statatronic

Thank you so much for the responses. This is really helpful for me. My undergrad is top30, grad school is top20 [Based on USNWR for the overall school]. I really wasn't sure about the competitiveness of my application. I've really enjoyed doing research, which has made me want to pursue a PhD.

Type of Student: Domestic Graduate Institution: Private university South East Majors: Biostatistics GPA: 3.78 graduate, 3.85 undergrad GRE: 166, 164, 3.5 (I think this score might be expired so I may have no GRE score for this application season) Applying to: Biostatistics phd Research Experience: Applied research in critical care: One publication on drug use after surgery, conference presentation on new neuromuscular blockade drug, Study on patients after c-section in terms of healthcare utilization Thesis: Focusing on different types of analysis for very rare outcomes in large nationwide healthcare datasets Graduate Courses: Stats Theory 1, Stats Theory 2, Applied stats 1 and 2, survival, ML, longitudinal, data science course Did well in theory course, but got a B in first Applied stats course, which brought my grades down Undergrad Math Courses (all A or A-): Analysis I, Calc 1-3, Linear algebra, discrete math, applied math, differential equations Letter of Recommendations: Thesis mentor, professor for Stats Theory 2, another thesis mentor Target: Duke, UNC, NC State (stats, but I've heard it is a big program that does biostats work), Amherst, Pitt, UC Denver Reach: Yale, Columbia, Brown, John Hopkins Thanks a lot. Please let me know if I'm aiming too high/low in terms of schools. In general, I want to be on the east coast.