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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.
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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...
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For UNC, you can refer to here! Honestly, I have given up hoping for updates from them...
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26 minutes ago, Blain Waan said:
I can tell you about the Biostatistics programs.
UNC-Chapel Hill has already sent out all offers and is not going to take any more candidates this year. I emailed them multiple times to at last know this from them. They didn't send me any rejection nor did they update my application portal with a rejection. I don't understand why they don't care about letting applicants know their decisions. The office is also not very responsive.
U Florida has also sent out the offers. I let them know very early (mid-Feb) that I was not going to join there. I suggest that you reach out to all these departments and ask if they are still considering the applications. I think some of these programs might have kept you in the waitlist. If you don't find any response from the office staff, then consider emailing to the director of the graduate studies.
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!!
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I just can't believe what just happened; I got an offer from OSU! THIS IS INSANE!!
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8 hours ago, bob loblaw said:
I'm always surprised how much you find out when you reach out to the departments directly. Anyway, for the UC's you mentioned:
- UC Riverside seems disorganized/slow. It's unclear to me if they've sent out any offers.
- UC Davis' target class is only around 6 this year with a record number of applicants. I'd say chances there are low.
- UC Santa Barbara's admissions chair is very responsive/super nice. If you're curious, I'd reach out to her.
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!
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19 minutes ago, bayessays said:
I know that OSU once sent me an offer in April, but that was like 8 years ago so not sure if their admissions has changed.
Yes, I heard that they do rollings so I guess that's not impossible as well.
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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?
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3 hours ago, BL4CKxP3NGU1N said:
I made my decision already, so I'll give some input on what factors were the most important for me.
1) Work-life balance. Obviously, it's important to enjoy life for the next 4-5 years, which may be difficult to do if you have to spend excessive amounts of time on school. All PhD programs will take a significant amount of time and effort, but there are definitely some that will take more time and effort than others, depending on who you are. Since I am married and planning on starting a family during my PhD program, I didn't necessarily want to choose a program that I thought would consume my life. However, since I tend to be kind of a workaholic, I probably would have chosen a more intense and time-consuming program if I were single.
To judge work-life balance, I looked at things like coursework requirements, average time spent on GTA type work, the qualifying exam process, etc. You can get a good idea about a lot of this stuff from most departments' websites, but you may also need to talk to current grad students to get a better idea of what it's like.
2) Program fit. Make sure you do some research into department culture. How do the professors and students interact with each other? Is the department one you would like to be a part of? A department that has a great culture where you fit in well will certainly make your life better than a department that isn't a good fit for you, even if there is a disparity in program ranking.
I made sure that every school I applied to had plenty of potential advisors with whom I would like to work if I ended up going there, so that is something to consider in choosing a school as well. If you go somewhere with only 1-2 potential advisors working on some hot topic you're interested in, you may have to compete with a lot of other students to be able to work with that advisor.
As a part of program fit, program size may be an important factor to consider. I am currently at a university with a large number of statistics undergraduate students (we have over 500 undergrad statistics majors right now). Thankfully, I have had a lot of great interaction with professors even though we have a large department; however, I have heard that this is not always the case at other universities with large departments, so it's one thing I've kept in mind. Large departments can be great for their resources and research opportunities, but it may also be easy to get lost, and you may have to compete with a lot of others to get time with professors.
There are plenty of other factors to consider like location, funding, job placements, etc. All the programs I applied to are in places that I would enjoy living in for different reasons, so this wasn't a major concern for me. The monthly stipend amount (and summer funding availability) is also pretty important, but all the offers I received would have been plenty to live off of in each area, so funding wasn't really a huge deal for me either. Job placements are important, but since I'm 90-95% sure I want to go into industry, I don't think it really matters where I go for my PhD since everywhere seems to do well in terms of industry placements.
Good luck on your decision!
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!!
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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.
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On 3/5/2021 at 1:51 AM, statenth said:
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.
And I just got an offer from MSU!
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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.
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5 minutes ago, PsyDuck90 said:
The simpler, the better:
Thank you so much for your time, consideration, and generous offer. However, after much consideration, I've decided to accept an offer for a different program. Thank you again, and I hope my release of this offer will be a benefit to another deserving candidate.
Thank you! Looks so much better.
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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.
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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!
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10 minutes ago, shyburrito said:
Congratulations! I got the offer too. Btw, do we still have to wait for the official admission letter since the email only said "The Graduate Committee of the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science has recommended that you be admitted"? Let me know if you got the same email.
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. ..."
- shyburrito and Geococcyx
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I think you should contact the officer and department(or program) ASAP.
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I got the final offer from the University of Iowa with TA. EXTREMELY HAPPYYYY!
- whiterabbit, bayessays, Vincent00 and 4 others
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25 minutes ago, Stat Assistant Professor said:
I would look more into it. Some faculty do not update their webpages very frequently, so they may have not just updated their website and/or CV. If they have a Google Scholar page, then that might be a good place to check to make sure that they are still being reasonably productive.
For top journals, the publication pace can be a bit slow -- partly because there are often multiple rounds of revisions (e.g starting with "reject with encouragement to resubmit," then "major revision" if the first revision was satisfactory, etc.), and also because they give the authors one year to submit/resubmit. Given this, I wouldn't consider one -- or even two -- years without any publications in press/published to be a huge red flag, as long as the work is "in revision" for quality journals. However, if it is more than 2 years with *nothing* (no preprints or new papers in press), then that is potentially concerning. However, before jumping to conclusions, I would check to make sure that this is really the case, and not just the faculty member failing to keep their personal website and publicly available CV up-to-date.
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.
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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!
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37 minutes ago, StatB said:
They have waitlisted one of my batchmates and 2 are waiting till now. Yes, this time I have seen more Stat PhD acceptances than biostat PhD's (at least this has happened with my batchmates ). So, Stat departments seem to have less problems with funding this year. But again exception exists, say Iowa State. ?
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.
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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.
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2 hours ago, StatB said:
Oh. This seemed really odd to me. Anyway, let us know how it goes after the interview.
My friend ultimately replied to them very positively and asked about funding. She was told that she will be given full funding and they will send her the offer letter sometime in next week.
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.
2021 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results for Statistics/Biostatistics
in Mathematics and Statistics
Posted · Edited by statenth
Major(s): Statistics
GPA: 3.78 after conversion
GRE General Test:
Q: 169 (94)
V: 152 (53)
W: 4 (55)
TOEFL Score: 100=25+25+24+26
Grad Institution: Same with undergrad
GPA: not good
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: honorable mention for a poster presentation
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA at grad school, part-time lecturer at a corporation
OSU - Statistics / Admitted in late Mar / Accepted