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Undergrad Institution: QS Asian U top 100 Major(s): Statistics GPA: 3.78 after conversion Type of Student: International male GRE General Test: Q: 169 (94) V: 152 (53) W: 4 (55) TOEFL Score: 100=25+25+24+26 Grad Institution: Same with undergrad Major: Statistics GPA: not good Programs Applying: Statistics/Biostatistics Ph.D. programs Research Experience: one methodology publication in CSAM, two application publications in domestic journals (text analysis and GLM), one theory paper under review Awards/Honors/Recognitions: honorable mention for a poster presentation Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA at grad school, part-time lecturer at a corporation Letters of Recommendation: two from profs with whom I worked on papers, one from advisor (strongest in terms of the personal relationships) Math/Statistics Grades: Calculus I & II, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Statistics I & II, real analyses, 20 statistics major courses in total (took about 95% of available major courses until graduation), database, digital logic OSU - Statistics / Admitted in late Mar / Accepted MSU - Statistics / Admitted in early Mar / Declined U Iowa - Statistics / Admitted in early Mar / Declined U of SC - Statistics / Admitted in mid Feb / Declined UCSB - Statistics / Waitlisted - Admitted on Apr 14 / Declined CSU, UCR - Withdrawn ... AND 15 REJECTIONS I'm pretty happy in that I got into one of my very best options even though I did not earn MS in prestigious US programs and get recommendations from well-known American professors. I can say that the profile evaluations and program recommendations people make in this forum are quite accurate and helpful even for minority in the applicant population like me. @bayessays@Stat Assistant Professor@StatsG0d I truly appreciate your help and advices!!

I also accepted an offer from stat phd program ranked in the 30-40 range. To add some data for your reference, my alumni went to: US Census B., Battelle, Merck Pharm., Sandia National Lab., Apple, Westat, Lawrence Lab. UC Berkeley, Eli Lilly, Upstart Network, (postdoc: Columbia, Duke), Twitter, Amgen, IBM China, Google, and many other huge insurance and financial service providers. Currently, I'm interested in a stat faculty career and aware of fierce competitions these days in academia job markets; but industry placements seem to reflect much less weights on prestige.

I agree.

Anyone still waiting for the statistics phd program decisions of UC Davis and Rice? They are saying both admission and waitlisting decisions would be released no later than April 15, but I'm seriously considering just accepting an offer by OSU...

For UNC, you can refer to here! Honestly, I have given up hoping for updates from them...

Thank you so much for sharing the information!! This is exactly what I have been needed. Though UFL and UNC have not updated my status either, anyway, I have only one option in mind now. I will accept this offer unless I hear from UC Davis; but, UCD is highly likely to reject me since they did so last year. XD Many thanks again for your notes!!

I got an offer from OSU today. Seems their decision process has not changed much!

I just can't believe what just happened; I got an offer from OSU! THIS IS INSANE!!

I've contacted UCSB and she told me that i'm waitlisted. It's very difficult to judge odds since they've received an excessive amount of strong applications this year, and their offers've got very few (both positive and negative) responses so far. ? Thanks for UCD and UCR!

Yes, I heard that they do rollings so I guess that's not impossible as well.

Hi, I have these pending Ph.D. applications: Stat programs: CSU, OSU, Rice, UC Riverside, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara Biostat programs: U of Florida, UNC-Chapel Hill Do you know which program has zero probability of accepting more candidates? I just want to know if there are any programs that have finished their admission rolling. Or, is there any program that ghosts their applicants?

Thanks so much for sharing your story. I guess workloads for TA appointments are not so different between schools, but I am also a workaholic and hope to be a faculty in the US in the future. So I'm also considering RA opportunities or students' research history as well. I'm currently contacting a graduate from the department who's doing a postdoc to learn more about the culture. There are several professors who study the areas I am interested in. I've not considered the program size, thank you for adding a new view. Hope you and your family can successfully begin your life there!!

Hi, congratulations for all who got the offers for this Fall semester. If there is anyone who've made the decision for this year's cycle, I'd like to ask your experiences or ideas that affected your decision. Or if you are working to figure out which offer is better, please share the aspects (like pros and cons) you are considering now.

And I just got an offer from MSU!

I just had an interview with a professor at MSU and I was told to stay tuned since I have a high chance. Expecting to receive a fast update upon the committee's decision.

Thank you! Looks so much better.

Thank you for the offer to the Ph.D. program at the University. I learned many things through the interview with professor A and I appreciate the committee's time and deliberation in evaluating my credentials, and the consideration for additional support as well. However, I regret to inform you that I am accepting another offer that best matches my current professional goal. I decided to return this invaluable offer and support back for another deserving candidate. Again, thank you for recommending me for admission to your program. === I am accepting another offer so I want to make sure that my letter delivers a polite decline. Please give any suggestion if you do not mind!

Glad to hear that you also got an offer. I think they will send an official letter with the amount of stipend confirmed (it says no less than $20k!). They wrote: "... Final confirmation and the official admission letter will come from the Office of Admissions after it verifies that you have met all Graduate College requirements. ...", "... The final salary amount for academic year 2021-22 will be released upon the completion of pending contract negotiations. ..."

I think you should contact the officer and department(or program) ASAP.

I got the final offer from the University of Iowa with TA. EXTREMELY HAPPYYYY!

I think this is quite frequent. Even some young or recently appointed assistant professors seem to be lagged in track of their newest publications or study on their cv / website. Thank you for the good point. I guess checking google scholar together helps a lot.

How one can judge that a journal is prestigious or highly credible? As a student lacking academic training and experiences, I prone to see the indicators or citation-related scores. I think that publishing papers in journals like Annals of Statistics, JASA, JRSS, Biometrika, or Biostatistics is an honorable milestone in a scholar's life, but, I am wondering what other aspects can be considered besides checking the visible scores or undoubtedly accepting given convention in the academia. Thank you in advance for broadening my insight, or even two cents you wouldn't mind sharing!

Though I do not definitely trust rankings, ISU's program ranks very high in USNR(around 20?). It's surprising to hear that... I'm afraid if the situation in the US would recover much slower than I thought.

Thanks, @StatB, and @shyburrito! By the way, anyone still waiting without any news from UNC Biostat phd? I guess they are delaying decisions these days due to funding issues.

I had an (informal) interview this morning. I was told that I can expect good news, but I forgot to ask about the funding so maybe have to wait for the final decision letter to arrive. Wishing all the best for this.