Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
Majors: Statistics Minor: Computer Science
Cumulative GPA: 3.61
Student Type: Domestic Asian Male
GRE General Test: Quant:169, Verbal: 166, AW: 4.0
Classes:
Statistics: Statistical Methods I (A), Statistical Methods II (B+), Probability Models and Inference (A), Statistical Data Mining (B+), Stochastic Processes (A), Theory of Statistics (A), Linear Models with Matrices (B+)
Mathematics: Linear Algebra (A), Calculus III (B+), Differential Equations (B)
Computer Science: Machine Learning for Intelligent Systems (A), Artificial Intelligence (A), Discrete Mathematics (B+), Java Programming (B)
Intern Experience:
Two internships in risk and venture capital
Teaching Experience:
Teaching assistant for intro statistics, and also probability class
Other Information: Took several online MOOCs, Officer of Actuarial Society (passed SOA Exam P), did several data science projects for class and in own time
Letters of Recommendation: 3 from stats professors, one from machine learning professor
Schools planning to apply: Stanford (M.S.), Penn (M.S.), Columbia (M.S.), NorthWestern(M.S.), NYU (M.S.)
My Concern: Intern experience doesn't directly relate to data science analysis, GPA is a little bit low (although I believe our school is known for grade deflation?)
Programming skill: Python, R, some experience with Java, C++, Matlab
Thanks in advance