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Hi guys, I am looking at programs for the fall 2019 admissions cycle, for a statistics Ph.D. Undergrad Institution: Small liberal arts school (~70 for all LAC in the U.S.) Major(s): Mathematics, and Finance GPA: 3.4 (will be a 3.6 or so when I graduate) Type of Student: Domestic White Male, NCAA Athlete (Conference honor roll, rookie of the year, player of the week) GRE General Test: Taking soon Programs Applying: PhD in Statistics Research Experience: RA in sabermetrics (baseball statistical research), from which I will have 1 presentation, poster and a publication (first author) Research over the last 2 years in applied spatial statistics (on gerrymandering, and its prevalence in PA) 7 presentations, 2 more upcoming. Poster presentation (won "best presentations" distinction at JMM), and have on more upcoming. Published an op-ed in a national newspaper on my research. Have 2 (hopefully) publications on this topic, 1 in a mathematics journal, and 1 in a statistics journal (both refereed) One more research project in predictive analytics to predict voter behavior Independent study in Fall '18 in applied spatial statistics, and time series Letters of Recommendation: One from my research advisor, one from my advisor and one from the research coordinator who was the director of DIMACS at Rutgers for over a decade. Relevant Course Work: Math and Stat Courses: Calc 1 - 3 (B+), Intro to Linear Algebra (C+, medical condition), Mathematics statistics, I, II (B+) , Transition to abstract mathematics (B+, proofwriting, logic, etc.), Combinators & GT (B+), Real Analysis (currently enrolled), Experimental Mathematics (A), Independent study (A) Computing Skills: R (fluent), Python, JavaScript I went through some neurological problems the beginning of my sophomore year, into this semester. This can hopefully explain some of my struggles in the classroom, and will be mentioned by my advisor, and myself. Applying to: Statistics Florida GW (have a faculty with tenure/endowed chair in political science writing a LOR for me) NC State (my advisor went there for pure math) PSU (my research advisor went there for statistics) UVA VT UConn South Carolina Clemson University of Maryland Michigan Rutgers Temple (one recommender went there for a M.S. in stat, and I go to undergrad in PA) OSU George Mason UNC I know the list is long, but hopefully I get one on my list! Any forms of advice or suggestions would help. Thanks! Ben

Exactly what I was thinking! Would love to hear their profile if they see this, I think it'd be very informative.

Saw someone got into Umich with a 3.3, and more of the lower end GRE general scores. Anyone here?

What if they are independent research projects, with just a faculty co-author/advisor? Thanks!

Seen some from NCSU recently on the results page in the past day or two. Otherwise, pretty slow week.