deptbios
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how about Umass??
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Could you advise or comment me any evaluation and information in below universities? Those all are Biostatistics Ph.D.
Indiana University - Purdue University (IUPUI)/ NYU/ Virginia Commonwealth University(VCU)/ University of Illinois-Chicago/ University of Florida
Let's talk about that. Thank you very much.
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27 minutes ago, Kunn said:
(*v*) yeah I also hear a lot about the placement in industry of umich. Well the concern for umich is.... my advisor said they excel in genetics, but much weaker in other fields, while I do not plan to choose genetics..... Actually I also hear funding for Umich depends on professor grants, so after first two years you have to find prof for funding, which may limit direction choice...
Currently UNC provides no funding info, others providing decent funding given satisfactory performance. But I hear from my professor that Biostat tend to only ensure 1~2 year department funding, while afterwards student needs to find professor for RA, which may limit direction choice.... I was wondering if that is true.....
I see. We have to depend on the funding environment. As we all know, the trend in biostatistics in the US is being focused on genetic research becase of funding grant from govern or federal etc. I heard that that's why professors in biostatistics always have biostatistical researches with genetics. But, the genetics in biostatistics is quite weak and you can make it. Unfortunately, it is very hard to avoid genetics in your PhD researches, even though your focusing is clinical trails. Anyway, I'm also considering several schools which provide full funding. Although I got some admissions from others, they don't give full funding....
I recommand that you have making the best decision regardless of genetics because it is not hard you think. And, you can focuse on clinical trials without genetics anywhere.
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To sum it up your opinion, how about Umich? I think michigan is one of best solution in terms of your considering regional environment, biostatistical study without biological background, and future career in industry after your PhD. Even though UNC and UW are very excellent schools in biostatistics, they almost tend to stay academia after PhD we know. I saw your post and there are some disadvantages in your mind, but for Umich, there is no reason why you can't go there. In addition, biostatistics graduate program in Umich is quite good! I got rejection from them....T^T. I'm zealous of you caz you have lots of offers from reputational school. Anyway, I hope you make the best decision!. How about other source such as funding?
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14 hours ago, BadMoonRising said:I just re-read my post . Just to clarify , I was talking about IUPUI only . I meant to say the professor had a PhD from IUPUI, and all I wrote about post-doc/ interships pertains to IUPUI .I have no idea about Miami, whether it would lead to career in academia.
I see. Thank you!:)
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On 2017년 3월 10일 at 5:34 AM, BadMoonRising said:
I know a Professor who had a PhD from there, after doing a masters in biostatistics from the University of Michigan . He said many good things about the department including the fact that it had strong links with other schools and links to industry for its students considering a post-doc or wanting to do internships at big pharma companies while in PhD program . He throught IUPUI was a good brand coz, IUPUI is Indiana University- Purdue University, with Purdue being a good brand in general.
The professor might still there on the Epidemiology faculty at Temple University, but I can't be sure.
such good information! Both Miami and IUPUI seem to be excellent to study biostatistics for PhD. My main interest is longitudinal and survival analysis. IUPUI has lots of faculty members who are expert in my interest and they are doing related to biostatistical research. I have to consider in my biostatistics career in academia, post-doc and professor.
On 2017년 3월 10일 at 10:43 AM, footballman2399 said:FYI, Florida's program is in their College of Public Health. It's unranked because it's new.
There are several biostatistics phd programs in the US which are new. Thus, I'm very confused what university is the most profitable to me. T^T
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Do you guys have any information for Biostatistics PhD program at IUPUI(Indiana University) and Miami?
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15 hours ago, BadMoonRising said:
Sorry to hijack this thread. I had a short question @deptbios :
Do they conduct interviews at UC San Diego, Miami and Arizona either by phone or in person before making Phd offers?
I got some interview with UC San Diego, but I don't have an admission yet. In case of Miami and Arizona, they give offers without an interview.
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I got several official letter in biostatistics phd program. After Ph.D., I hope to continue my biostatistical research as post-doc and professor. I'm wondering the future career in biostatistics after Ph.D. as follow universities.
NYU, Miami, Indiana, Arizona, Wisconsin-Madison, South Carolina, Penn State, UC San Diego, University of Florida.
The thing is that they are not included in the ranking of biostatistics phd program because those programs are belonging to medical school.
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I applied biostatistics phd at UW-Madison. and I just recieved official letter from UW-Madison. But, they indicated the admission without any funding... is it possible?? As we all know, application in UW biostat is managed by department of statistics. Should I ask the department of biostatistics about funding?
UW-Madison is the top university I want... Could you help me as an advice?
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21 hours ago, Innominate said:
USNews ranks all the statistics and biostatistics programs together, to separate out the biostat departments just click on the schools and see if the department is "biostatistics" or "statistics". Some schools may be a bit more complicated, for instance stanford has a biostat concentration in their stat department, but you can figure these things out by reading the school's website.
Here's the biostatistics ordering though, with the combined biostat-and-stat rank in parens:
1. Harvard (3)
1. University of Washington (3)
3. Johns Hopkins (5)
4. University of Michigan (12)
4. UNC (12)
6. University of California Berkeley (15)
7. University of Minnesota (24)
8. University of Pennsylvania (27)
9. Columbia (30)
9. UCLA (30)
11. Yale (34)
12. Emory (38)
13. University of Rochester (42)
13. Brown (42)
13. Univ Iowa (42)
15. Univ Pittsburgh (47)
16. Boston University (49)
17. Medical College of Wisconsin (53)
17. UIC (53)
17. Univ Texas Health Sci Ctr (53)
.... etc
I don't believe any of the 4 schools you've listed have ranked biostat departments, why have you chosen those to apply to exactly?
Thanks for informing rankings in graduate program of biostatistics. To be honest, I'm waiting for an admission several universities listed in your rankings (Johns Hopkins, Michigan, UNC, Minnesota etc...). But, I don't receive any official letter or interview offer from them until now.... Also, I've gotten offer from my listed universites. So, I was wondering about the rankings among them... Thanks.
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Also, how about UC - San Diego?
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I wanna get some information about ranking in Biostatistics Ph.D. program in the US.
Furthermore, could you evaluate Ph.D. program in New York University, IUPUI(Indiana University), and University of Miami?
Thank you very much, in advance!
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On 2017년 1월 12일 at 10:05 PM, MsHypatia said:
Hello @deptbios, I'm not an international applicant (also I am Stats not biostats) and not sure whether all international biostatistics applicants (after the pre-screening as you call it) are interviewed but from reading this forum I would say yes, most if not all are interviewed.
As to interview preparation, I can tell you how I have been preparing for possible interviews. I have gone back over all of my SOPs and made sure I can speak easily and at length on the research I have done, the professors I want to work with at each school, and the school itself. I have practiced describing why I want a PhD and why I would want to pursue my PhD at each university I applied to. Being well versed on the research of professors you're interested in as well as the department in general can't hurt either.
I hope this helps.
Thank you very much! Thanks to your advice, I was quite good at my interview. Thanks again.
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I'm an international applicant for Ph.D. program in Biostatistics.
I had selected for an interview in two universities, NYU and VCU.
In the process of an admission, after pre-screening, is there the interview for all international applicants?
It means, I'm wondering if there is an admision case without the interview in Ph.D. program of Biostatistics.
In addition, I want to know how to prepare the interview.
Please, share your valuable informaiton. Thank you very much, in advance.
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20 minutes ago, footballman2399 said:
I think Emory would be tough given the English ability. They seem to care a lot about that. In their application, they have a component where you have to record a 1:30 video about why you want to study Biostatistics.
Yes, I see. Thus, I gave up to apply to Emory. Furthermore, Emory might not accept IELTS score. When I requested the proficiency of English, they said only TOEFL.
When I started to study Enligh, I thought that IELTS is better than TOEFL. But, it's not true.hahaha. Anyway, good point Thank you! -
22 hours ago, Karoku_valentine said:
Thank you for your kind evaluation. Yes, I see. Although my English proficiency may be red flag, there are strong otherwise such as research experience. your advice is very helpful in my application. Thanks again!
15 hours ago, Biostat_student_22 said:Thank you! Because you are student in Biostatistics PhD, your advice is really best in my concern. Considering your advice about the list in the US universitis, I'll apply to PhD program in Biostatistics. I'm looking forward to good news. Now, I think i shoud be concentrate on my SOP and writing sample. Anyway, Thank you very much!
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I'm applying to PhD program in Biostatistics in the US universities now as an international applicant. Could you evaluate my profile for PhD Biostatistics program?
Undergrad Institution: Top 5 National university in my country
Major(s): StatisticsMinor(s):
GPA: 3.72grad Institution: Top 3 private university in my country
Major(s): BiostatisticsMinor(s):
GPA: 3.90
GRE General Test:
Q: 170(97%)
V: 144(23%)
W: 4.0(59%)IELTS Test: Overall 6.5
Program Applying: PhD in Biostatistics
Research Experience: 2 years national R&D project in master's program related to cancer. I have various research experience including project, statistical consulting in college of medicine.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: several scholarship, prize in conferenceCourses: I attended most of subject in Statistics and Biostatistics, as well as Mathematics. And I almost got an A grade.Assistant : Teaching/Grading Assistant for 2 years in college of Medicine about biostatistics subject
Letters of Recommendation:-my dean, profssor in Biostatistics (Strong)-my supervisor, professor in Biostatistics (Strong)-professor in Epidemiology (Strong)To be honest, because my proficiency of English may be weak, I'm trying to apply to many universities in the US.Based on my profile, are there universities that i can get an admission, honestly?Schools:USCNYUVirginia CommonwealthSouth Carolina univPenn StateUniversity of WisconsinIndianaUniversity of Illinois-ChicagoUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of Floridaetc...Thank you very much for your consideration in advance! -
Thank you.
I have IELTS score which is appropriate score(7) for admission.
But, i don't know where the math/stats forum is for identifying the benchmarking gre scores. Could you inform the web adress?
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Hello, I'm currently graduate student for master's degree from South Korea. I am curious about my GRE score.
I'll apply PhD program in Biostatistics at different universitis in the U.S. Although my test score may be weak, i believe that there are some universitis that i can apply at least...
My current GRE general score is as follow.
V : 144, Q : 170, W : 4.0
Could you evaluate my test score with an advice?
Career after Ph.D. Biostatistics
in Mathematics and Statistics
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Hey, Yes, I've got the admissions from Miami and Arizona, even though Arizona gave me conditional offer about TOEFL or IELTS. Thus, I'm not considering Arizona. Maybe, it was on early Feb. And I applied them before first priority due data, maybe early December. Thank you.