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  1. I am actually in the same position as you although I am between a second major in math and a minor in CS. Not that any of this is definitive advice but I'll share my thoughts as someone in the same boat. At the moment I am leaning towards the CS minor, but I don't necessarily have to decide until I pick my electives for my last two semesters. I am leaning towards the CS minor because I can use courses such as Big Data Analytics and Bayesian Decision Networks which seem highly relevant to life in statistics. I also feel like my CS class Digital Logic Design (where we covered lots of boolean algebra) helped me with the first part of Probability. I do think it's necessary to add some math electives to the stats major though for grad school. Multivariate Calc and Linear Algebra are required for the stats degree but adding Real Analysis definitely completes the package from what I've been told. I also elected to take proof based Discrete Math which I think helped prepare me for the Mathematical Statistics sequence. I went for one applied math course too, Mathematical Modeling of Population Biology. It ended up involving some probability theory and introduced me to Monte Carlo Simulations. It also taught me applications of matrix models and differential equations. Are you leaning towards one or the other at the moment?
  2. Thanks for the reply cyberwulf. Do you think I'm being realistic with those schools listed? Ideally I'd want to have a funded PhD offer from one of UGA, USC, UFL, MUSC, or Auburn, but I wouldn't have a problem starting with a Masters as long as funding was offered. I would probably throw applications at UNC and Duke for my reach schools as well.
  3. Here's a full pdf of Mathematical Statistics w/ Applications 7th ed. by Wackerly, Mendenhall, and Scheaffer: https://fvela.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/mathematical_statistics_with_applications1.pdf This is the book my Stats program uses in our three semester Mathematical Statistics series (Probability, Mathematical Statistics, Theory of Statistical Inference). I think it's a solid book for the most part. If you'd like I could send you some of the practice tests my prof put together for each chapter.
  4. I'm interested in applying to a few of these schools mentioned for the Fall 2016 application season. I'm wondering if anyone could suggest some programs in the same tier and MUSC that would be "safe" target schools for a Statistics major from a top 50 ranked undergrad stats department (4.0 stats GPA with coursework in biostats, analysis, and some non-monumental research projects including an honors thesis). Not trying to turn this into a profile evaluation, just wondering if anyone could suggest some similarly-tiered schools to MUSC suitable for such a student.
  5. Any chance of resurrecting this post? How's transportation in Athens, bike friendly at all?
  6. I go to school in Columbia but I live/grew up in Charleston so I can weigh in. If you live downtown you certainly don't need a car, a bike or scooter would be plenty. If you live on the Mount Pleasant side of town, biking is made possible by the nice pedestrian lane on the Ravenel bridge. Unfortunately, if you live on the opposite side of town (West Ashley, James Island) there is no safe way to bike into town. Charleston is a crazy fun and quickly growing town with tons of culture. Contrary to popular opinion, I think Charleston has a fair amount of diversity, especially in recent years. It's a place that people are flocking to and they're bringing lots of variety to the city which is nice. The food/drink scene is second to none within a 1,000 mile radius (maybe a little bit biased here). Also lots of good music especially jazz and indie. Get ready for floods because downtown will flood just on a low tide, not to mention the slightest bit of rain! Enjoy!
  7. Looking for some feedback on my application to some Stats and Biostats Masters and PhD programs. Profile: BS with double major in Statistics and Mathematics GPA on track for 3.75, but not finished yet so could turn out as high as 3.85 or so. From top 50 Statistics at a big state school in the south. Also graduated from the Honors College which was recently ranked #1 public honors college in the country (whatever that's worth??) Three significant scientific research involvements and 2 unrelated internships. Independent research for my Honors Thesis involves statistical analysis of water quality data from a non profit I did research with. Two other non statistical research projects in Plant Biology and Microbiology Two non-scientific environment and sustainability related internships with non profits. The bad news... I had one catastrophic semester during my sophomore year due to family issues that drew me away from campus both mentally and physically. Outside of that semester I have only one B and the rest A's. The damage that was done that semester was I withdrew from two computer science classes with WF's and finished an upper level Discrete Math with a D. I pulled out a B in Honors Calc 3 though thankfully. I will definitely be retaking those three bad classes and anticipate getting an A in all of them. Relevant Classes: Calc I(A), Honors Calc II/III (B) The honors sections of math classes are considered much more challenging and stimulating though, does this balance out the B at all? Honors Linear Algebra (A) Honors Vector Analysis (A) Real Analysis (A) 3 semester Mathematical Statistics sequence (A's), various applied stats courses (A's), Bayesian Data Analysis (A's) R programming (A) Honors Applied Mathematical Biology and Financial Mathematics (A's) Haven't yet taken Differential Equations or Abstract Algebra, so they will not be on the transcript I send to admissions committees. I also tutor math and believe I have solid letters of rec from my stats profs. Looking to apply to (ordered from my first to last choice) University of Georgia (MS/PhD Stats), Auburn (MS/PhD Stats), University of South Carolina (MS/PhD Stats), University of Florida (MS/PhD Stats), Medical University of South Carolina (MS/PhD Biostats). How realistic are those choices, and how should I frame my explanation of my one bad semester? Thanks
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