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yea i lived in there and i dont think he should turn down JHU math because of location, some world class faculty and a very supportive department. definitely never told him to turn it down. from my own experiences it hasn't been that safe. not talking about culture someone said the wire and i was reminded of a personal experience, that's all. i don't think he is concerned either he merely wants to know about strength of program and it's strong.

I think UMD > UW > UCI > JHU for applied umd strong collaboration with STAT and MATH and their faculty is really climbing. uw very prestigious and selective i don't know anything about their computation math seems like the next best thing out of the 4, I do know however that they hold a very well regarded probability seminar and they have several members who were editors of saim probability journal UCI part of their math dept and very strong in cs/ece so JHU probably smallest department and the whitehead building is very very crappy lol, you're right that jhu is all things natural science but i have no idea if they have good collaboration with bio or a track in computational bio, they started a masters in finance not too long ago and they are mostly working on that.

brown should be done, check your embark online. JHU is the weakest of those by far. I'd take UMD in a heartbeat. did you apply for cornell applied math or statistical science?

it depends on what you're interested in, really easy to figure out go to faculty and look at their interests and publications, then call department and ask about ongoing projects and prospect of research in your area of interest. in general, cmu > umd > rice. CMU is strong in general but bad funding? UMD AMSC has lot of integration with their MATH and STAT so you get a lot of pure math exposure if that's what you want which is recommended if you like probability/stochastics/sampling theory RICE applied math is known for all things numerical analysis figure this out asap so you can turn down 2 and let others in

roland park is very very small and it's definitely the richest in baltimore city yes, in maryland? I doubt it. looking at the concentration of schools, it would have to montgomery or somewhere along the potomac. I could be wrong but this neighborhood is definitely one of the worst for a college campus, that being said I don't think it should affect a decision for math phd, zelditch minicozzi and a few others are 2nd to none in their fields.

Not speaking for all sciences just math/physics i have never heard of an MS getting ANY funding much less full funding. Most Ivys, slacs whatnot state clearly that they will not give funding for any reason. If they were going to give funding they will give to the phd offers, then they will give offers with partial funding or no funding to another round of phd candidates and use their MS candidates for cushioning and adjustments. NYU will accept anyone for a masters but only fund 5-6 phd fully. Some schools are more selective with their masters of course. Generally speaking, researchships go to phd candidates and most 1st year or 2nd year are not even eligible unless they pass their qualifiers at least.

if you like MCMC, stochastics stuff uchicago is the way to go for sure and it doesn't sound any inferior to harvard. this isn't math it's stat. cornell is #1 but chicago and berkeley aren't far off.

yes on campus it's very safe but off campus it isn't. it's definitely not the richest area of maryland but there's quite a few private schools on one side of the campus. it's not exactly like the wire but it's not far off, that doesn't mean you'll get to experience any of it. I recall that at the beginning of this year, some kid killed an intruder with a samurai sword. don't let this discourage you though just don't stray too far off after 2 am.

What kind of MS program gives full funding, if any funding at all. MS usually pays everything in full