TheStLucas

Hello,
I'll be attending WashU as well.
Do you want to create a Facebook chat or something?

@huxlb You are interested in Bayesian Statistics and machine learning right? I am interested in those two as well and although I did not apply to biostatistics programs I can tell you from experience that both topics play a major role in biostatistics especially in the analysis of gene expression data. In fact one of Duke's programs called Banjo is frequently used in the biostats center that I work for. I did not apply to those programs because my passion is not truly in applying my research to medical data. But, honestly who do you think funds a lot of machine learning type research? NIH does and they are interested in solutions to health problems. What I realized (too late) was that my goals and the goals of the health organizations actually coincide. The organization and I have the same goal and that is for a complex problem to be solved. All they want me to add is the use of health data but who is to say that I can't go ahead and apply my solution elsewhere once I have given them what they want. My guess is that this is often times the way actual professors look at the research they do and the funding they receive. "They are paying me to look at this problem and so I will solve it how they want and then turn around and apply it to what I want." Basically what I am getting at in this long winded commentary is do not limit yourself and remember that whether you are looking at cancer data or netflix movie selection data the problem that you want to solve may still be the same one.

Feels like this will be a big week! Good luck to everyone

you realize that Caltech is tiny right? Its about quality not quantity

Be patient man. Have faith!!!

guys anyone hear from USC?  bus to the asylum will arrive in an hour

yeah hopefully.... i will start packing for the asylum on Thursday

It'll be my pleasure.

I am going mad as well. I hope our suffering ends this week!

I think next week is going to be the "Judgement week". The acceptance offers will either come out then or never. Fingers crossed guys!!!

I think next week is going to be the "Judgement week". The acceptance offers will either come out then or never. Fingers crossed guys!!!