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It says May 7 on the portal. Anyway, accepted in bioinformatics: E/E, E/E, E/VG. All of the reviews basically said it was impressive I had X number of publications. Meh, personally it feels a bit odd to be judged solely by the # of pubs, but I guess that's the way academia works?

So are we agreeing that a Dec update means you didn't get past the initial screening? I'm honestly v surprised I didn't; I have a good GPA/test scores/whatever, and I got GRFP so I would think my application would go past the first round at least. Meh.

There's new COVID-19 related update to the NDSEG front page btw.

Omg I got it!! As a 2nd year PhD too!!! So happy/surprised, especially after getting soundly rejected when I applied 2 years ago (on top of getting rejected from almost every grad school I applied to ugh). To everyone who didn't get it: I'm sorry. I understand how demoralizing it feels. ?

AFRL (air force) BAA with last update 12/23; comp sci

FWIW, I was in a gap year when I applied 2 years ago, and from my reviews, it felt like I was compared against current graduate students (the reviewers kept noting how I had no publications, and one review complained that I only talked about things I did in my undergrad?).

Dang, mine says last update 12/23. So maybe I didn't get so far in the admissions process.

Just got a rejection, so definitely not an alternate/HM.

didn't get anything one reviewer really disliked my application...

Senior undergrad, I got the email as well. Going to hope this is a good sign, but IMO they probably sent this to everyone.

I can't see the calendar. How were you able to view it?

@spamhaus I just got that email too. I'm not sure what the point of that email is...

Is this for biostats specifically, or for stats in general?

If you have a year of school left, you definitely have enough time to focus on research. My advice is to not worry about classes too much, find a professor who'll let you do research with her/him, and dedicate all your time and energy to whatever project the prof gives you.

Hi! I'm applying this season to CS/Stats PhD programs. Mostly CS programs (8 CS ones versus 2 stats ones), but in applied stats/machine learning/network science-esque areas that lie in the intersection of CS and Stats. None of the CS programs require a subject test. One stats program "strongly recommends" the subject test, and the other one somewhat recommends it. I know I can do well on the test if I put in the time, but I don't want to take it if I don't have to. Here are some stats: Undergrad Institution: Top 10 Major(s): Math, Applied Math, CS GPA: 4.0 Type of Student: Male, Domestic Programs Applying: PhD in stats/CS Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Top 200 on Putnam, and some school-wide awards Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Grader/TA for upper-level math/CS courses, counselor for well-known math summer camp for high-schoolers Math and Stat Courses: Lots of graduate-level math classes: algebra, commutative algebra, measure theory, complex analysis, manifolds, number theory, probability theory, stochastic processes. Other stats-y classes include machine learning and network science. I'm hoping my long list of math classes and other math-y activities means I don't have to take the subject test... what do you think?