[Fall 2019 Statistics Applicant Thread]

I believe UW just sent out a bunch of rejections...I was one of them.

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3 hours ago, Cavalerius said:

Hey, for those accepted to UNC, into what program were you accepted? 

Also, if anyone was accepted into both NC State and UNC, what are you doing about the visit days being the same for the two programs?

Did you get an email from NC State about visit day?

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@CarolinaSmash I was placed in it after applying to the phd program and not getting in. 

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5 hours ago, CarolinaSmash said:

@tropicannie Hi I have some question about nc state's master program.

do you know how heavy the workload is for the summer online session? Is it possible to work full time over summer while taking the summer classes?

also, does the Phd program at ncsu admit many students from its master program? (I understand its not a pipeline program, but is it likely to make the jump from master to phd in such short program)

I'm sorry I actually don't know much about the summer session. I am doing the phd-track master's program, so I didn't have to take the summer classes. It seems like from the 1-year masters program to the phd program won't be easy, but being at ncsu would probably help your application a little bit as you already some of the professors (recs from the department professors would be helpful). I'm sorry I'm not much help with these questions. 

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On 1/15/2019 at 12:51 PM, Cavalerius said:

Thanks for the info, tropicannie!

Would you happen to know what the starting cohort size generally is for the statistics doctoral program at NC State?

Also, what is your opinion of the graduate advising at NC State? I know that it is a large program, so it seems that it might be easy to get lost in the shuffle.

The starting cohort size is ~30 I'd say. In terms of graduate advising, you are correct that it is a very large program. You totally can get lost in the shuffle, but if you try to make connections with professors, they are all generally very nice and want to help. I also love the peers here and the PhD students all bond over taking the same first-year classes.

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On 1/11/2019 at 5:20 PM, orchidnora said:

In my current department, the specified hours for a TA position are really an upper bound for the amount of time it could take (my teaching duties only take me half the specified time). Hopefully it's the same at NCSU. Somebody else on here probably knows better than I do though 

I'm a current master's student at NC State and a lot of my friends are PhD students with TA positions. The hours are nowhere near 20 hours. They're usually not even 10 hours tbh. So no need to worry about that. Especially for first-year students the TA positions will have fewer hours as first-year classes are difficult. Also, they told me that their first email from the department informing them of acceptance all said TA, even though some of them ended up with other positions or fellowships later on. I think the email with TA information is just their generic way of telling us that there will be funding.