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StatsG0d

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  1. You could still get waitlisted. Don't give up hope yet.
  2. It's kind of interesting how competitive the UT Austin (pretty new) Statistics program is. I see lots of rejections. I guess when you put some form of the word data science into a program's name it becomes exponentially more competitive. Anyway, sorry to you guys about Stanford. @MLHopeful: at least you already have one very good school on your list. Congrats on Washington. I applied to Chicago too, but their program out of their b-school instead of their statistics program. Speaking of which, anyone have any info on that at all? It seems to be pretty small and it is not ranked, but the professors seem quite prestigious and the posts on TGC make it seem like admissions are quite competitive.
  3. This describes me to a T right now lol. I should just create a smart mailbox that filters out emails ending in .edu.
  4. Probably due to the fact that results seem to be coming in very slowly this year. I heard back from A&M almost two weeks ago now and not a single word from any other school. Thus far, of the 17 schools in my list, I have only seen results on TGC from A&M, UCLA, and Northwestern (only interviews and only international students). I hope I hear back from other schools soon before I have an anxiety attack. UMich rolled out around this time last year, so I hope there's some autocorrelation there because it's my first choice.
  5. I was an undergrad at Loyola, so I can attest to the very affordable rent prices in Chicago (especially compared to where I currently live--DC). I see a lot of questions are about downtown or the south side (Hyde Park), but if anyone has questions about living on the North Side, I'll be happy to answer them.
  6. You can work for an international organization like the IMF or the World Bank.
  7. @Stats2015: http://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=statistics
  8. I called them just now. I was told that no decision was made on my application yet, and they were still sending out invites and I should "sit tight for about a week or so."
  9. Did you end up hearing from them? I saw there were more results on Saturday but I haven't heard anything yet. Maybe I should contact the department.
  10. I forgot that this is for MS applications. I would suggest that you contact the departments you want to go to but haven't yet heard from and explain to them that you've already heard back from a few schools but you are more interested in attending school X and that you're wondering if they can expedite the decision process. Couldn't hurt at least. Although I'm sure you'll find that Columbus is a better city to live in than West Lafayette. Good luck to you.
  11. I'm pretty sure Purdue is more highly ranked than Ohio State (at least according to USNWR). They also have a lot of professors that research time series. At any rate, at the end of the day it's about where you want to go and where you find to be the best fit.
  12. Exactly. That's what I was kind of trying to get it, but you said it more clearly. If you look at current professors' interests they always list their theoretical work first, and then say something like "My applied interest is in X...". I have heard that a lot of applied statisticians can get academic positions in marketing departments at business schools though, and some universities (Temple, for instance) house their statistics department within their business schools. So I guess if you want to be a Professor of Statistics, do theoretical research.
  13. You're better off posting your profile on Urch, which is basically a TGC dedicated toward (primarily) econ majors.
  14. Take what I say with a grain of salt. I feel that for a research university they would be looking more for people who can advance methodologies rather than applied statisticians. But I still feel this is more of a general thing and is by no means a requirement. Steven Levitt (an econometrician at Chicago) can barely take a derivative, but he's one of the most famous applied econometricians out there, with thousands of citations on some of his papers. So I guess what I'm getting at is if you're really good, then yeah, there's a much better shot at being an applied statistician in academia. I still feel like this isn't the norm though.
  15. Maybe for a university that is focused more on teaching they won't care as much but I feel for a research university they will care quite a bit.
  16. Yeah I saw that UCLA rolled out today and I haven't received any emails. In fact, my application still says "Submitted" on ApplyYourself. Kind of worried at this point.
  17. This post should really be stickied because of all the great insights. In terms of social interaction (whether among other graduate students inside/outside your program or otherwise), how bad is the shock? I find myself to be something of an extrovert, so I am hoping that the social shock of being a graduate student isn't that severe. Granted, I was very dedicated to my studies in undergrad and had a good social balance, but obviously it's much more serious in graduate school. Do you find your classmates collegial? I've heard for some programs/schools your fellow grad students view you as competition, and so are unwilling to help you out in times of need.
  18. I guess that would be nice but they are probably considering you for the second around of admits. It's always better to be considered than flat out rejected, right?
  19. That makes me feel a lot better actually haha. Thanks a lot. And thanks for the reassurance.
  20. This is fantastic. Thank you all so much. Such a great community in this forum.
  21. Thanks a lot Biostat. This is all really useful. Does anyone have any recommendations for LaTeX and/or R material? I already know SAS and Stata if that helps at all to suggest material for the latter.
  22. This forum is a blessing and a burden. It really makes you sweat when you see results were out by this time last year and none thus so far this year. I can't tell you how many times I have gone to Iowa's web site looking for a decision (they were out by the end of January last year for statistics).
  23. I don't think the 3.8 was meant to be a cutoff, and a 3.79 is sufficiently close. Your math grades are more important anyway. Assuming your GRE quant score is decent, I imagine you would at least get into a few of those schools. It sucks waiting out the storm, but once you get your first acceptance the tension releases. Good luck.
  24. Thanks everyone so much. This is really useful.
  25. Are you applying for a PhD or for a masters degree?
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