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Thanks a lot for the response! The NYU program seems fascinating and I wish I had the chance to visit. It will be really hard for me to turn this offer down as well. I am leaning towards Berkeley for the following reasons. 1. I want to be in CA during PhD and after. 2. Although I'd be situated in the stat department, the program seems very flexible in terms of course requirements and advisers. Berkeley stood out in this regard, compared to the other schools I visited. I was told I could be advised by professors in stats or related departments. I am sure NYU is similar as well in this regard due to DS being so interdisciplinary 3. Berkeley stat is already an established program with many well-known professors and alumni seem to be doing really well in terms of jobs in industry/academia. I was told it wasn't hard to obtain internships since a lot of companies try to recruit Berkeley students 4. I had a chance to visit Berkeley during their visitation days and liked the school/people/program a lot so I have a better idea what to expect. However, NYU's offer in terms of its stipend is much more attractive than Berkeley. I wish NYU had let me know a month ago whether I had been accepted and not a couple of days before April 15. I was under the impression that I was not going to be considered, especially since I was not invited for their visitation event back in February.

I was set on going to berkeley but I was just recently notified about NYU. Its a whole confusing thing but i still want to consider NYU. Anyone have any thoughts between these two programs in terms of job placement in industry or just general stuff? My research interests are pretty flexible, gravitating more towards CS/stat topics like ML. I visited berkeley but not NYU. If anyone who visited NYU's program could chime in it would be helpful.

Hard to say. They just said: Our joint programs are also done with their admissions and they do not have wait lists. Ok thanks. I'm really hoping for Berkeley.

I got waitlisted at CMU stats phd yesterday by email and they said the joint programs finished their admissions and they don't have waitlists for them. Anyone know when to expect news from Berkeley stats (phd)?

I just finished my junior year of college, and I want to apply to statistics phd programs this upcoming fall. I am wondering how my math background is for phd admissions. I want to apply to top 20 programs. The math/ stat classes I've taken so far: calculus 3, linear algebra, ODE, advanced calculus, probability theory, theory of statistics, discrete math, linear models, basic analysis in function spaces, topics in analysis (undergrad real analysis), data analysis, intro programming, intro data analysis, multivariate statistics, data mining/ machine learning I have A's in all except a B+ in discrete math. I will be taking complex analysis in the fall. Is it okay that I won't have taken classes like topology, abstract algebra, measure theory, stochastic processes before applying to phd programs in statistics? And do I seem competitive (math/ stat background - wise) for top 20? What about top 10? Also should I take the math gre? If this info is relevant, my college is a top ivy school Sorry for the numerous questions asked. I appreciate comments addressed to any of them.