Fighting Irish

Hi I recently heard that the PhD students of biostat just take the same courses as statistics students do. Is this the case? if so I think there will be little difference btw the two programs and thus, isn't the biostat phd as good as stat phd? Or they have other independent resources?

Thank you for the valuable information! By the way, are you familiar with the place where Univ of FL locates? Will it be boring to stay there for five years?

Thanks for your answer. Are you talking about this generally or you have considered the field (stat/biostat)?

Thank you very much! Actually I'm leaning to hunt a job after PhD (though this mind may be changed during the next a few years) and I heard that Emory is better for a job, what do you think? And in terms of city, I think there is no doubt that Atlanta is better.

Thanks. I have to say it's really hard to decide. BTW: I'm also on the WL of UCLA stat and pray for an offer......

Thank you for your information! Unfortunately I'm an international and cannot visit the campus. It's because they are new that they recently have recruited senior professors to get competitive. The professor I contacted is one of them.

That senior professor has just moved to the dept in UFL last year, thus I don't think he will leave UF in the next five years. Also he is far from retirement.

The professor I contacted in UF will fit me well I think, on the contrary, what I am concerning is the adviser in Emory

Hello everyone~ I got the two offers and would like to ask for some suggestions. I think generally the school University of Florida and its location are both less attractive than Emory and Atlanta. However, one thing I am hesitating is the advisor. A senior professor will be my adviser if I go to Florida, and he is now really a big guy in statistics field (e.g. Associate editor of JASA, almost one JASA/AOS paper per year for the past decade). On the other hand, Emory also embraces a much larger department with many good professors, but I cannot ensure who I am going to follow. So any advice? All comments on this comparision are welcomed! Thanks!

Hello~ I'm an applicant this year (fall 2015) and have exact the same condition as the poster, namely two offers from Emory and UFL, both biostat phd. Would you guys please share more comments on this comparison now? BTW: I have connected Prof Faming Liang and if I go to UFL my adviser would be him