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@schop Good luck with the rest of the admissions process! Happy to share my details (see below). I'm an older candidate, so I have a lot of work experience. :-) 1. Undergrad: Economics and Political Science double major at top 10 liberal arts college; post-baccaulaureate coursework in Computer Science and Math 2. Undergrad GPA: 3.63 3. GRE 164Q, 167V, 5 AWA 4. 5 years of experience working in research w/8 publications; additional work experience as a software developer and econ consultant My statement of purpose was about health data science applications, since that is where I want to focus after completing my Master's degree. Accepted: Columbia, NYU, Brown, USF, Berkeley MIDS, Tufts, Harvard School of Public Health (health data science) Rejected: MIT Business Analytics, Harvard SEAS

@nick_brown16 Thank you for sharing your insights!

@ds2019 PMed you.

@IvyBlack PMed you!

I'm not really sure. It looks like the admitted students' open house was on April 5 (according to the admitted students' webpage). I can't tell how many DS students have been admitted (from the Results page, it doesn't look like very many).

Hi everyone. I was accepted to Columbia today and have until Monday, April 15th to respond to the offer.

@IvyBlack I just got the Columbia decision today. It seems like others received it much earlier.

I declined NYU today. Good luck everyone with admissions and your decisions!

@d t Congratulations on your acceptances! Regarding my math background, haha: I don't have much more than the bare minimum requirements for these programs (Calc I&II, Linear Algebra, Prob/Stats, Econometrics). I took Prob/Stats in an Economics Department, so it was nowhere near the level of difficulty of a course that would be offered in Math/Applied Math.

@thrasher88 DMed you!

@throaway23645 The time of day is not specified, but I'm guessing by the end of day on April 8 (the letter just mentions April 8).

@Sarthak Kanodia sent you a DM!

@thrasher88 I thought that the info session was okay. Aside from the Deputy Director of the Program (who spoke for 20 minutes), there were no faculty members there. I guess the caliber of the coursework speaks for itself, so there isn't much of a need to "convince" prospective students to attend the program. In addition to other factors, I'm probably going to decline NYU because I don't have a strong enough theoretical math background.

@nick_brown16 I noticed that you went to Brown for your undergraduate studies -- did you enjoy it? I was accepted to the Brown Data Science program and am seriously considering it. Was there any particular reason you didn't apply for the Data Science Initiative at Brown? Thanks in advance!

Hi Sarthak! Wow, congrats on your acceptances. Honestly, I think all of these programs are excellent, so it's hard to see how you could go wrong. You could ask the admissions departments to put you in touch with current students/alums to get a feel for each program and ask any specific questions you have.