Hi Everyone,
Any advice on schools to add/remove given my background and research interests?
Undergrad Institution: Large Public School, around top 100 (US news)
Undergrad Major: BA in Mathematics
GPA (Undergrad): 3.72, overall and major
Type of Student: Domestic
Relevant Courses (Undergraduate):
Calc I/II/II (A-, B, A-), Analysis I/II (A-, A), Linear Algebra (A), Discrete Math (B+), Differential Equations (A), Applied Probability Theory (A), Algorithms (B+), Applied Probability Theory (A), Math Stats (B-), Machine Learning (A), Econometrics (A-)
Research:
1 semester of math research in number theory, internship in machine learning
1.5 years as a research associate out of undergrad at a top business school (Wharton/Columbia/Stanford). Some applied statistics, nothing real theoretical.
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Graduate Institution: Public School, around top 30 (US News)
Major: MS in Mathematics
GPA (Graduate): 4.0
Relevant Courses (Graduate): Real Analysis I/II (A, A), Complex Analysis (A), Probability I/II (A, A), General Linear Models (A), Statistical Estimation (A), Multivariate Stats (A), Statistical Learning (A), PDEs I (A), Hypothesis Testing (Fall), Stochastic Calculus I (Fall), Algebra I (Fall)
Research:
Top Artificial Intelligence conference involving bayesian inference
Journal Publication, Finance and Economics
Recs: 3 strong letters: 1 from probability grad class, 2 from research
GRE General: Q/V/A: 168/163/5
GRE Math Subject: Planned on taking in September, but not sure whether it will be offered in the fall with the COVID19 situation.
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Research Interests: Bayesian inference, High dimensional inference, Graphical models, Stochastic analysis (stochastic differential equations)
Prospective Schools: Statistics only, but I am also planing on applying to several Applied Math/CS PhDs which cover the research interests above.
US: Berkeley, Duke, NCSU, Columbia, Yale, Michigan, Texas
Non-US: Toronto, Oxford