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@seaborn @DanielWarlock Really appreciate all the great advice guys! I am hoping to go to the industry (highly doubt I will want to do a PhD after). I hope to work at a tech firm doing Data Science (like everyone else haha). Also, I personally come from a background of Pure Math and Econ and have mostly been doing Econometrics research so I feel like I have more of a handle of econometrics and optimization (although I definitely want to strengthen my understanding of optimization as well). Where I am really lacking though is a better understanding of the technical underpinnings of machine learning. I'm also interested in NLP so that's where I am hoping my Masters can fill in the gaps for me. Keep the advice coming though - really appreciate this. We can also do this in a personal message so we don't blow up everyone else's thread unless this is helpful for others as well. Also, I got rejected from CMU today but congrats to everyone else who got accepted!

Hi @Scholarship , what you said makes a lot of sense! I really appreciate the advice - thank you so much!

@whiteshark243 Yeap. I did my interview sometime in mid-Jan I believe and got the results end of January. I applied for early decision. @Scholarship Thanks for the advice! Could I ask you to elaborate a bit more on why you feel MIT is the best place in terms of job placement? I hope to do a data science role at a tech company so that factor is weighing heavily in my decision. Thanks!! Here's my background: Undergrad: Mid-tier US university, 3.99/4.00 in Math and Economics GRE: 169 (Q), 166 (V), 6 (A) Worked for 2 years at an economic consulting firm, one published paper in a computational economics journal on theoretical econometrics, co-authored with a professor I did research for in my undergrad institution. And I did a summer REU at a top econ university in computational economics that helped me a lot in terms of programming experience.

Hi All, Accepted Harvard Masters in Data Science Stanford MS Statistics: Data Science U Penn Masters in Data Science Northwestern Masters in Analytics Interviewing MIT MBAn Pending CMU Masters in Computational Data Science I am currently deciding between Harvard and Stanford's Masters in Data Science - if anyone has any opinions or information about either program, I am interested to know your thoughts! Thanks!!