kayaku

Hi everyone, So I applied for PhD in economics and didn't get into the programs I want. I am now considering doing a master in statistics as prep for phd in economics. I figured if I end of outside academia, a degree in stat will really help me with jobs... Anyway, since it has way passed the deadline for most programs, I need to apply for master with spring admissions, any suggestions? Here is my profile A nice Asian university and than transferred to a Top 15 US undergrad GPA Asian school 3.64/4 US 3.94/4 Courses Asian Cal I-II (As), Probability © Statistics (A-), a bunch of econ and polisci US Calc III, ODE, LA, Real Analysis, Prob and Stat, Machine learning with R, Number theory, complex analysis (All As) and Algebra and Topology (in progress) and also my econ major GRE 164/170/5 TOEFL 118 Research experience: doing senior thesis in econ, research assistant in econ, etc... So no experience in stat Recommendation letter: One math, one machine learning, the third not sure (All my three letter writers for PhD are econ professors) Concerns: The C in probability back in Asia... I wanted to transfer as many credits as possible and overloaded too much I guess Lack of upper level stat courses, the two letter writers are all assistant professors Also, there is considerably less opportunity for Spring admission Are job experience like internship important? I have none because I was deadset on phd... Now I regret it. Any advice will be appreciated!