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It's the same with Statistics but I'm not completely sure I want to get a full PhD and thus have not determined if I should apply for the PhD and then stop after getting a masters if I decide I don't want to do the full thing or if I should apply for the masters and then continue on if I want to. If I choose to stop after finishing my master and have received funding, will I have to repay the costs for the two years or am I free to go?

Here's my resume: GPA: 3.90/4.00 at a top 20 private college Major: Economics with Honors Math Classes: Calculus I -------------------------------------A Calculus II -----------------------------------A Calculus III ---------------------------------- A Linear Algebra------------------------------ A- Probability and Statistics -------------- A Intro. to Math Reasoning ------------- B+ Ordinary Differential Equations ------ A Real Analysis------------------------------- A- (Game Theory - economics dept.)----A- GRE: 800 quant, 510 verbal, haven't gotten my analytical score ( I just took it last week) Letter writers: my economics thesis advisor (reputable economics professor but no relation to statistics/math); two junior faculty members from the math department; one from my ODE class, one from my Prob/Stats class (both will be good but nothing outstanding) Research: performed research for multiple economics professors. was originally planning on going to grad school for economics but changed interests over the past year. I graduated May of 2010 and am currently participating in a very respectable teaching organization - am teaching middle school math. I am interested in statistics but am unsure as to what I want to do with it. Might pursue a further phd in economics or statistics, might go to law school, who knows. Just know I am really interested in studying statistics at the graduate level and will decide what I want to do with it from there. Here are the schools I'm interested in applying to, all at the masters level (unless someone thinks it would be wise to just go for the PhD): -Berkeley -stanford -Cornell -UNC -Texas -Florida -Florida State -UCSB -Georgetown -Maryland -Johns Hopkins -George Mason -duke -UCLA -Columbia -George Washington What do you think my chances are at getting into any of these schools for the masters programs? For those schools with PhD programs, would I be competitive? Or should I simply apply to the masters program? Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Would like to see what people think of my competitiveness. I know I don't have much background in statistics directly, but it's a field I have found would definitely fit my interests. Thanks.

Anybody???? I'm about to apply and im greatly interested in other opinions on this topic. Any info would help.

How important is the school I graduate from (I'm looking to obtain a masters in statistics) when it comes to the job market. Is a masters in statistics a degree that carries itself or is the quality of the program a big concern? In other disciplines, i.e. law school and business school, going to a great program definitely matters. Is that true with masters programs in statistics as well? Or are they all relatively comparable?

Thank you very much for the thoughts. I failed to mention it because I didn't realize it would be relevant but I have done economic research as a research assistant for multiple economics professors for over 2 years during undergrad. Hopefully this will be viewed in a positive light from the adcoms because I did have to manage large datasets for multiple projects. I think what I am going to do is apply to a few top 10, a few top 20, and then a few programs from 30-50. This way I will have a couple reaches, a couple comfortable ones and a couple schools that should be sure bet. I'm going to start looking around at each school and narrow down the list as I go along, but does that range sound wise?

my gre scores are solid. quant is 780 and verbal is 650 with 5.0 writing. with these scores , the classes ive taken and my gpa, would i be competitive for top 50 or ?

I've recently decided to pursue a masters/phd in statistics after years of focusing on going to graduate school in economics. I realized the abstract math really did not suit my style as much as I wanted to fool myself into believing and that I was much more interested in statistics. My situation is the following. I graduated May 2010 from a top 20 private university (according to US News) and decided to do Teach For America. However, since joining TFA I have realized I wanted to apply to grad programs in statistics this fall yet am uncertain as to which range I would be competitive. My undergraduate major was in economics but I have taken the following math courses: Calculus I - A Calculus II - A Calculus III - A Linear Algebra - A- Probability and Statistics - A Ordinary Differential Equations - A Pre-Analysis course - B+ Real Analysis - A- Game Theory (in the econ department) - A- My overall gpa was 3.91. The rest of my classes are economic courses with a bunch of university requirements mixed in. I am proficient in Stata but have limited experience in other programs outside of Stata. Additionally, I have very close connection with multiple economics professors since I always planned on going to grad school for econ but have very little connection with my old math professors (outside of them being able to say I performed well in certain courses). My questions are the following: (1) For masters programs, which range of schools would I be competitive for? i.e. 10-20, 25-50, ....? (2) Is funding available for masters programs? If so, where at? How much? and is there anywhere I could find more information about this besides individual school websites? (3) When I do apply, would it be acceptable to use economics professors as my recommendations, or should I use at least one mathematics professor? (4) Since my interest in statistics is more recent, would that be detrimental if I apply to PhD programs? (I ask this because I feel that it would be best to get a masters first and then just continue on to the PhD if I still desire to) (5) I will be working in Hawaii for the next year and was wondering if it would be helpful to take some sort of advanced statistics course part time at the Uni. of Hawaii as a signal of my interest in statistics. Would this be pointless/useful???? Any information would be greatly appreciated!!! I will be applying soon and would love to have some sort of answer to these questions or at least be pointed to where I could find that information. Thanks so much!