moormath

@bayessaysLooking back i would agree, but of course my hindsight is 20/20. Thanks! It definitely seems like a great department.

Undergrad Institution: Top 200 US News Major(s): Mathematics Minor(s): Physics GPA: 3.92 Type of Student: Domestic white male GRE General Test: Q: 165 V: 153 Programs Applying: Statistics PhD programs Research Experience: 18 months between two projects at my school. One paper submitted for publication, poster presentations at multiple conferences, patent pending for applied ML algorithm Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Physics Honors Society Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutor for 2 years, Pre-Calc TA for 1 year, Machine Learning intern at large company Letters of Recommendation: All 3 were from professors who I am close with. 2 of them I did research with, and 1 was in charge of my tutoring/TA and taught a few of my classes. None of the three were statisticians. Math/Statistics Grades: -Calc 1,2,3 (A, A, A) -Differential Equations (A) -Numerical Methods (A) -Numerical Analysis (A) -Linear Algebra (A) -Intro to Statistics (A) -Intro to Machine Learning (A) -Real Analysis 1,2 (A, In Progress) -Complex Analysis (A) -Operations Research 1 (Graduate) (A) -Probability Theory (Graduate) (In Progress) -Information Theory (Graduate) (In Progress) Applying to Where: All Stats PhD's Colorado State - Attending / Admitted on 1/12, Offered TA position with ~$18,000/9 month funding Columbia - Rejected Duke - Rejected Harvard - Rejected UCLA - Waitlisted / Rejected Washington - Waitlisted / Rejected Wisconsin - Rejected Yale - Rejected Reflection: I guess I overestimated the quality of my app. I probably should've applied to some lower ranked schools, but getting waitlisted at some of the schools makes me think I was competitive and maybe in a non-covid cycle I would've gotten another acceptance. Not having any statisticians in my department, and not having any statisticians write a letter of rec probably didn't help my chances at top schools. I didn't think my GRE was too low for consideration, but thats also a possibility. I'm thrilled to have gotten an acceptance, although my advice would be to apply to a wider range of schools than you think, so that you'll have options.

Anyone else just get an email from UW saying that their app is still under consideration? It doesn't seem like they've sent out any rejections so this feels like it may have just been sent to everyone, especially since it didn't mention being waitlisted or anything.

The results page has an acceptance from an international student, so I would assume they've sent out at least some offers to international students. The first round of offers has an exploding deadline on February 26th (or some of the offers did), so my guess is that they'll send out more offers at the end of February/early March

Based on post history, I assume this is for duke biostats and not duke stats

Congrats! I also received an offer from Colorado State with a February 22nd deadline. Does anyone know if its possible to get an extension for a deadline like this, as I am strongly considering attending but I also want to hear back from other schools.