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umichmydrm

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  1. Yes, I got an official offer from Boston MA Biostatistics last week.
  2. Yeah, there are many international students with stunning GPA and GRE scores.
  3. I have B on my Linear Algebra and Intro CS, and I have all A in other math classes, but I still find myself not competitive because of my 3.5 cumulative GPA(I have three Biology classes in B, one econ class in C, and a seminar class in C-). I believe the admission process would be extremely tough if you are an international student.
  4. For the UW Master program, are you talking about the thesis one or the capstone one.
  5. Are you a math or a stat major for undergrad and took some intro stats? If so, the three requirement course provided by Columbia would be very easy to you. A lot of people with 3.2 GPA and 320 or lower GRE accpted by this program. There are serval of good students there, and I believe the facultys are great. But speaking of class size, you will definetly have a hard time getting in a solid PhD program because of the competition and/or the reputation. I have one profressor from Michigan and one professor from Columbia Biostats that don't recommend this program. Hope that helps.
  6. I am not sure if they ecourage/consider every amitted student who want to persue a PhD as a fast-track MS/PhD student. In my friend's unofficial letter, it states as "Although you are being admitted to the Master’s program, we believe that your preparation will make it possible for you to include doctoral coursework early in your graduate studies. Such a fast-track MS to PhD sequence is described on our Departmental website." Does that appear on every letter they send?
  7. Hi, do you know the application process for their MS student transfering to phd? Do they require any recommendation letter? I have an unique situation where as I could possibly finish a bio paper with my current bio professor, and if that I could probably get a better LoR in the future if needed, but I am just worried about the statistical method the professor prefers. With that being said, would an nonstellar paper reduce my chance getting in phd program in the future?
  8. I have altered my list as follows: BIOSTATS PhD: UMich UMinn BU Medical College of Wisconsin BIOSTATS master: Harvard JHU UNC Columbia UCLA UPenn Yale Duke Vanderbilt STATS PhD: GW UMass Amherst STATS master: UW-Madison Cornell UC Davis Rice I will apply UMich and UMinn for PhD because both of them will automatically consider me in master admission if I got rejected. All other PhD programs are what I am very interested. I will definitly apply more master programs instead. Is my school listing too ambitious now?
  9. "All candidates for admission to Master’s programs are encouraged to have: Completed courses in: probability, statistics, advanced calculus or real analysis, and numerical analysis. On rare occasions the Department will admit students to our programs without this level of preparation with the understanding that the student will promptly make up any deficiencies, usually by taking additional courses prior to entering the program." Since my school is not guaranteed to have numerical analysis, I probably could not meet their requirements...
  10. I am actually considering to graduate a semester earlier. The thing is math department in my school is small, so there are not many stats faculty and most of them are taking a sabbatical next semester/year. Thus, the stats class in spring is not promised to be there, and mostly they offer more pure math and cs courses. In my situation, I am not willing to take more intro class in some other departments since I already took a bunch of them.... Also, it is a huge waste of money for my parents. Anyway, I am more than excited to apply UCB's MS just because I am more willing to deal with quantitative staff and willing to get in PhD program in the future! I think I will apply this year and see if I can get in some program! Again, thank you so much for the help. I really appreciate it!
  11. Thank you so much for your response. I have look at some forums and I have checked the UCB's website, they said the average GPA of students admitted was around 3.75, so I was shocked. I am still considering whether should I apply UCB's mph because it is somehow less competitive. And for Harvard, I think I could not meet the prerequisite and so does Brown and Emory. Harvard requires a class of numerical analysis, which will only be offered at spring in my school. Emroy wants at least b+ at linear algebra, and a 3.5 or higher overall gpa. Brown wants a class of probability, which will only be offered at spring too. Do you think I should take some online courses to meet the prerequisite, or would that be weak to admissions?
  12. Thank you so much for providing the link. I am reading it and really enjoy it.
  13. Also, I am really interested in bioinformatics... but I probably could not get in to any phd program in bioinfomatics
  14. Hello everyone, I am a rising senior and planning to apply for PhD and/or master programs in Biostatistics/Bioinformatics. I am a bit lost in school selection..... My GPA is low overall, but my major GPA is not bad. I have a 2.62 GPA in the first semester due to one econ class and one first-year seminar class. My GPA was better year by year. My schedule from last year was pretty nasty(lots of math and science class), but successful in grades. I like bio courses, but not good in grades. I have one class withdrawn and retook and only get a B. The following listed are my information. Undergraduate Institution: Rank 40 Liberal And Arts School Majors: Mathematics (pure math) Minor: None GPA: 3.45/4.0 Major GPA: 3.71/4.0 Type of Student: International (Asian male) Courses taken: Math: Intro of Proof(Math reasoning) (A), Linear Algebra (B)--(7 kids in class, second highest), Calculus III (A-), Intro to Analysis (A), Differential Equations(A), Modern Geometry (A-), Math Modeling (A), Pure Math Seminar (A), History of Math (A), Abstract Algebra taken in summer school (B) CS: Programming I (B+) Stats: Statistical Methods (B+) Science: Principles of Chemistry (A), Physics 1(A-), Physics 2 (A), Mol Cell Foundations of Life (B), Organismal Biology (withdraw and retake to get a B Courses will take this fall: Genetics Graph Theory Dynamical Systems Sports Analytics GRE General Test: Have not taken it yet. Must crack 325 in the future. GRE Subject Math: will take this September and /or October Research Experience: one pure-math presentation at a math conference 1-year data analyzing research(continuing) in astrophysics-----one poster at academic festival a 5-week summer research project about statistical analysis in circadian rhythm with a biology professor will continue in the fall----one presentation at the end of the summer Working Experience: 1st year summer: TA of two social science class in a summer school; Lecturer of Tofel Vocabulary in an organization (both in China) 2ed year summer: a 3-month test internship in a start-up biomedical company in China 2ed year: one semester of chem lab assistant Letters of Recommendation: One from a math professor. One from a physics professor that I worked with. One from a biology professor that I worked with. Currently considering schools: master: JHU, UNC, UCB, Duke, Northwestern, Brown, Rice, Yale, Upenn PhD: UT-MD Anderson, Medical Collge of Wisconsin, UMich, Umass-Amherst, UCLA, UCSD Thank you in advance for your time and advice!
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