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Undergraduate: School: Top 15 Public University, Top 50 National University in US News (graduating in May 2015) Major: Statistics, Economics GPA: 3.45 GRE: V154, Q167, AW3.5 Relevant Course Work: Calculus III (B-), Statistics and Probability (B+), Statistics and Probability II (B-), Linear Algebra (B+), Applied Regression I (A), Applied Regression II (A), Applied Multivariate Analysis (A), Statistical Data Management (A-), Applied Econometrics (A+), Categorical Data Analysis (B+), Advanced Data Analysis (A-) Experience: - survey research assistant at school, cleaning data and performing simple inferential statistics on survey responses in R and SPSS (8 months) - statistical analyst intern, predictive modeling on geological data in R at a government agency (current, 1.5 yrs by the time of graduation) Programs Applying To: MS: Berkeley, Duke, UNC, Michigan, Minnesota, Purdue, Illinois, UCLA, Iowa My major question is, how do I rank compared to these programs? I realize Berkeley is a long shot for me, but I am wondering about the other schools. Recommendations? Also, is it worth taking the GRE again? I am concerned about my low AW score (3.5), but I am not confident in getting higher than a 4 (4.5 if lucky) even if I take it again. How much of an impact is there between an AW score of 3.5 vs 4 for a MS in Statistics? My GPA is not ideal but I feel I make up for it with my work experiences in applied statistics, which is rare for undergrads. Any feedback is appreciated.