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  1. Do people on the forum have insights as to research at MSR, Google, FAIR and the similar industry groups? My department (statistics at a top 10 school) does not really send anyone to such jobs and so I do not have much information about them. I want to spent at least one summer testing out the waters. How does one go about getting a research scientist internship at these firms? Is it primarily via a referral from one's advisor or department? How does the compensation look vs academic jobs (Principal Researcher at MSR vs an associate prof)? How is the research different vs academic jobs?
  2. @incomingstatsPhD I agree with @MathStat. Email the dept you want to attend immediately and explain your thinking. I think depts respect the april 15th deadline in the sense that they will not try to actively recruit students who have committed after that deadline, but if the decision to change is coming from your side, I think depts will be open to it. Especially with the covid situation, things are already in flux (some intl students may not be able to get visas, etc.), so there is a chance they are open it. You will obviously need to tell the school you committed to already, but I do not think they will restrict you from changing your mind.
  3. Thanks. Do people know if programs (~10 programs) would be open to allowing some transfer credit or would I basically be starting new in terms of coursework requirements if I were to transfer after my masters?
  4. Would you know who they asked for letters from your program? It seems difficult to get a strong letter without having started research.
  5. @Stat Postdoc Soon Faculty Very helpful advice. Why is getting a masters important? I am pretty sure I will be able to do that even though it is not an option typically set forth by my department. I have been doing quite well in my courses, but do not have a great advisor to write me a letter at the moment since i have focused on coursework so far and have not really gotten started on research projects. Would it be advisable to just hold off on explaining my desire to transfer until the fall after quals and when I have started some research?
  6. Any sense of how I can decipher which departments are willing to accept more advanced students? Or anyone know for a fact which programs may be open to this? One of the two programs I am eyeing seems to take advanced students, either people who did a masters (I do not know if these were terminal masters or en-route masters before a transfer) and people many years (5+) out of college.
  7. Did you have to go somewhere overall easier to get into than your earlier program? It would be a little awkward in my case because 2 programs on my transfer list would be schools I was originally waitlisted at. Both of these programs are comparable to my current program.
  8. Has anyone successfully transferred in a statistics Ph.D.? In case one wants to transfer, when do they typically do so? I know that it is possible and happens with reasonable frequency in computer science and math programs, but have not heard of that many people in a statistics program. I currently attend a program that is in the ~top 10 according to the USNW rankings. I think I would be best served by a transfer for research reasons. There is only 1 professor working in my area of interest and I do not believe they will be the best advisor. I also have some personal reasons regarding location.
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