njstat1995

I currently work in equity research, and am interested in applying for a master's degree in statistics, with the hope of pursuing a role in data science. I would like to be able to work as a research assistant with a professor during my time in graduate school. I recognize that my application has a couple of red flags that make my application less competitive, and any advice as to what types of programs I may have a chance at admission would be helpful (Does it make sense for me to apply to schools like Rutgers, University of Florida and University of Iowa). - School: Ivy League, Major: Math - GRE pending, GPA: 3.5 (I transferred schools before my junior year. 3.5 is the GPA for my junior and senior years. GPA is ~3.75 if looking at all 4 years. Not sure how graduate programs look at GPA, and assuming that freshman and sophomore year grades are not particularly salient anyways.) - Student type: Domestic, white male from NJ - 2 bad grades in quantitative courses - C in Calculus IV (Partial Differential Equations) and C+ in a Computer Science course - Statistics coursework limited to an introductory, non-calculus based statistics course. Will be taking calculus-based probability and statistics at night in the Spring - No research experience - Work experience: 1.5 years in asset management. (The work is analytical, but does not involve knowledge/use of statistics beyond the creation of linear regressions Thank you.