Undergrad Institution: Medium Sized Liberal Arts School Major(s): Combined BS/MS
Bachelors: Mathematics & Statistics
Masters: Statistics Minor(s): Actuarial Science GPA: Bachelors: 3.94/4.0
Masters: 4.0/4.0
Type of Student: Domestic, Male GRE General Test:
Q: 163 (82%) <- in retrospect would've practiced more V: 161 (88%) W: 4.0 (57%)
Programs Applying: Statistics/Operations Research
Research Experience: Presentation at JSM 2019, research article to be submitted soon. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Scholarships from the math and statistics departments. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Was a TA for Regression and Statistical Inference.
Letters of Recommendation: Strong, but not from anyone well-known.
Math/Statistics Grades: Calculus III (A), Linear Algebra/Proofs Course (A), ODE (A), Probability (A+), Optimization (A), Abstract Algebra (A-), Real Analysis (B+), Measure Theory (A), Casella-Berger (2 courses, A's in both), Regression (A), Time Series (A+), Bayesian (A), DOE (A), Random Programming Courses (A's), Stochastic Processes (A), Consulting Course (A), Biostatistics/Survival Analysis (A), GLM (A), Nonparametric Statistics (A). Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Interested in Time Series, Stochastic Processes, MCMC, general probability topics. Had internships in the finance and oil industries. Applying to Where:
Statistics: University of Chicago - Rejected Columbia University - Rejected Purdue University - Admitted
Michigan State University - Admitted
University of Michigan - Rejected
Ohio State University - Admitted
Texas A&M University - Admitted
Operations Research:
Cornell University - Rejected
Georgia Tech - Admitted