Hi,
I'm looking to apply to OR/Stats programs (interested in OR, optimization, stats/machine learning) and a profile evaluation would be super helpful. My biggest worry is that I don't have a very strong proof-based math background: I'll be taking more during my senior year, and don't know if that by itself is a good enough reason to take a year off and work before starting a PhD. I'm ultimately interested in applied stats, optimization, algorithmic game theory, or some mix thereof.
Hoping to apply to places like Cornell, Columbia, CMU, GA Tech, Penn, Duke, Michigan, as well as other OR programs. The new IDSS program at MIT would ultimately be my ideal program, though it's just starting out.
GPA: 3.74
Program: Operations Research (includes financial engineering, applied probability, etc) at a top US university
Coursework: Probability & Stochastic Systems (A), Statistics/ML (A), Theoretical Machine Learning (A), Advanced Calc (B+)/Linear Algebra (A-), Diff E. (A-), Optimization (B+), various CS courses, advanced microeconomics courses (A-/A), others
Research experience: no publications, independent applied statistics project with a conference presentation (sole author), ongoing work with research advisor from last summer.
I'll be taking a grad statistics course in the fall, as well as more proof-based math courses. Won't be able to take real analysis until the spring.