[MS to PhD in Biostats]

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.  

[MS to PhD in Biostats]

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.