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Ok then I will try to get these things written in my letters. Thanks a lot for all your helpful advices ? @Stat PhD Now Postdoc

Thanks a lot for your replies ? @ Stat PhD Now Postdoc: I see, then I save my money from applying to UK universities. Many thanks. Could you suggest me some other good schools in which I could have a shot beside the ones I mentioned? @ bayessays: In the General Math for Economics exam there was also Linear Algebra (15h) in which I studied stuff like vectors, norms, matrices, determinants, ranks, matrix inversion, linear eq systems, cramer and rouchècapelli theorems, symmetrical matrices and spectral theorem, orthogonality, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization, quadratic forms, symmetric bilinear forms. Do you think it's fine? Also, the Econometrics exam I've taken was very linear algebra intensive and based on Hayashi's textbook, very theoretical. For what concern real analysis I will study a glance of it in the Probability Theory exam (convex sets, hyperplanes, separation theorems, fixed point theorems). Actually I have also studied differential equations, system of differential equations and some calculus of variations in the Optimization exam, maybe it is an useful information? Edit: Also, the Statistics Theory exam was actually a Mathematical Statistics exam (casella-berger as textbook)

I just scored 161 V (88%) and 164 Q (86%) on GRE, what should I do? Should I retake it? I know I can do better on quant part but I hate studying for GRE, I don't learn anything... I update my list for US PhD: UC Davis, UCLA, UCSB, Penn State, Yale, Duke, UC Irvine, UPenn. Should I add/remove some uni? Do I have chances in getting in one of these?

Hi everyone, My goal is to apply for a good PhD program in Statistics (not applied) in EU zone or US Profile: Bachelor in Economics, cum laude, in a small Italian university GPA 3.8/4 Master's degree in Economics and Finance, ongoing, current GPA 4/4, in a famous Italian university + Erasmus exchange in a famous German Uni Exams (both degrees): General Mathematics (Calculus I, II) B+, Intro Statistics A-, Financial Mathematics A, Statistics Theory A, Econometrics A+, Time Series A+, Optimization A-, Game Theory A+, Panel Data A+, Probability Theory, Numerical Methods and Machine Learning (next year) (and I have A+ in different microeconomics-based exams but I think they're not useful for my application, I don't know) I won some merit-based scholarships I'm planning to take the GRE in October I have a ref from a stats professor and a ref from a strong finance professor (but I don't know if it is useful!) Do I have any chance to get into a PhD program in Statistics at UCL, Imperial College London, Yale, Duke, Upenn or other Universities of this tier in EU/US? Or I should do an MSc in Statistics first? If so, what do you think about the Statistics MSc (2 years) organized by Humboldt University of Berlin + Technical University of Berlin + Free University of Berlin? Would it help me? Thank you for any help!