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Undergrad Institution: Public state university Major(s): Mathematics Minor(s): Statistics GPA: 3.59 (3.8 in math/stat classes) Type of Student: Domestic White Male GRE General Test: Q: 164 (88%) V: 156 (71%) W: 4.0 (56%) Programs Applying: PhD Biostatistics, MS Biostatistics, and PhD Statistics Research Experience: Did research at my home university for a summer. Published a paper. Did an REU the next summer. Both fall under mathematical biology. Letters of Recommendation: Excellent letter of rec from my advisor. Excellent letter from my analysis professor. Good letter from my REU mentor Washington (PhD Biostatistics) - Reject Minnesota (PhD Biostatistics) - Waitlist North Carolina State University (PhD Statistics) - Waitlist Duke (PhD Biostatistics) - Interview Boston University (PhD Biostatistics) - Interview Berkeley (MS Biostatistics) - Accept Michigan (MS Biostatistics) - Accept University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD Biostatistics) - Accept UCLA (PhD Biostatistics) - Accept

So far I've been accepted to UNC (funding details later) and rejected from UWashington. Haven't heard back from UMN yet. This is for PhD biostatistics programs.

I would be more inclined to apply to masters programs if they offered funding. From what I gather, UMich seems to fund masters so I will probably apply there for a masters. UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, and UMaryland are also on my mind. I think I have a chance at those schools. I'm doing some research on Columbus, Ohio and it looks like there's a lot of outdoorsy stuff to do. That's appealing!

Thank you for your insight!That's good to hear that CMU, Rice, and Florida place more weight on recommendation letters. Too bad business and GE classes thwart my GPA but I'd certainly be happy with NC state or CMU.

Hey guys, thanks for your time. I will apply to PhD programs for the 2015 Fall cycle. About me: Type of student: Domest white male Institution: Public university with limited research opportunities Major: Mathematics with a minor in statistics GPA: 3.592 overall, 3.804 in math/stats Math courses: Calc I (A), Calc II (A), Calc III (A), Calc IV (B+), Linear I (A), Linear II (A), Differential Equations I (B+), Differential Equations II (A-), Linear Analysis II (A), Proofs (A), Vector calc (A), Numerical analysis (A), Partial Differential Equations (A), Real Analysis I, II, III (A, A, A) Stat courses: Statistical inference II (B ), Intro to statistics (A-), Regression (A-), Design of experiments I (B+), Design of experiments II (A-), Computing with R (A-), Computing with SAS (A), Intro to probability (A), Multivariate stats (A-) I will take a year-long sequence in probability theory and mathematical statistics this year. I will have one outstanding letter of rec and 2 very good letters. Research experience: Mathematical biology research (dynamical systems) at my home institution last summer. I did an REU in math-bio research at the University of Tennessee this summer. Both projects required programming in Matlab. Submitted a paper for publication for research at my home institution. I haven't taken the GRE yet. I'm worried about my overall GPA (I don't do too well in GEs). I'm doing a fifth year because I switched from my major from business to statistics to mathematics (we have to declare when we come in as freshmen). Some schools I'm thinking for biostats: UWashington, UNC, UMich, UWisconsin, UMinnesota, UCLA, Hopkins Schools for stats: Stanford, Berkeley, NC state, Duke, UChicago Are my expectations unrealistic? Does anyone have any other suggestions where I should apply? Thank you so much!!