Hello everyone,
I am a rising junior and planning to apply for PhD programs (and/or Master programs, if any) in Biostatistics and/or Applied Math (Analysis). Maybe it is too early; I have listed my information below and hope that you could provide some advice about which schools I could apply for.
Undergraduate Institution: Brown University
Concentration: Mathematics (Honors Bachelor of Science) + Applied Mathematics (Standard Bachelor of Arts)
GPA: 4.0/4.0 (We do not have official GPA, but currently grades for all my courses are A)
Type of Student: International (Asian male)
Courses taken (freshman and sophomore year):
Applied Math: Intro to Statistical Inference and Probability (A)
Math: Intro to Mathematical Analysis(A), Intro to Abstract Algebra (A), Topics in Abstract Algebra (including Galois Theory and representation theory) (A), Cryptography (A), Ordinary Differential Equations (A), Complex Analysis (A), Multi-Variable Calculus (A), Linear Algebra (A) (Self-learned: basic point-set topology)
CS: Intro to Object-Oriented Programming (A)
Courses will take in junior year:
Math: Undergraduate Real Analysis (including point-set topology, measure theory, manifolds, etc.), Partial Differential Equations, Differential Geometry, Graduate Algebra
Courses will take in senior year:
Applied Math: Graduate Partial Differential Equations, Graduate Probability Theory
Math: Graduate Real Analysis
GRE General Test: haven't taken, plan to take next year
GRE Subject Math: haven't taken, plan to take next year
Research Experience:
Will research on applied PDE with a Brown professor this summer (Brown-funded)
Working Experience:
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for both Math and Applied Math Department
Letters of Recommendation: (Tentative): one from algebra professor, one from analysis professor, one from professor who does research with me on PDE.
Currently considering schools: Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Cambridge (or Oxford), Brown (I confess that it is extremely hard for me to apply to them)
Thank you in advance for your time and advice!