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@Bayesian1701 Thanks!!

I have two PhD offers from Purdue and Iowa State and am primarily interested in the fields of statistical learning. What are the general guidelines that I should follow in order to decide which program is better? I ask this as my area of interest is quite broad and am having trouble differentiating the two depratments..so some advice on how to go about it will be really helpful.

Oh sorry I meant to say Mar 8 for Iowa State

@Aranyak Acharyya I got an acceptance from IOWA State(Mar ? and rejection from UT Austin(Mar 8).

Thanks for the feedback and kind words @Stat PhD Now Postdoc . There are many IIT's in India and I suppose the one I went to would be the 10-11th ranked college in India so I did not want to be too optimistic. But I get your point and will apply to one of the colleges you mentioned. Thanks again.

I probably should have mentioned the colleges I will be applying to and not just the ranking range so here they are Reach - UNC Chapel Hill, Penn State, Texas A&M, Purdue Match - Ohio State, Rutgers, UIUC , Florida Safety- Irvine, George Washington, UCSB

Undergrad School: IIT (India) Undergrad Major: Applied Physics (Integrated masters and bachelors) Undergrad GPA: 8.03 out of 10.00(equivalent to A grade, grading system is A+,A,B+,B.....) Master's School: Rutgers University Master's GPA: 3.93 out of 4.00 GRE: Q = 169, V = 163 , AW = 4.5 Math Subject GRE: 820 Additional Info: Took proof based linear algebra, honors abstract algebra, honors analysis 1 and real analysis 1 and 2 at Rutgers. All were A's. Also all A's except 2 B+'s(in multivariate analysis and categorical statistics) in masters degree. Research Experience: Several REU's and a master's thesis during physics degree. Will try to argue that this research will be connected to statistics as it used techniques such as dimension reduction. Recommendations: 1.From math professor in real analysis 1(Distinguished Professor,Rutgers):- Will be strong as he said I was the top student in the class. 2. From math professor for real analysis 2 and honors analysis 1(Distinguished Professor,Rutgers):- Will be strong as he said I was near the top in both classes. 3. From math professor for honors abstract algebra 1(Associate Professor,Rutgers)::- Not sure but would think will be good as I got 99/100 in the final exam. Applying: Reach(colleges ranked between 15-25) Match(colleges ranked between 26-35) Safety(colleges ranked between 35-50) I base the colleges I am applying to on the fact that I know of people from my masters program who have got into UNC-chapel hill, Texas a&m and Purdue(the students were internationals) with a profile similar to mine. Although I realize a lot of it depends upon chance,hence I am placing these colleges in the reach category.Any comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.