I post again after adding my school list. Please give me any advice!
Undergrad Institution: Top 3 in an East Asian country. Major(s): Economics
GPA: 3.4
Type of Student: International (Asian)
Now in the Master's program in Top100 USA Public school (top2 in this state)
Major(s): Statistics
GPA:3.9 GRE General Test:
Last summer: 170Q, 155V, 3W
Programs Applying: Statistics PhD
Research Experience: Participated Team project in Economics research(6month), wrote a Master thesis in Economics
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Full-GAship in MS program
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: tutored graduate level theory to a graduate student.
Letters of Recommendation: Three from faculty member in the STAT MS program
Math/Statistics Grades:
Calculus I ,II (A+),(A)
Probability (A+)
Mathematical Statistics (A)
Linear Algebra I ,II (B+,B+)
Intro to Linear Algebra (A) (retook)
Real Analysis I ,II (B+,A)
Theory of statistics I ,II ( graduate level) (A, A)
Intro to SAS programing (A)
Linear regression (graduate level) (A-)
Data Visualization (graduate level) (A-)
Experimental Design (graduate level) (A)
Now taking Machine Learning (graduate level), expecting (A)
Programs I want to apply to:
PhDs:
Reach:
Connell (#20)
Penn State (#20)
UCLA (#30)
Purdue University--West Lafayette (#27)
Target:
University of Florida (#40)
Rice university (#40)
University of California--Irvine (#50)
Michigan State University (#50)
George Washington University (#61)
Virgina Tech University (#61)
Safe:
Not yet decided
I will add more schools soon.
Can anyone tell me my application range is proper or not? Do I need to lower my target? thanks!