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Hi! Hope everyone is doing fine amidst this chaos. It would be really helpful if you could share your views on the thread below. https://forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/123944-purdue-vs-minnesota-vs-ohio-state-vs-univ-of-toronto/

Hi! I am trying to decide between the current offers for Stats PhD I have from Purdue, Minnesota, Ohio State and Univ of Toronto (Math Finance track in Statistics dept). I am interested in the areas of Machine Learning and high dimensional statistics, although I am open to explore new areas and then decide. Other than UoT where supervisors are already assigned, I have the flexibility to choose my supervisor in the other 3 places. In UoT, I have the chance to work at the interface of machine learning & finance which I find appealing. My questions are: 1. Which would be a better choice if I want a career in industry and which would be more suited for academia? 2. Among the US universities, is there any significant difference in the reputation of the 3 places? How close does the best of the 3 come to UoT in terms of research and future prospects? It would be really helpful if someone could suggest well-reputed faculty members or someone doing good research in the areas of ML and high dimensional statistics at Purdue, Minnesota & OSU. Note: Due to the COVID-19 issues, I am considering deferment to next fall. While the US universities have given me the option to do so, there has been no such assurance from UoT so far.

Any idea how the pandemic might impact fall admissions for international applicants. It is going to be really difficult to get visa by August. So can we expect the start of the program from spring semester or maybe even the admits being deferred by a year, or in the worst case admits being cancelled?

Can people receiving offers share the funding details...it will be useful for people who are in the waiting list to decide whether to consider the place as well as helpful in getting a better idea of the funding scene elsewhere.