Hi all, I am applying for the graduate school in statistics and looking forward to getting some suggestions from you guys.
Undergrad Institution 1: A university in China. (After two years of study, transferred to US)
Major(s): Social Work GPA: 3.61 (Class rank 1)
Undergrad Institution 2: Large state university in the midwest, around 55 in us news
Major(s): Mathematics, Economics double major, both in honor program Minor(s): Statistics GPA: 3.918
Type of Student: International student from China, Male
Courses taken and taking: Calculus III (A), Honor Analysis I & II (both A-), master level of real analysis (Rudin) I & II (both A), Honor Linear Algebra (A), Honor Differential Equation (A), Honor Number Theory (B+), Honor Complex Analysis (A), Honor Differential Geometry (A-), PDE (A), Undergraduate level probability (A), Intro to Mathematical Statistics (A), Econometrics I & II (both A), Graduate level of mathematical statistics I (A), Graduate level of mathematical statistics II (A-), Probability Theory based on measure theory (IP). GRE General Test:
Q: 166 (92%) V: 156 (71%) W: 4.0 (56%) GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 820 (83%); I also took the one in October, expected to be 85-90% TOEFL Score: Waived Grad Institution: N/A
Programs Applying: Statistics Research Experience: 1. Did a data analysis for a book of a lecturer in the econ department;
2. Did research with a math professor on ODE;
3. Published a paper on the pedagogy. I designed the questionnaire and analyzed the data of the survey and wrote the data analysis part. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Special grade of scholarship and excellent students at the undergraduate institution 1; Scholarship from the math department at the undergraduate institution 2. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TAed and TAing maths courses.
Letters of Recommendation: One professor from econ department with specialization in econometrics, strong; One associate professor from the math department, strong; One associate professor at the statistics department, I took a graduate class with her and got A in her class, strong.
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Passed EXAM P at SOA (Society of Actuaries), preparing for FM and C.
Research Interest: Stochastic Modeling, the applied statistics with connection to economics and finance.
Applying to where:
MS: Stanford, Berkeley, Harvard (Really no confident of applying to PhD directly)
PhD: Chicago (MS/PhD), Washington, Cornell, Columbia, Michigan, Yale, UPenn, Minnesota.
Will the schools I list above are too high to reach? Do you have some other schools recommending to apply?
Thanks in advance.