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Has anyone been invited to the 2/26 interviews at MD Anderson? The website says candidates should receive an email by mid-February. I haven't heard anything, so I am guessing it's a no, but just wondering...

Thank you, that is helpful to hear! I won't expect any guarantees, but I will take a shot and see how it goes!

Thanks for the input! Over the last couple years I did check schedules at nearby universities to see if I could take real analysis as a non-degree student, but unfortunately nothing ever lined up with my work schedule. I suppose everything is online now, but it's probably a bit late...

Thanks for the feedback! My other concern besides my time in finance was the lack of real analysis, since I've seen it mentioned a lot on "prospective student" pages, so it is helpful to know that I might be OK without it. Do you have any suggestions for what might be an acceptable "reach" school for me? Also, wow just noticed my typo in the title. Awkward.

Hi everyone, I am planning on applying to statistics/biostatistics PhD programs for Fall 2021 matriculation. I am feeling a bit uncertain about the schools I am applying to and what would be good “safety” options. I have spent the last three years since graduating working in quantitative finance, which I am concerned about, but I hope to leverage the quantitative aspects of my job. (Frankly, I wasn’t certain of what I wanted to do at the start of my senior year, so I got someone to pay me nicely while I figured it out. Don’t worry, I am certain now.) Student Type: Domestic female Undergrad: Top 20 Undergrad (USNWR) Majors: Applied math, neuroscience GPA: 3.96 (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) Math courses (A in each): Calc III, differential equations, linear algebra, probability, stat methods & data analysis, mathematical modeling, scientific computing/C++, mathematical modeling in neuroscience, numerical analysis, data mining, advanced biostats GRE: Q: 167 (90), V: 169 (99), W: 5.5 (98) Research: Summer in an ecology lab resulting in 1 publication (not first author); two years as research assistant in developmental psychology lab; wrote senior honors thesis in computational neuroscience Letters of Recommendation: Thesis advisor, PI of psych lab, professor I had for intro bio and then served as a TA for Work experience: 1 semester as a TA, two semesters of math tutoring (for undergrads), three years as a quantitative investment analyst Schools: Vanderbilt, Emory, NC state, UNC (I know that one is a reach), Duke, ASU …and I am not sure where else. I would appreciate any advice in classifying schools as target/reach/safety, or just any suggestions on where I might consider applying. Thanks so much!