morpheus

And I sincerely congratulate you on this! Oftentimes people who think they're "bad at math" really aren't- they just haven't had particularly good or inspiring math teachers growing up. Your PhD program sounds like a blast though, enjoy it!

But how do you analyze your data? Is this a qualitative analysis? I'm not dissing... both data-collectors and model-builders are necessary for science to progress. It just seems that at the PhD level, you're going to have to dive into the analytical side of things, or at least use some type of analysis to guide your work (maybe in finding the ideal parts to sample, or improving the PCA mixtures, or whatever). I'm not saying you have to be an expert at solving equations, but I'm sure your undergraduate education required some kind of mathematical intuition beyond high-school math. The only things I'm dissing you for are (1) bragging about how bad you are at math, and (2) judging a stranger for getting rejected from a ton of programs in a field that is very much unlike your own.

Haha sorry, I just can't understand your research. Do you collect data and pass it off to someone else to analyze? Do you expect all your data to be fit with a nice, normal regression? How do you communicate with mathematical biologists/sociologists and computer scientists when you need fancier techniques (like machine learning, perhaps) without having a rudimentary knowledge of those things?

Agreed! Congrats on pulling it up. It's just that a 4% is extra scary when you consider that there are plenty non-STEM majors who take the test as well. Since the GRE quant is effectively high school calculus, I would have questioned your abilities to understand basic analytical techniques in your field, e.g. carbon dating (had you not improved)

The applicant in question was also going for a program in a hyper-competitive field: economics. I'm shocked that they let anyone into a science-related field when their practice quant score was a 4%! Were you high?

Good luck!!

Yeah, I think that any email is acceptable on the last week

Or it means that they applied to both reach and safety schools, and got unlucky with the safeties. Or they're switching fields and applied to many options in hopes that one would smile upon their unique background. Super judgey bro

Wow, they're slow! Some of the top math schools are only beginning Master's offers this week; for example, Columbia. Email them again Monday if you don't hear anything. The wait is almost over!

I'm guessing that most of their admissions have been sent out. Why not send them an email to check?

That's awesome, congrats! Maybe we'll cross paths at some conference

Good question! At the moment I'm leaning more towards the other mechanical engineering program, which is a great mix of both applied math and engineering. How about you, what do you want to research within mechE? And yeah, it was fun overanalyzing!

Same! Haha oh well, I'm 1/2 for mechanical engineering

Haha good luck!

I know of a ton of companies that are willing to fund Master's degrees in general, but I don't know much about your field, sorry! I was offered graduate funding through GE's Global Research Center (which has a Healthcare division, btw) and have friends who have even gotten degrees funded through non-profits (e.g. the NYISO). You can always apply to jobs and be very upfront with prospective companies about your desire to continue your studies, and worst case scenario, stay where you are!