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krislis

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    Cornell University
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    Operations Research and Information Eng

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  1. I have taken Calculus II and III (B+'s) then Differential Equations (B+) and Linear Algebra (A-). I am planning on taking an analysis and/or algebra class next semester. My grades in my statistics and OR classes are better.
  2. Hi guys, I am currently at junior at Cornell University, and last fall I changed majors from Astronomy to Operations Research and Information Engineering after 3 research jobs in astronomy/physics and realizing that the only part of physics I liked was the data science. I have taken Probability I & II and I am currently taking Statistical Data Mining and Stochastic Processes. I am now doing research for a professor in oceanography on measuring the change in chlorophyll at every point in the oceans. I have not been able to get really good advice on what I should do for graduate school. I want to work in applied statistics at research centers such as Pew, the UN, NASA etc. I think I'm leaning towards doing more social statistics research rather than now.. In Astronomy you had the option to work in theoretical (like string theory), more applied (like researching solar winds etc), or technological (like designing telescopes). Now I've been told that Statistics PhD programs are completely theoretical/methodological, whereas I was hoping to do a thesis on a more applied topic. So I guess my question is should I try to go for a PhD to then be able to get a higher position at a research center that requires PhD credentials so that I can finally do what I like doing? Or are there any programs that would let me do more applied statistics (that would be ideal) I should specify that I love my statistical data mining class, and I have been enjoying all my probability and statistics classes, but I enjoy applying what I have learned to data rather than coming up with new methods. Also I was told by a professor that getting a masters is worse than dropping out of a PhD program????
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