Dandelion_97

Congratulations! I also received a phone call from one professor today. It was unexpected so I could not express all of my interest. Did you receive the offer right after the interview?

Are international students supposed to receive the results later? I mean after domestic applicants?

Hi all, it's me again. So South Carolina's professor just sent me an email to set up a phone call next week. Did any of you experience through a phone call with graduate committee? What do I need to prepare and expect then? Thank you!

When did you apply for Colorado State? I did not receive any emails from them yet

@BL250604@Oliver Shu Thanks so much for your responses and support. However, I am still really unconfident and confused because some people told me that it will be hard for me to be accepted in Ph.D. programs without any publications or acknowledged research paper. I just did one research at school. Do I have any chance to be admitted to the Ph.D. program or should I apply to Master instead?

@Oliver Shu Hmm.. I don't think that I can get in MS programs at Harvard or Columbia as my undergraduate school is not prestigious but thank you for your support. Through the internship, I had a chance to use coding into analyzing data. However, I felt like I need something more theoretical to deal with data. That's why I decided to pursue a PhD degree with a concentration in computational statistics or machine learning. I don't know if that suits me or not but for now I am just nervous and hope that one school will accept me. Will see how it goes

Thank you so much for your response! I probably will consider Penn State and Minnesota. The only reason that I did not put Minnesota in the list is because their priority deadline is Dec 5, 2019 and I don't think I can make it. But they still consider application after the deadline right? They said the final deadline will be mid of March. For Michigan, I looked at it requirements and this school seems to prefer Master's knowledge which I don't have. For South Carolina, I wonder if you have any information for its funding. I read through its website and it said the funding may be up to 3 years of full time study. They do not guarantee any type of funding for PhD student though. Good luck with your Dirichlet distribution and I am looking forward to your response!

Just a clarification: my undergraduate institution is ranked #1 in U.S. Regional North. As the deadline is approaching, could someone please give me some comments? I really need help on this!!

Hi all, Please give me some recommendations about the list of schools that I chose based on my below profile: Undergraduate Institution: top #1 Regional North Majors: Computer Science and Mathematics (Double major) Cumulative GPA: 3.81/4.00 Math major GPA: 3.96 | CS major GPA: 3.97 Type of Student: International Asian Female Relevant Courses: * Math: Calculus I,II,III (all A) Foundation of Higher math (A) Linear algebra (A) Abstract Algebra I,II (A-, A) Real Analysis (currently taking - got A for mid term grade) Probability & Statistics I (A) * Computer Science: Discrete Data Structure (A) Numerical Methods (A) Database Management System (A) Advanced Database (A) Computer Security (A) Machine Learning (A-) Operating System (currently taking - got A for mid term grade) GRE General Test: 323 (Verbal: 155 - 68% | Quantitative: 168 - 93% | AWA: 4.0 - 57%) Research Experience: I have one-year research with Math professor from school on Baseball analytics. We use statistical methods to create a new way to calculate Wins Above Replacement which demonstrates each player’s performance impact on the whole team. I intend to do 2 research courses next semester: one in Healthcare Analytics and one in Topology (Math) but I don't know if I can state it in SOP. Work Experience: Summer Internship at IGT - Business Intelligence Intern: I used SQL, Tableau, and analytical thinking to analyze company’s lottery data to create dashboards and reports. Letter of Recommendation: One from my research professor One from my CS professor who has known me for 4 years. I took every class that I can with him. One from my Abstract Algebra professor who I took class with from freshman year. Schools that I am considering: Reach: Carnegie Mellon University (#8), Texas A&M College Station (#20) Medium: UC Davis (#31), University of Texas Austin (#50), University of Virginia (#69), WPI (PhD in Data Science) Safe: University of South Carolina (#74) Please let me know if I have a chance to be admitted in any of those schools. Any suggestions are highly appreciated. Thank you so much in advance!