I am a graduate student in my second year and would like to apply for PhD programs in Statistics. I am uncertain about how successful my applications will be as I don't have a Stats background, but a couple of professors at my grad school told me I should give it a shot.
Undergrad Institution: International private institution Undergraduate Major: Electronics and Communication Engineering Undergraduate GPA: 3.57
Graduate Institution: Private school in Southern California
Graduate GPA: 3.85
Graduate Major: Business Analytics
Type of Student: International Female
Work Experience: 3 years as a Business Analyst GRE General Test:
Q:168 V: 170 W: 4.0
GRE Mathematics: Not taken
Applying to: Statistics PhD
Research Experience: doing quantitative research with a professor in the Marketing department. It is application oriented and will involve time series analysis to solve a use case
Letters of Recommendation: No one well-known, but can get 3 decent ones from school (one with the Professor I am doing research for) and corporate
Math/Other Relevant Grades: Undergrad (International)- Engineering Mathematics I (A), Engineering Mathematics II (A), Engineering Mathematics III (B), Engineering Mathematics IV (C)
Statistics/Other Relevant Grades: Grad (USA)- Statistical Computing and Data Visualization (A-), Marketing Analytics (A), Data Driven Decision Making (A), Business Analytics (A-), Fraud Analytics (A), Text Analytics and NLP (A), Applied Modern Statistical Learning Methods (A) Planning on Applying to:
Dream schools: UC-Berkely, UCLA, University of Washington, CMU, UPenn, Cornell, Duke
What would be some good safety schools?
Is it worth applying to a PhD program in Statistics with my profile? Which schools can I target?
Thank you for your help.