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Binged the entire series over the Thanksgiving weekend. I can't wait for more episodes.

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I finally got around to submitting my PhD app yesterday, hopefully i should know by late February (historically when the first round of acceptances went out)

There are multiple ms/stats programs at rutgers, all with different deadlines, but in general the 12/1 (December 1 2016) deadline is for applying for admission and financial aid The Statistics & Biostatistics - Data Science specialization at the New Brunswick Graduate school has rolling admissions (you can pretty much apply until the day before classes start in the Fall) The plain Statistics & Biostatistics program at the NB Grad school, has a May 1 2017 deadline or domestic students, March 1 2017 for international students, The Statistics / financial concentration has a July 1st and June 1st deadline for US or international students. The program at the School of Public Health has a completely different application process with different deadlines. the School of Public Health came over with the UMDNJ merger and has not been completely integrated with the rest of RU yet.

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Part autobiography - especially how it relates to your interests and reasons reasons for applying, part academic history Make sure to reference potential faculty that you are interested in working with, be sure to state how their work overlaps or runs parallel to your interests Make sure to state career goals, and how $school is best suited for you to meet those goals Best advice I was given - write it, let is sit for a few days then revisit (repeat several times) before you actually submit it.

Is this for a PhD or Masters? I will be 55 when I finish my my Masters in May, and will be clicking the final submit button for a PhD application over the weekend. Now, my situation is somewhat different as the PhD program I am applying to requires a specific masters in order to apply, so the average age in the program would be somewhat higher than usual (I know several PhD students in their mid 40s to late 50s, and at least one in their early 60s) I think your points are valid, the older applicants have a slight advantage with regards to experience, and established work ethic, along with a greater tolerance for bureaucratic BS. At the same time they also have the disadvantage of a shorter lifespan (and potential to contribute) after completion. This is most likely field dependent, but at age 30, you aren't all that much older than a typical grad student.

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Unless otherwise stated 12pt TNR with 1" margins seems to be fairly standard for formatted documents. Oddly the one application that I am submitting gives no formatting requirements, it is submitted as plain text with a suggested 500-1500 word count only.

This was the advice from my LOR writers LOR #1 - stated that it was a good idea to mention faculty members. He also specifically stated that he is on the admissions panel and was was retiring (which I took as a hint to not mention him as a potential advisor) LOR #2 - definitely list faculty members, and reference their research. He did not want to know ahead of time if he was a POI, and stated that they get to see the personal statements without the name of the submitter. LOR #3 - definitely list faculty members, and show where your area of interest runs parallel to or overlaps theirs.

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Send them both, they understand that the scores vary from test to test, and may just end up taking the best of each.

Absolutely depends on the program, and it goes in the opposite direction also. Some programs favor older students - especially programs that require some industry experience prior to entry.

age shouldn't be a problem, I know of at least 1 person over 50 in a music phd, and several that are in the 30-40 range. My field (info science) the age range seems to be 25-50+ for applicants and current students (I am applying at 54, so I am in the upper end of the bracket)

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This is the "for for complete beginners" definition for dependent/independent variables - Assume that your your study is titled along the lines of "the effect of x on y" x is the independent variable, y is the dependent variable in other words, the independent variable is what is changing, and the dependent is what results from the changes in the independent variables.

It depends on which Kindle you get I currently have 2 Kindles, the old e-ink version with a keyboard, and a new Fire HD. The old keyboard version is excellent for reading text (no screen glare), and has a good battery life (about 3-4 weeks between recharges), but it absolutely sucks if there are graphics in the document. The screen is not backlit, so reading in the dark is impossible. Currently it is mainly being used for b&w pdfs of equipment manuals. The Fire is much better at graphics, and is reasonable for reading text, but the battery life is not so great (about 2-3 days depending on usage). The Fire is also able to blue-shade the screen for ease of nighttime reading. It is also a fairly decent generic android tablet. I find it more convenient for reading than my laptop, mainly because it is easier to hold and sort of feels like a book. My daughter has one of the Paperwhite versions, these are sort of a cross between the Fire and old e-ink versions. Decent battery life (about 3 weeks +/- depending on use), no screen glare. It is backlit for nighttime reading, but does not do graphical displays as well as the Fire, but it is much better than the old keyboard version. If you are just using it for reading, then I would suggest the Paperwhite, but if you want something that can be used as a tablet then go for the Fire HD. As far as reading downloaded books, all of them support the major e-book formats and pdfs