places like University of Florida and Ohio State). I don't think your math GRE subject score is a problem; you should not have to retake it.
Thanks for your information. Just an another question, when you say USNEWS ranking, you mean statistics ranking? Or national university ranking? I would be glad if I can get admitted into OSU or UFL..
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I'm currently a first year stat master in Michigan, Ann Arbor, it's an applied stat program, but I'm taking all PhD level courses, and they are vary theoretical. Courses: Statistical Inference(more theoretical than Casella's book), Asymptotic theory, Stochastic process, Linear models, Multivariate analysis(data mining/statistical machine learning), statistical computing.
My current graduate GPA is 3.9/4.0, but as an international student, PhD application is very competitive, and my undergraduate GPA is only 3.4/4, from Asia. Other information: GRE V154+Q170+AW3.0, GRE math sub about 85%(I may retake it if it's necessary)
I'll do research in a bioinformatics lab this summer, with topics related to machine learning. I'll apply for 2016 fall Stat Phd programs, with research fields around statistical machine learning. If I apply with these background, is it possible that I can get admitted into a top 50 program?
Thanks all!
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I remember JHU stat has spring admission.
https://engineering.jhu.edu/ams/recent-admissions-statistics/