Stat1996

Congrats! It's looking like I'm going to end up choosing between these two schools as well, any advice?

@BayesianLove Did you end up choosing ISU??

@huxlb thanks! Do you know anything about passing at the masters level? At the very least I'd like to be able to leave with a masters..

Does anyone have any opinions about the statistics program at Virginia Tech? I'm worried about the seemingly low passing rate on the qualifying exam at the PhD level. Is it a weed out program? Is it a program that has secured funding? Any thoughts on the program would be helpful!

@Bayesian1701 Did Virginia Tech offer any reasoning as to why most people fail, or give you any more information about quals? I'm considering their program but I don't want to go if almost everyone fails.

Undergrad Institution: Small private school Major(s): Math, Statistics Minor(s): Economics GPA: 3.93 Type of Student: Domestic GRE General Test: Q: 83% V: 83% W: 98% Programs Applying: Statistics/Biostatistics PhD Research: 2 summers of undergrad research, 1 statistics REU, undergrad thesis Course Work: A's in Calc 1-3, differential equations, linear algebra, applied statistics 1-2, probability, math stat, advanced calculus, game theory, numerical analysis, Fourier series/boundary value problems, econometrics Results: Statistics Programs: (PhD) NCSU - Admitted with funding Iowa State University - Admitted with funding Virginia Tech - Admitted with funding Baylor University - Admitted with funding University of Rochester - Admitted with funding University of Kentucky - Waiting Temple University - Interviewed Biostatistics Programs: (PhD) Virginia Commonwealth University - Admitted with funding Ohio State University - Admitted with fellowship Emory - Rejected to PhD, accepted to Masters (no funding) Vanderbilt - Not invited to interview weekend, assuming rejection Brown - Not invited to interview weekend, assuming rejection Florida State University - Waiting

@Bayesian1701 I was in a similar situation with Baylor. I'd recommend emailing them and letting them know that you're still interested and ask them about the timeline. I did so and they gave me their decision relatively quickly!