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Thank you both for your responses! I did go to a "top" LAC. And thanks for the input @GoPackGo89, I'll definitely plan on having the research supervisor write one of the letters. I'd guess that's going to be my strongest letter anyway. Honestly, kind of worried about the A- in intro stats, will that hurt me (since it's also the only stat class which I took)?

Hi everyone, just trying to get an idea of the sorts of places I should be applying to. I don't really know how this stuff works too well and any advice would be appreciated! I graduated in 2017 and will be applying for fall 2021 programs because I'm going to be a math teacher with the Peace Corps for two years starting this summer. Would really appreciate advice on what sorts of programs I should be looking at/have a chance at getting into. Undergrad Institution: Liberal arts college Major(s): Math GPA: 3.74 overall. 4.0 in math (depending on how you calculate it I guess? Got a couple A-s but some A+s to balance those out). Type of Student: Domestic Asian Male GRE: Got 80th% on the math subject test as a senior but will study and re-take. Haven't taken the general, will before I leave, but not sure how much I'll study. Programs Applying: PhD in Biostatistics (might also apply to some statistics programs too) Research Experience: Math REU summer after junior year in number theory, two papers published. Senior thesis in number theory. Research data analyst at a university for their global health institute and hopefully will get a publication out of this. Letters of Recommendation: One from research/thesis advisor, two from professors who I've taken courses with (Measure Theoretic Probability and PDE). One from the advisor should be strong, not so sure about the other two but I think they will all be positive at least. Maybe one from current boss instead of one of the professors, especially if we get published. Relevant Course Work: Math and Stat Courses: (some of these courses were taken abroad, not sure whether this impacts anything) Intro Stats (A-), Calc 3 (A+), Linear Algebra (A+), Discrete Math (A), Real Analysis (A), Complex Analysis (A) (abroad), Harmonic Analysis (A), Asymptotic Analysis (A), Measure Theory/Probability (A), PDE (A), Intro Number Theory (A) (abroad), Topology (A) (abroad), Abstract Algebra (A) (abroad), Combinatorics (Audited) (abroad), Differential Geometry (A), Homological Algebra (A-), Algebraic Number Theory (A), Representation Theory (A-), Commutative Algebra (A), Computing Skills: R, Python, SQL, VBA Work Experience: Currently research data analyst in global health at a university, will join the Peace Corps as a math teacher summer 2018. Awards/Honors: Won a department prize in applied math from school's math department as a senior, graduated with honors in math for doing a thesis. Thank you all so much!