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kingduck

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  1. I had a subpar GPA in econ, did an MS in stats with a perfect GPA, and got into several stats programs outside of the top 20 (ps: I didn't bother applying to the top 20)
  2. I have been in touch with faculty in this school's department and they accommodated all of my requests. I think it would be only courteous of me to let them know in an email that I will be deciding on other places. What are some ways people have turned down an offer from a department that has been so accommodating?
  3. Forgive my ignorance if this is common knowledge, but how exactly are these "levels" determined? What causes one program to be ranked over another?
  4. Hi all, I am deciding between NW and TAMU right now. Roughly speaking, my interests are in ML and I want to get into stochastic processes - I hope to do work more applied in nature. Judging from US News, these two programs seem to be on two different levels, but my questions are these: Aside from their USNews rankings, what are reasons to attend one over the other? Is the level or rigor required in both departments generally the same or is one significantly different from the other? Thanks.
  5. Not intentionally trying to dig up old posts, but anyone hear back from Northwestern yet? Need to know if I should keep hoping or not. Not seeing any updates for anyone on chinese and american forums.
  6. just wanted to point out. 6 quarters is about the same amount of classroom time as 3 semesters?
  7. As someone who had attended Penn before, I know there are some departments do not like to admit those from their own departments for further advanced degrees. I am unsure if this is true for biostats.
  8. A professor from the department messaged to schedule a phone call. Since our call, I haven't heard back yet.
  9. Is this the most recent 2020 rankings from US News? I can't seem to find their stats rankings after 2018.
  10. I second this. My GPA and test scores were on the lower end of the spectrum of gradcafe posters, and I still got into a good programs. I highly suspect this was due to 1) my LOR's strongly believed I was capable of a PhD, and 2) they are decently well-known in their respective fields.
  11. Has anyone heard back from Northwestern yet? It seems in 2020, offers and interviews went out since February, but no posts about their program in 2021.
  12. In addition, what do you all think of an offer that has no GA/TA requirements for funding. How much much consideration should that be given over another offer with GA/TA requirements for all 4-5 years.
  13. Got an email for an interview over the weekend asking to schedule times. I haven't heard back after replying with my schedule. After how long should I follow up?
  14. Yeah, I'd agree with stat asst professor here. While there is a considerable weight placed on the school name, it ultimately boils down to your contributions to the field, which is largely determined by yourself and not the name of the school. It just so happens that those in "top" schools also have done well for themselves in academia, but it's likely that they were "good", so to speak, to begin with before being admitted, and that their school fostered their initial successes. I think what I'm trying to say could be represented in some sort of DAG. Would be interested to see if we can use some propensity scoring on all the greats of statistics and see if anything causal can be said about school name and future success.
  15. I think I understand what @TroyBarnes is saying. I think the original post was about AA though, and I think its a difficult topic to address, since everyone thinks they worked hard to get where they are, and rightly so. So for admissions committees to disregard these small nuances is wrong. Making it a pure meritocracy does not solve the problem's that AA aims to solve. For example, my uncle worked part time while studying in school to cover life's expenses, while my other uncle had everything paid. They both later applied to the same graduate school with similar academic profiles, but arguable my first uncle worked "harder" since there was more he had to juggle. On the other hand, admitting for the sake of diversity alone is also wrong. Some jobs use ethnic background as a proxy for AA, but we know its not solely about race. As OP may suggest in the academic setting, it may even get to a point where the department doesn't care for the student's success so long as other students are successful and the DEI quota is met. I'm sorry you're going through that OP, you sacrificed a lot of be where you are now. I hope your department takes note of your plight and does something in your favor about it.
  16. From what I have gathered on these forums, if you are international, you would be right - 165 is on the lower end of the distribution of scores from international students applying. If you are domestic, 165 is also on the "lower" end, but it won't hurt you as much. Do try to get > 165 to be competitive.
  17. Alright psychologists, lets say people start posting results, and i haven't got any. Instead of thinking I am stupid or unqualified, what is a more healthy thing to do?
  18. @AngelaBiostats i think some places have rolling interviews. take this from the nyu comments "We have begun sending invitations to interview and will continue to do so until the end of February. I hope that helps! We try to interview applicants with applicants of similar interest" so its probably department specific. @frequentist here i am back already. gonna get blacklist this website on my firewall lol
  19. @dandychiggins I did see a few NYU Sackler and NYU medicine results - but for quant bio and some biorelated fields, but not biostats. They were notified on 12/21. I do need to get off this site for the next few months lest I go insane. Best of luck to your applications.
  20. I think there's only the global health one that accepted applications through SOPHAS. I'm not sure about the Sackler one... @sassy2020 I don't see any results for NYU on the results section. Are you getting updates from a different source?
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