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Hi all, I would really appreciate some feedback on the below, re my chances of admission. I have applied for Jan 18 admission. Undergrad Institution: Top university in Ireland Major(s): Statistics Minor(s): Mathematics GPA: 3.76/4.2 (Award), final year GPA was 3.87/4.2 Type of Student: International male Programs Applying: Statistics MS, McGill Research Experience: Final year research project for which I received an A-. Project took 12 weeks in all. My supervisor wanted me to enter into a European undergraduate research competition, but this wasn't possible in the end. I have also continued on this research in my own time. In my statement I also stated two more areas which I would like to research. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: None to speak of. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: I have just completed a one-year graduate program at a large insurance company's data science centre. I stated in my application that I built an outlier detection algorithm for insurance data in this job. Courses: Final two years (courses which contributed to degree classification) Research Project A- 3.8 An Intro to Coding Theory C+ 3.0 Actuarial Statistics II B+ 3.6 Categorical Data Analysis A+ 4.2 Multivariate Analysis A 4.0 Applied Statistical Modelling A 4.0 Models - Stochastic Models A+ 4.2 Actuarial Statistics I A+ 4.2 Nonparametric Statistics B 3.4 Monte Carlo Inference A 4.0 Data Programming A- 3.8 Data Prog with Python (online) A+ 4.2 Cryptography: Theory & Practice A 4.0 Ring Theory C+ 3.0 Statistical Data Mining B 3.4 Design of Experiments B+ 3.6 Bayesian Analysis A- 3.8 Economics and Society A 4.0 Functions of One Complex Variable 5.0 5.0 B- 3.2 Metric Spaces 5.0 5.0 B+ 3.6 Research Methods for the Social Science, Business and the Humanities A+ 4.2 Time Series A 4.0 Models - Survival Models D 2.2 Letters of Recommendation: One of my letters is from my research supervisor who knows me well. They are relatively young and have their PhD 4/5 years. My second letter is written by a much more senior lecturer, head of the statistics department, who taught me two courses, in both of which I got an A grade. Programs considering: Only the MS at McGill for now. Concerns: My grades were very poor for the first two years. I have addressed this in my application and explained that this was the case as I was also working a job to finance my studies. For the final two years I made the decision to quit my job. Thanks,