phieza

I'm not worried about and don't mind being identified, so I'll include some details from my CV. I've also posted this to the corresponding thread at http://www.mathematicsgre.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3695 Undergrad Institution: Private research university, 30th–40th national university in US News. Major(s): Mathematics. Minor(s): None. GPA: 3.64 (3.89 freshman and sophomore years, 3.07 junior and senior years). Type of Student: Domestic Asian male. GRE General Test: Q: 170 (97%). V: 170 (99%). W: 5.0 (93%). GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: M: 750 (71%). Chose not to submit because I took this after a 2.5-year break (details below), so I felt it was not representative. Submitted only to UC San Diego, who required it and ended up being the only school that admitted me. TOEFL Score: N/A. Grad Institution: N/A. Programs Applying: Ph.D. in statistics. Research Experience: – Astronomy research during and between two REU summers at home institution; one of 10+ coauthors in ApJ paper. – One summer of computing-based research between HS junior and senior years; regional finalist in Siemens Competition. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Selected sample: – Goldwater Scholarship, both eligible years. – $10,000/year external scholarship awarded each year at home institution to one STEM major with research aspirations, both eligible years. – $3000 external scholarship for one semester of study at Oxford. – Four-year full-tuition merit scholarship from home institution. – 90th–95th percentiles on Putnam Competition in freshman and sophomore years. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Research assistant during the aforementioned period. Competitive-application research talk and award at home institution, research talk at undergraduate physics research symposium, invited lecture for NSF-funded high-school math circle, research talk/poster/paper for Siemens Competition, two misc. academic talks. Letters of Recommendation: Astronomy professor (research adviser), math professor (instructor), and physics professor (other). First two submitted recommendations for the first three awards listed above. Any Miscellaneous Points that M̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶H̶e̶l̶p̶ Hurt: Due to illness from my junior year onward, my academic performance deteriorated rapidly and I stopped working on research. In my junior year, I failed a course during study abroad, and received a D in 'Monte Carlo methods' in my second semester, where I had a GPA of 2.95. In my senior year, I completed a total of three courses and withdrew from all others. After my senior year (may 2014), I took a 2.5-year gap for treatment, during which I achieved nothing and was not employed, and in fact I had not yet graduated at the time of application because I still had to submit an essay to satisfy a writing requirement. I have fully recovered, but schools have little more than my word for it. Applying to Where: (results as of 2017-03-31) U of Washington - Stat PhD / Rejected on 2017-01-19. UC San Diego - Math PhD with specialization in stat / Admitted in first round on 2017-03-01, $35k 1st year ($10k from 25% TAship), then $20k 2nd–5th year (all from 50% TAship). UC Berkeley - Stat PhD / Rejected on 2017-03-07. Penn State - Stat PhD / Waitlisted on 2017-03-10. U of Michigan - Stat PhD / Rejected on 2017-03-14. UNC Chapel Hill - Stat PhD / 'Waitlisted' by inquiry on 2017-03-07, I expect rejection. UMass Amherst - Math PhD with specialization in stat / 'Waitlisted' by inquiry on 2017-03-07, I expect rejection. UCLA - Stat PhD / No response to inquiry on 2017-03-07. One admission out of eight applications is unimpressive, but evidently it's possible to be admitted even with abysmal junior and senior years. I hope this information helps, and good luck to you! Everyone, please consider adding the funding offers from all your admissions to http://www.phdstipends.com/results regardless of whether you accept them or not. This will help applicants and students, like us, gauge departments, schools, and offers. Thanks!