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I say that because I read this here on the forum only, that even though they officially accept international students, most applicants get rejected because they like to give funding to canadians only and their program used to be funded before I think.

@SPIWizard does this mean that they’re taking international applicants for MS now? Also an 8- month program doesn’t sound ideal for PhD preparation so should I consider it if I want to go for a PhD after the MS?

Wow, your profile looks significantly stronger than mine, you uave so many math courses you probably could have gone for a PhD directly, I have no idea why you didn’t get into those schools, the only thing is that your score on quant gre is low, did you get your profile evaluated here before applying what did people think? @honguyen94 this does not make me feel very good about my chances at even medium ranked schools let alone the top ones, what do you think?

@honguyen94 Thanks for your reply. My ranks in UG were not the best but they weren’t terrible either. My ranking in Grad School in math courses has been amongst the top 1-3 always, in probability theory I couldn’t do well because I hadn’t had a course in analysis which was a prereq for the course, I will make sure to mention this in the application, do you think this bad grade will hurt me significantly at top schools?.This bad grade is a big part of why I want to take the mGRE. Do you think that 3 months of hardcore prep is enough to get 80% in mGRE. Could you also tell me which canadian schools I should apply to? Unfortunately I have no research background whatsoever, however I’ll try to pick up a project in the next semester.

@the97kid hey man I really appreciate your response, I totally understand what you are saying. Do you think that I could maybe take a look at what your profile looked like at the time of applying? What math courses did you have and stuff? That would really help me gauge my position.

Hi all! I will be applying for to MS Statistics/Biostatistics programs in US and canada.My end goal is to finish my masters and go for a PhD in Statistics. Undegrad Institution : University of Delhi (tier 2 college) Major : Economics GPA : 7.12/10 (3.6 US equivalent) Releveant Courses : Math/Statistics : Math Econ I (7) ,Math Econ II (8) , Statistics (7), Introductory Econometrics (8), Applied Econometrics (10) All grades are out of 10, the two math courses covered some linear algebra and the rest was multivariable calculus but did not have vector calculus stuff like green's theorem. The statistics course was calculus based and had random variables, hypo testing, clt and similar stuff. Econometrics was mostly regression stuff. Graduate Institution : Indian Statistical Institute Major : Quantitative Economics ( MS in QE) Grade : 86/100 (This is only one semester, I rank 4 in a batch of 23.) Relevant Courses : Math Methods (95), Statistics (95), Game Theory (91), Probability Theory (66) All grades are out of 100.Math course had good amount of linear algebra, decent amount of real analysis and a lot of optimization topics like KKT. Statistics was taught from Casella & Berger, was very mathematical had things like cramer-rao bound, cramer woldt device, likelihood ratio test, NP lemma etc, Prob Theory was from the stat department and I couldn't do well in it because Real Analysis was a prerequisite which I had not studied, the course had convergence concepts(almost surely,distribution etc) and markov chains. Relevant courses from this semester are Econometrics I, Theory Of Mechanism Design( not sure how relevant but it is a mathematical course) and Game Theory -II When the time to apply comes I will have had a course in Real Analysis(Analysis-I from the stat dept) and I am pretty sure I'll get an 80+ in it and I will also have had and additional course in Econometrics, one in Sample Survey and and one in Time Series, in my last semester I will also take either Measure Theory or Analysis - II depending on my interest, I cannot take these now or in the next semester as the Institute doesn't allow too many courses from other dept. in one semester. General GRE : Quant(165), Verbal(164) GRE Mathematics Subject Test : Not given yet. The things that I worry about are that my UG institute wasn't really the best in the country, it wasn't a bad school but just wasn't amongst the top colleges, my GPA in UG is also not fabulous however I think it is still better in the relevant courses. Will bad grade in prob theory be a significant factor? I am also planning to give the GRE Math by studying for it over the summer, I think I should be able to manage 70+ percentile on this, will this add significant value for top schools because if not then I could intern over the summer and make good money. LOR : One will be from my game theory and Mechanism Design professor who is a PhD in industrial engineering, rest all will be from economists though should be good. My dream programs are Stanford MS Statistics, U of Chicago Stats, Harvard Biostats, CMU,U of Washington. For canada I know that U of toronto does not take international students so I was thinking about U of waterloo and UBC. Can you guys tell me about my chances at these schools and also the schools that I should actually apply to . Also what else can I do to improve my chances of getting into the best programs, and should I do a not stats relevant internship in the summer or give the GRE Math, sorry for too many questions.

Hi all! I will be applying for Fall 2021 to MS Statistics programs in US and canada. I am however not from a math or stats background. I wanted to know what schools I should be targeting and what are my chances of getting into the best programs like Stanford,Harvard(Biostat), Chicago etc. Undegrad Institution : University of Delhi (tier 2 college) Major : Economics GPA : 7.12/10 (3.6 US equivalent) Releveant Courses : Math/Statistics : Math Econ I (7) ,Math Econ II (8) , Statistics (7), Introductory Econometrics (8), Applied Econometrics (10) All grades are out of 10, the two math courses covered some linear algebra and the rest was multivariable calculus but did not have vector calculus stuff like green's theorem. The statistics course was calculus based and had random variables, hypo testing, clt and similar stuff. Econometrics was mostly regression stuff. Graduate Institution : Indian Statistical Institute Major : Quantitative Economics ( MS in QE) Grade : 86/100 (This is only one semester, I rank 4 in a batch of 23.) Relevant Courses : Math Methods (95), Statistics (95), Game Theory (91), Probability Theory (66) Math course had good amount of linear algebra, decent amount of real analysis and a lot of optimization topics like KKT. Statistics was taught from Casella & Berger, was very mathematical had things like cramer-rao bound, cramer woldt device, likelihood ratio test, NP lemma etc, Prob Theory was from the stat department and I couldn't do well in it because Real Analysis was a prerequisite which I had not studied, the course had convergence concepts(almost surely,distribution etc) and markov chains. Relevant courses from this semester are Econometrics I, Theory Of Mechanism Design( not sure how relevant but it is a mathematical course). When the time to apply comes I will have had a course in Real Analysis(Analysis-I from the stat dept) and I am pretty sure I'll get an 80+ in it and I will also have had and additional course in Econometrics, one in Sample Survey and and one in Time Series, in my last semester I will also take either Measure Theory or Analysis - II depending on my interest, I cannot take these now or in the next semester as the Institute doesn't allow too many courses from other dept. in one semester. General GRE : Quant(165), Verbal(164) GRE Mathematics Subject Test : Not given yet. The things that I worry about are that my UG institute wasn't really the best in the country, it wasn't a bad school but just wasn't amongst the top colleges, my GPA in UG is also not fabulous however I think it is still better in the relevant courses. Will bad grade in prob theory be a significant factor? One thing that I think I have going for me is my Grad School's brand name in Statistics and even in Economics it is the best program in the country and is also the most selective one. I am also planning to give the GRE Math by studying for it over the summer, I think I should be able to manage 70+(worst case scenario) percentile on this, will this add significant value for top schools because if not then I could intern over the summer and make good money. LOR : One will be from my game theory and Mechanism Design professor who is a PhD in industrial engineering, rest all will be from economists though should be good. My dream programs are Stanford MS Statistics, U of Chicago Stats, Harvard Biostats, CMU,U of Washington. Can you guys tell me about my chances at these schools and also the schools that I should actually apply to . Also what else can I do to improve my chances of getting into the best programs, and should I do a not stats relevant internship in the summer or give the GRE Math, sorry for too many questions.