Undergrad
Large state public school in the Midwest
Double majored in statistics & genetics
GPA 3.95
Honors in research
Grad MS
Wisconsin
Statistics
GPA 3.79
Courses: the usual math stat, regression, design; electives in clinical trials, epidemiology, bioinformatics, machine learning; got a B in ML but A and A- in the others
GRE Q 161, V 150, W 4.0
Work/research experience
Worked part time during masters at analytics firm
Worked 3 years full time after MS for research center in genetic epidemiology; several publications
Letters from previous professors, current research manager - all pretty good
Other Planning on taking a real analysis course the coming semester part time while I work
Applying To
I'm interested in statistical genetics and genetic epidemiology. I'm thinking of applying to these schools for Biostatistics
U Michigan, Harvard, Hopkins, Washington, Berkeley, U Penn
What are your thoughts? Would I be competitive at any/all of these? Are there any that I should add or remove based on my interests in stat genetics?
I've also considered applying to programs in epidemiology and doing research on the genetics side as a backup plan. Harvard and Hopkins both have specializations in that area.
Thanks!