Undergrad Institution: Big State School Major(s): Statistics and Mathematics Minor(s): n/a GPA: 3.758
Type of Student: Domestic Female GRE General Test:
Q: 161 (76%) V: 153 (60%) W: 4.5 (81%)
(not great under pressure)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: n/a
Programs Applying: Biostatistics Masters
Research Experience: SIBS Program, but nothing else Awards/Honors/Recognitions: STEM scholarship, nothing major Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Math Grader
Letters of Recommendation: Professor for two of my stat courses (knows me pretty well), instructor from SIBS (worked on research project together), mentor from STEM scholarship (knows me extremely well, but not in stat).
Math/Statistics Grades: Calc I (AP), Calc II (B+), Vector Calc (A), Statistical Methods I and II (A, A), Linear Algebra (B+), Probability (B), Math Stat (B), Intro to Experimental Design (A), Transition to Adv. Math (A), Vector Analysis (A), Algebraic Structures (C), Theory of Statistical Inference (B), Computing in Statistics (A), Big Data Analytics (A), Analysis (B), and Ordinary Differential Equations (A)
(Also have 2 transfer courses in biostat from SIBS program both with A's)
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Graduating a year early Applying to Where:
Duke - Masters, Admitted, $25,000/year Colorado Denver - MS, Admitted, no funding UNC - MS, Admitted, funding not announced yet Boston - MA, Admitted, $15,000 (total) Emory - MSPH, Admitted, $15,000 + $10,000 in work study (total) Tulane- MS, Admitted, $10,000/year
Berkeley- MA, Rejected Brown- ScM, Waitlisted