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Hey I will be applying to statistics/biostatistics phd this fall and I'd like to know where I stand among other applicants. Any evaluation/advice is greatly appreciated. Here is my profile: Undergrad Institution: big SEC state school Major(s): Applied math GPA: 3.85/4.0 Grad Institution: Same school Major: Applied Statistics GPA: 3.9/4.0 Type of Student: DWF Relevant Courses: Calculus 1-3 (A, A, A+). Linear Algebra 1-2 (A+, A+). Diff EQ I and II (A,A-), Probability (A), Numerical Methods (A), Boundary Value Problems (B), Real Analysis (A), Graduate math stats I and II (B,A), graduate level Regression analysis I and II (A,A), graduate level Data Mining I and II (A,A), graduate level Data Analytics (A), graduate level dynamical systems (A) GRE General Test: Q: 169 V: 166 W: 4 Research Experience: Working as an economics research assistant. Have developed 1 working paper currently being submitted to conferences Awards/Honors/Recognitions: masters student of the year in my stats masters program, math tutor for my university for 2 years during school; math grader for 2 years for the university also Letters of Recommendation: One from my economics research professor, one from dynamical systems professor who can speak to my work analysis, one from math stats professor Coding Experience: SAS, Fortran, Matlab, Mathematica, R Applying to Where: Statistics: Harvard Duke NCSU Columbia UNC Chapel Hill A&M Johns Hopkins Yale UCLA Rice UT Austin Biostatistics: University of Texas MD Anderson Berkeley Emory UT Houston Thanks for your help!

Thank you for the advice. So would you say rankings 10-20 are out of reach?

Hey I will be applying to statistics/biostatistics phd this fall and I'd like to know where I stand among other applicants. Any evaluation/advice is greatly appreciated. Here is my profile: Undergrad Institution: big state school Major(s): Applied math GPA: 3.85/4.0 Grad Institution: Same school Major: Applied Statistics GPA: 3.9/4.0 Type of Student: DWF Relevant Courses: Calculus 1-3 (A, A, A+). Linear Algebra 1-2 (A+, A+). Diff EQ I and II (A,A-), Probability (A), Numerical Methods (A), Boundary Value Problems (B), Real Analysis (A), Graduate math stats I and II (B,A), graduate level Regression analysis I and II (A,A), graduate level Data Mining I and II (A,A), graduate level Data Analytics (A), graduate level dynamical systems (A) GRE General Test: Q: 165 V: 162 W: 5 Should I retake GRE to try and improve my Q score? GRE Math Test: Taking in September Research Experience: Working as an economics research assistant at a relatively high level. Have developed 1 working paper currently being submitted to conferences Awards/Honors/Recognitions: masters student of the year in my stats masters program Letters of Recommendation: One from my economics research professor, one from dynamical systems professor who can speak to my work analysis, one from math stats professor Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Received a D in physics freshman year of college Coding Experience: SAS, Fortran, Matlab, Mathematica, R Applying to Where: This is my tentative list and it is subject to change depending on my GRE math results. Statistics: Stanford, Berkeley, Penn, Columbia, UNC Chapel Hill, Duke, NC State, Yale, Rice Biostatistics: Washington, Johns Hopkins, University of Texas MD Anderson, Berkeley, Emory Is it bad to apply to both biostats and stats at the same school? Some of the schools are on both of my lists, and I'm having trouble deciding. Thanks for your help!