[Accepted into Masters Program, can I work for school over the summer?]

On 3/24/2017 at 10:07 PM, Levon3 said:

Yup, I did that before starting my master's and was offered a low-level position coding data. But it was a start on research! I think I just emailed and said I was interested in their work, and interested in moving during the summer; was there any chance they had funds for RAs? 

Not sure about funds, but I'm pretty sure they have summer research opportunities for undergrads at least. I emailed one of the professors I had a face-to-face with and told him I will be moving back to Pittsburgh in the summer and would be interested in any research opportunities if they were available for incoming graduate students.

[Accepted into Masters Program, can I work for school over the summer?]

Recently got accepted into the Stats program at Carnegie Mellon. I currently have a job in DC that pays the bills, but I don't particularly enjoy it and would much rather spend my time in Pittsburgh over the summer. Any chance I would be able to email the professors in my department and ask if there is any work I could possibly do over the summer before the school year starts? If so, what's the best way to go about asking this?

[MS/PhD evaluation (Statistis/Data Science)]

I'm interested in pursuing a Masters in Statistics, and am playing with the idea of a pHd. 

Undergraduate: American University (one year study abroad at Waseda University), graduated Spring 2016

Major: Statistics

Minor: Mathematics

GPA: 3.63 (3.76 in major, 3.48 in last 2 years)

Honors: Dean's list 3 times, graduated cum laude

Type of Student: Half white, half asian, raised in US, bilingual

GRE: Haven't taken yet, but from practices expecting 168-170 Q and 155-160 V

Recommendations: 

1. Statistics Professor (taken her class 3 times, currently auditing a class of hers as an alum)
2. Probability Professor (took his class twice as a senior with an A and A-, would remember me)
3. My supervisor where I work as a data analyst/consultant (not very knowledgeable in stats but could speak more to my work ethic)

Relevant Courses:

Calc 1-3, Regression, Foundations of Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Real Analysis, Discrete Mathematics, Differential Equations, Coding Theory, Categorical Data Analysis, Design of Experiments, Non parametric Statistics, Probability, Intro to Math Stat

Programming: Taken classes with SAS but not very comfortable with it. I'm ok with R (self-taught). Most of my classes used SPSS. Took a CS class in Python but still beginner level.

Experience: No real research experience. Been working as a data analyst at a non-profit since June 2016. 

 

Schools/Programs I'm interested in:

Univ. of Pittsburgh

CMU

Texas A&M

Cornell

UPenn

 

In addition, what are some things I should look into when deciding which schools to apply to (there's so many).