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Ellies

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  1. Alohamoraaa, most schools send out many more offers than they have spots. I am waitlisted for funding at Rutgers, and was told they have made eight offers for three spots. So SIX people who have received offers must reject before one more person comes off the wait list. Apparently, however, it IS very common for people to reject, since the first choice candidates usually are first choice at MANY schools.
  2. trigga, there's a huge demand for people with advanced knowledge of statistics; I doubt you will have any problem finding a job once you have your masters, regardless of where it's from. Since you want to go into industry, if I were you, I'd go with the Buffalo option. If the market was any different and statistics jobs weren't so plentiful, then Harvard would make more sense. As it is though, it may take you 2 weeks to find a job with a Buffalo degree instead of 1 week with a Harvard degree. Not worth the additional funds i.m.o.
  3. engenmt, this is what I wrote in my first email to the program director: "Dear Professor xxxxxx, How are you? My name is xxxxx, and I applied to the PhD program in your department. I noticed on GradCafe that many people received a decision already, but I have not. Is there any way you could possibly tell me if I am still under consideration?" I also mentioned that I was extremely interested. Hope that helps!
  4. engenmt, why don't you email them and ask? That's how I got my response (for the stats dept, though). I am still on "No Decision" even today, even though I have been unofficially accepted. Did you apply to New Brunswick or Newark? Newark math told me there will be no decisions before May.
  5. Thank you, statsgirl!
  6. Personally, I think I would pick Florida. It sounds like a more interesting program to me. One year as a TA isn't really a big deal, and it will, in fact, give you valuable teaching experience.
  7. Thanks, kgbfan! Thatguy999, I am considering it. I'd rather be funded of course, but it's not that expensive since I will get in-state tuition rates. Also, it will only be for one year since they told me that if I do well enough that year, it's likely I'll be funded for the remaining years. I do, however, still have an outstanding PhD application at the math department. When I emailed them I was told they won't even look at applications until May. Should they fund me and the wait list doesn't work out for me at the stats department, then I will of course go there. So it's all still up in the air, but I'm feeling better since it certainly looks like at least SOMETHING will happen for me this fall.
  8. Today, I was unofficially accepted to the Rutgers stats PhD program, but waitlisted for funding. Dream is alive again! I was originally accepted to the masters only due to a misunderstanding related to my application. Unfortunately, all funded offers have already gone out.
  9. PrimeMumble, I would give it some time. People do turn down offers for various different reasons; you never know. Unless, of course, you have a great offer elsewhere and the deadline for accepting that offer is approaching.
  10. Stats girl, yes, it was Dr. Kolassa.
  11. Karoku_valentine, did you apply to the masters or the PhD?
  12. Good point. I doubt it, though... according to the Rutgers website, they rarely give out funding for master's students. But I guess I'll wait to see what the official email says.
  13. Well I emailed them and was told I was accepted into the masters program instead. Great. That's the end of that dream...
  14. WOW, great job, football man! Congratulations again. Your admissions seem to be rolling in! Thanks, I hope it helps, and I'm not number 5 on a list for just one position or something... haha! I was thinking of calling today, but we're having ANOTHER snow day here in NJ, so I doubt anybody will be in.
  15. Thanks footballman. Good to see you got a nice offer! The suspense is killing me at the moment; I must have checked the website 1000 times since the rejections on Monday. I continue to be on "No decision". I guess if I'd been accepted I would have had an email by now too. I have not. So.... I am either in the next pile of rejections, or on some internal waiting list.
  16. Still waiting on Rutgers. Didn't get such an email, though... what makes you think we're probably accepted? My anxiety is through the roof right now. Congrats, by the way!
  17. Yes, but the sds he is testing are the data values for the ANOVA. For the ANOVA to be applicable, the sets of sds need to have homogeneous variances. The test then will indicate if there is a significant difference in the means for the sets of sds. He has four groups, in a 2x2 design. Each of these groups has a mean for the set of sds in the group. There is also a mean for each row and column, etc. Each group also has a variance; the variance of the group of sds. It is the variances of the groups that need to be homogeneous.
  18. Yes, but that's the variances of the sets of standard deviations that need to be homogeneous. Not the variances of the sds used as data values... So you're likely to be just fine with ANOVA.
  19. Yes, practice is most important! I am a math major too, and thus, like PhDerp, I felt I didn't need to practice that part at all. I only had a week to prepare anyway, so I spent all my time practicing for the verbal part (which I assumed to be my weak spot). The first quant section was indeed a piece of cake. I am pretty sure I got 100% of those questions correct, with time left over. The second section was a little more challenging, and I spent too much time on it. Suddenly I found I had to answer 6 more questions in just a few minutes! The time limit set for this test is pretty tight. I ended up with a 163. Not quite as high as I should have had, given my background. However, I believe that anything between 160 and 170 is a good enough score for most programs, so I am not too concerned about that.
  20. Curious guy, in your case the sd is just a data value, so yes, ANOVA would be appropriate.
  21. Hi curious guy. ANOVA tests for MEAN differences, not differences in variances/ standard deviations. You want to use an F-test. Use the VARIANCES, and divide the larger by the smaller for your F-ratio. Wait! I just noticed you have a sd for EACH participant? Each participant has a set of values associated with it? That would be different. In that case, you could treat the sd as your X and use ANOVA. You'll be testing for the mean differences in the set of sds.
  22. If I were you, I'd go with the NCSU option. With a master's in statistics, you'll be able to get a job, whether it's from Harvard or NCSU. In the non-academic world experience is more important than education, so once you're in and have a chance to prove yourself, where you get to in the end is up to your ability and drive rather than where you went for your graduate degree. The difference here seems enormous to me; TWO years of expensive tuition instead of ONE cheaper year, plus you lose a year's worth of income from a job. Finally, you do indeed have more options with statistics rather than biostatistics. You and I (and everyone else here) knows that if you can do biostatistics, you can easily adapt and do business statistics (for example). However, recruiters often do NOT know that, so you might be at a disadvantage when applying for a job that requires any type of statistics other than biostatistics.
  23. TenuousAtBest, thanks for the suggestion. However, anything that costs money is not an option for me.
  24. Thank you, ar_rf, excellent suggestions. Unfortunately, though, I can NOT afford the cost. I have to get three kids through college, and they have priority. As a parent, I am supposed to bring money in, not take it out. I am hoping my part-time work experience may help (stats adjunct at a local college).
  25. Voronoi, I did check out NJIT, but I had already missed their deadline (I think it was December 1). And New York is too far; I'm about 1/2 hour from PA. But I do appreciate the thought! I might try NJIT next year, if I can't get into Rutgers. And some others since by that time I will be able to do the subject test. I would rather not waste a year, though... I did my (math) undergraduate in England (U of London) and was number 1 in my class. Unfortunately, that was 20 years ago; I'm not sure if they will hold that against me! I do have some relevant work experience, but only part-time since I had small children. Two of which have now grown; one is in college, the other going in the fall. I have one more left at home (and a husband), which is why I can't go too far.
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