[2018 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results for Statistics/Biostatistics]

Undergrad Institution: Top 5 LAC
Majors: Stats & Math double
GPA: 4.00
Type of Student: Domestic male

GRE General Test:
Q: 170 (99%)
V: 169 (99%)
W: 5.5 (98%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 760 (73%)
 
Programs Applying: Stats Ph.D.
 
Research Experience: 2 stats REUs, undergraduate thesis. No publications.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: PBK, Mu Sigma Rho, undergrad gpa award.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Stats department tutor (2-3 years), graded analysis.
Letters of Recommendation: Strong rec from well-known undergrad professor, two others from REU/undergrad advisors.
Math/Statistics Grades:  A+'s in calc, linear algebra, analysis. A's in probability, math stats, machine learning, data structures/algorithms.
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: One graduate course in probability, enrolled in measure theory.

 

Statistics Programs (Ph.D.):

Wisconsin - Accepted 3/2 - declined
Harvard - Accepted 2/6 - accepted
UWashington - Accepted 1/23 - declined
Duke - Interview, rejected 2/18
UChicago - Waitlisted 2/16, rejected 4/2
Stanford - Rejected 2/7
Berkeley - Rejected 2/15
CMU - Rejected 2/9
Michigan - Rejected 3/7

Application cycle went a lot better than expected, likely due to recs (though I still probably wouldn't recommend only applying to reaches ).