Type of Student: International south asian
Undergrad and grad Institution: Top public university in Bangladesh
Major: Applied Statistics GPA: 3.97 , class topper (BSc)
GPA: 4.00 , class topper (MSc)
GRE General Test: 152 V/ 163 Q/ 4.0 AWA
IELTS: 8.0 overall
Programs Applying: Statistics/ Biostatistics PhD
Research Experience:
1. One project on structural equation modeling with application in econometrics ( published)
2. Thesis on bias reduction with penalized likelihood approach for small or rare event data in AFT models (under review)
Teaching experience: Lecturer at a university Awards/Honors/Recognitions:
Dean's award, CASc (ISCB41), CFDC (ISCB40), other departmental awards
Letters of Recommendation:
Two from my project and thesis supervisors, one from one of my professors
Math/Statistics Grades: Calculus (A+), Real Analysis (A+), Mathematical Analysis (A+), Basic and Linear Algebra (A+), Statistics (A+), Probability (A+), Statistical Inference I (A+), Statistical Inference II (A+), Regression (A+), Multivariate analysis (A+), Design of Experiments (A+), Econometrics (A+), Generalised Linear models (A+), Bayesian Statistics (A+), Survival Analysis (A+), Longitudinal data analysis (A+), Machine Learning (A+)
Programming/ Software skills: R, STATA, MATLAB, Python (basic)
Research Interest: Mixed effect models, Survival analysis, Statistical Learning, High dimensional data analysis
Note: Weak points: GRE scores (though not planning to retake), limited research experience
Schools:
I am confused about the competitiveness of my profile for stat/biostat PhD as an international student. Any suggestion about the range of schools I might have a good shot at would be very helpful. Here are some schools I am planning to apply,
1. JHU (Biostat)
2. Upitt (Biostat)
3. Uflorida (Stat)
4. Purdue (Stat)
5. TAMU (Stat)
6. UCI (Stat)
7. UCSB (Stat)
8. UMass amherst (Stat)