Undergrad Institution: Large public school (top 150). Major(s): Math with concentration in stats
Minor(s): GPA: 4.0/4.0
Type of Student: Domestic White Male GRE General Test:
Q: 168 (94%) V: 167 (98%) W: 5.0 (92%) GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
Did not take
Programs Applying: Stats PhD and a few Biostats PhD
Research Experience: Senior capstone project in statistics adjacent part of game theory. No publications Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Honors college, national merit scholar, grade related awards Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Internship doing data science type work at insurance company
Letters of Recommendation: One from real analysis/diffeq professor, one from numerical analysis professor, one from stochastic processes professor. I think they were all fairly strong.
Math/Statistics Grades:
Calc I/II/III(A+), Linear Algebra (A+), DiffEq (A) , Real Analysis I/II (A+/A), Abstract Algebra I (A+), Numerical Analysis (A+), Data Analysis (A), Probability (A+), Mathematical Stats (A), Stochastic Processes (A+) , Topology (A+), Complex Variables (A+), various CS/Econ classes
Applying to Where: NC State- Stats PhD/ Waitlisted on 1/29/ Admitted on 4/6 /Declined Wisconsin- Stats PhD/ Admitted on 2/22 / Declined Texas A&M- Stats PhD/ Admitted on 1/23 / Attending Minnesota - Stats PhD / Admitted on 2/11 / Declined Iowa State - Stats PhD / Admitted on 3/6 / Declined Florida - Stats PhD / Admitted on 1/24 / Declined Emory - Biostats PhD / Rejected (possibly because one of my letters never got submitted here -- not sure) UC Santa Cruz - Stats PhD / Admitted / Declined Medical College of Wisconsin - Biostats PhD / Interview / Admitted / Declined
I was pretty surprised to get in everywhere to be honest, but obviously very happy. In hindsight, I would have added a few reaches and done a few less safeties. But going in, it's hard to know exactly where you stand especially with some variance involved with letters.