kulimer
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1. What classes I should take to prepare for statistics AND STATISTICS RELATED FIELD, LIKE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH?
2. I know math classes are important, what do you recommend? Ordinary Differential Equations? Numerical Analysis?
I am trying to increase my chances of applying to masters programs in Stat and Stat related field.
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I am considering Columbia M.S. program. I am not very familiar with this program, I know there are a few big name professors, but the tuition is very expensive. Does anyone know about this program? How rigorous is their academics? Any input is helpful.
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134 views, come'on somebody out there's gotta know about this! Don't be shy!
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50 views! really?
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Would you think it's a bad idea to go to the departement? I talked to them before applying.
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On Tuesday, 3 people have gotten Chicago U admission email for the masters program. I still haven't heard, given I turned in my app 5 days after deadline.
1. Looking at the admission results from last 3 years, admit emails were sent on the same day, while rejection emails were sent out a week or so later. Does that indicate I fell in the rejection zone?
2. Online apps status shows "GRE not received", even though I called and sent out a second copy a while ago!! ETS believe Chicago U received it. I have heard if the dept is interested in the applicant, they will contact GRE. Sounds like another a bad news?
Does anyone sniff rejection in the air? Yes, I can 2010?
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Hey guys,
Just got accepted to Stanford MS&E. Congrats to everyone else who got in!
hey, kivo2004. Congrats! It's quite a competitive program. I am curious what is the admission stat for this year? You are getting into the top schools. Can you share with us about your profile are you a master in another field? and all that!
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Has anyone heard from University of Michigan, or U of Chicago? I have not heard the results on their masters stat program.
Also a note on Columbia, do they have a rolling admission? They claim that they don't, but I have heard people getting admitted throughout the year. How does that affect your chance of getting in? Does the later application means less chance and less funding?
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where did you end up going? update!
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Will be talking to them again.
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I am a senior at a university in Canada hoping to go into a Finance Ph.D program in the US.
I would like to go into one of the top Finance Ph.D grad schools (In hopes of going to work in the industry afterwards).
Here are my specs, please tell me what you think!
Asian Female
Major: Honours Physics
GPA: ~3.7
Courses: Calculus, Linear Algebra, Statistics, Introductory Econ, General to Advanced Physics (Intro, E&M up to grad level, Quantum up to grad level, Thermo, Classical Mech, Statistical Mech, Optics, Mathematical Physics)
GRE: 770Q/550V/?W
Experience:
- 4 month work in a major mathematical software company as a application developer
- 4 month work as a research assistant
- 1 year physical chemistry research in a national laboratory in the US (3 publications pending)
- 1 year experience working in top software company to develop voice recognition systems
- 8 month work in developing voice recognition systems for embedded systems
- 8 month research project in finance
What do you think about my chances in US top financial phd programs? (also if you could suggest me some choices I'd be thankful!!!)
I was thinking of applying to:
Stanford
UC Berkeley
Chicago
Columbia
UPenn
Duke
Cornell
=) =) =)
I am actually quite optimistic about your application. I don't see a reason why they should reject you based on the criteria of GPA or GRE, or the classes you've taken. But I must say that the program is very competitive. I think you profile looks like average accepted candidate pool, but many qualify candidate still don't get accepted, the space is limited. I don't know how much they value work experience, but a number of them have good work experience.
I think you should definitely apply, that's my 2 cents.
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Not really. The only "research" I did was an REU this past summer; I learned a lot, but I didn't get any new results or publish a paper. I did get a very strong recommendation from my REU advisor (not such a well known professor, by the way) - in his words, "everyone exaggerates a little." My other recommendations were from pretty well-known professors and were probably OK but not amazing, one regret I have about my undergrad career is that I didn't spend enough time "getting to know" professors (I'm terrified of a lot of them). I have a 3.89 GPA, 3.95 in the math department (which mostly gives out A's and A-'s); I took enough classes to get a solid background, but not so many that I drove myself crazy. I got a 850 on the math GRE, which probably didn't hurt. I didn't take any grad classes, but I did take some somewhat advanced classes in my field. I think my statement of purpose was pretty good and showed that I had some clue what is going on in the field (and at Stanford) and what grad school is about (I mentioned that I was excited to teach . . .).
I get the impression that it's mostly about being an American citizen, going to a very good school for undergrad and having solid coursework. I think they do want to see a decent score on the GRE, and a lot of it probably comes down to how your research interests align with faculty and how you compare with other students with the same interests (they can't accept 15 people who want to do the same thing). In any case I don't think I'm a superstar, so hopefully this is encouraging for people who are intimidated by those with 3+ years of research and 5 publications :-).
Thanks for sharing!
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o gosh.
Very good point, joro, never thought of that! espeically since they know each other. So, verbal promise is never something to count on?- kulimer and yoshimoshi
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kman3201, thanks for asking. I told them the list of classes I took, and I got A in a few key classes, while B/B+ average in the rest. I guess they aren't trying to sweet talk me, huh?
Edit: maybe they just wanted more application for the money, and more applicants to pick from. I think better of them than that, but we never know.
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I went to talk to two professors at the dept I am applying masters for. I told them a bit about the classes I took and the school I am from.
Without knowing my GRE score or GPA, they both told me I have a good chance, probably will get in. One of them wrote down my name(Does that help?).
They said they know my school and my prof very well. Told me not to worry.
Should I really trust their words? Are they just making me happy? What do you think?
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Sigh. Yes people, we get that the GRE isn't all that wonderful and there are problems with it blah blah blah, but that doesn't mean Admissions Committees don't take them seriously just because you don't. For example, the average quantitative score for admitted engineering students at Stanford is close to 790. I'll take an educated guess and say that if you deviate too far from a 790, say under 770 or so, you are significantly cutting your chances of getting into that school. I hear a lot of people make excuses about how they "only had a week or so" to study or "was busy doing other things" or just simply don't test well. Well, if you are serious about getting into competitive programs with high average GRE scores, then it is completely senseless to ignore the proper preparation for taking the GRE considering how much time you spend compiling the rest of your application. If you don't have time to study for the GRE and achieve competitive scores, then you don't have time to apply to grad school.
Good point seadub, I agree. I am applying for Stat MS at Stanford, 760Q, 410V, 3.41gpa. Would I be in line for their waitlist?
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How was your profile? Have you heard from anywhere else yet?
Masters to Masters, is that "legal"?
in Mathematics and Statistics
Posted · Edited by kulimer
Can I apply to a MS(Master of Science), if I am in an MA(Master of Arts) program for the same major? My MA program does not require thesis or research opportunity, so I want to apply to a school with MS. I wonder if it is "legal" to get 2 Masters in the same major. Ph.D. is possible for me.