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Hi all, I'm taking the GRE on Tuesday and had a quick question regarding sending scores. I know about the score select option, but do some schools require that you send all of your scores anyway? Specifically, I'm applying for masters in stats programs. Thank you in advance!

Stat 2015, Yes, I've tried a lot of different things as I had no idea what I wanted to do originally and found my motivation weakening in the pre-med area as I was realizing that I didn't really want be a doctor. So I ended up with B's in biology and a B and C and Orgo I and II, respectively. I was also just much less focused as a student in my first two years (my GPA in the last 3.5 years is 3.9+ with very heavy course loads each semester). Ok yeah, choosing professors seems to be the consensus of what I've read, so what you're saying makes sense. Well at this point I can say that I know I want a quantitative focused career, but I can't say that I know the specific industry I want to work in. I am worried about not having a class with the rigor of real analysis on my transcript. Thanks for your help, and good luck with PhD admissions (I looked at your profile)

Hi all, I've lurked on this forum for some time now, and have found a lot of great information here, so thank you all for that! I haven't contributed at this point, but would like to start doing so now that I feel like I am somewhat more knowledgeable. For now, I was hoping I could get a profile evaluation as I am not really sure how competitive I am for admissions into masters in statistics programs. If it is not cool to have your first post as a profile evaluation, please let me know and I can contribute elsewhere first. About me Domestic, white male School: Top 10 state school Majors: B.S. in Psychology and Economics Minors: Mathematics and Business Other: Completed pre-med course curriculum (thought I wanted to be a doctor, but I don't) Cumulative GPA: 3.75 (3.76 with transfer credits) Psychology GPA: 3.94, will graduate with distinction Economics GPA: 3.95 Math GPA: 3.93 Business GPA: 3.92 Pre-med GPA: 3.34 Will take me 5.5 years to graduate due to extra courses taken due to changes in pursuits (will have 192 total credits (174 at my school), need 120 to graduate)-- Will the extra time it took to graduate hurt me? GRE scores 167 Q 161 V 5.0 W Quantitative Courses + Grades Calc I (AP credit) Calc II (A) Calc III (A) Probability and Math Stats I (A) Probability and Math Stats II (AB-- between A and B, this is how my school does it) Matrix and Linear Algebra (A) Theory of Single Variable Calculus (proof-based class, A) Accelerated Intro to Stats (A) Econometrics (A) Intro to programming in R (A) Intermediate programming in R (A) Advanced Programming in R (A) Weaker Quantitative courses + Grades Intro + Intermediate Microeconomics (A, A) (Intermediate was calc-based) Intro + Intermediate Macroeconomics (A, A) (Intermediate was calc-based) General Chemistry I + II (A, A) (non-calc based) General Physics I + II (AB, A) (non-calc based) Neuroeconomics (A) Psychology Stats-- B (this was a fluke grade) Experimental Psychology (A) Intro to Finance (AB) Investment theory (A) Other economics courses (A's) (I wasn't sure which courses to include so made this list exhaustive) Internship experience (not sure how much this matters, but thought I should include it) Spent one summer at a market research firm in NYC (mostly editing surveys, formatting data, interpreting data, and creating PowerPoint reports for clients) Spent one summer at an large insurance company in NYC (not really any quant work here) Academic research experience Worked in a psychology lab as an experimenter and supervisor for a total of 4 semesters (this involved data collection, data entry, management of lab processes as a supervisor, not much quant work here); I hope to get re-involved in this lab before I graduate and do some data analysis projects so that I can get a solid letter of rec from this experience Other things (again, not sure if these matter) Played club baseball at my school for 5 years Was on the board of Psi Chi (psychology honor society) for a year and was headed a large, year-long project due to my position (Newsletter chair) Lifeguarded for 4 summers Was part of an investment club for 2 years and served as treasurer for some of that time Letters of rec Should get one solid one and not sure about the other two yet (I am at a big school and it is often difficult to get to know professors) Would it make sense to get a letter from my market research employer if I think it would be a solid one? Please let me know what range of schools you think I would be competitive for-- I am mainly concerned about letters of rec and having no classes like analysis on my transcript. Any advice and suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated! Sorry if this is really long. I hope I can be of help to some of you in the future. Thank you for reading!