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Thank you, LOR(s) and GRE are definitely on my to do list when I reapply. It is just hard to find research opportunities since REU is domestic only and professors at my school mostly give them to grad students. About advanced mathematics coursework, I have taken all possible advanced probability/stat classes that are joint with grad students at my school. The only class I haven’t taken is Real Analysis, which I’m planning to take this Fall. But I asked faculty, professors at UC Berkeley and UW about Measure theory (Real Analysis) and they said that it does not make a significant difference whether I have taken it before applying for Ph.D. Still it’s on my to do list before I reapply.

Thank you for being honest, do you know much about the faculty at Pitt? Also, if I decide to apply again this year, what can I do to strengthen my chance getting into some better programs since I do not really think about applying for Ph.D until last month.

I just edited it, I got 166Q, 151V. Sorry about that. I know that pitts have awesome biostatistics department, but i do not know much about their stat department. Also, I mean i can try to improve my GRE, but I don’t know is it worth retaking so I think I might want to ask them to defer the admission until next year.

Thank you, I am concerned because I didn’t apply for Ph.D at both UW and Berkeley at first. That’s why i want to try to apply one more time. My profile is good but not stellar: Major: Math/Stat GPA: 4.0 (from decent public institution) GRE: 166 Q/151 V/3.5 AWA (this is my weakness in my application) (no subject, planning to take it soon) International/ Asian/ Male. LOR: 1 strong from well-known Professor/advisor in statistics, 2 good. no research experience (another disadvantages) Classes took: Methods of Data Analysis I, II, Probability I, II, Experimenta design, Probability simulation, stochastic processes, introduction to analysis I, II ( Advanced Cal), Metric spaces and topology, Mathematical Statistics I, II, Linear Algebra I, II. also, I do not know much about the statistics department at UoPitts I wonder If you know more info about them, can you let me know? Thanks

Thanks. I looked at M.S. program at UW and to me it seems like their programs also industry oriented yet they both said that there Master programs are not developed to prepare for Ph.D program.

Hi, I need help with deciding where to go. I got into both M.A at Berkeley, M.S at UWashington, and Ph.D (full funding) at University of Pittsburgh. Normally, I would take Pittsburgh’s offer without thinking but the thing is that I wasn’t confident enough to apply for Ph.D at both UW and Berkeley at first and considering apply to those two after I got my Master. Now, I am stuck, because to me Pittsburgh is the safety option and I do not know that well about their statistics department. What should I do now, should I ask Pittsburgh to defer the offer for one year since if I attend Berkeley, it will take only 9 months to finish the master degree, then reapply to more Ph.D’s program including Pittsburgh? My main research interest is Theoratical Stat and Probability Theorey, which is why I prefer Berkeley than any other schools since they have a very strong research group in these areas. Another note is that money is not really a big problem to me so if I spend time doing an extra year for Master would not be a cost problem.