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Yes, I realize that the admission is especially competitive for international students almost everywhere. Thank you for your honest advice. I think, as you suggested, I would add few more schools to my list that are not top 10 just to be safe.

Thank you for all your advice! When I said UW, I was referring to the University of Washington - Seattle. Sorry about the confusion.

Hi I am currently a Statistics MS student and thinking about applying for mostly Biostatistics PhD programs for the Fall 2022. I would love to get some advice on the Biostatistics PhD application, and I am especially interested in advice on what schools you would recommend after reviewing my profile. Thank you for your time and effort. I sincerely appreciate it. Undergrad Institution: US LAC (US news rank ~ 50) Major(s): Economics Minor: Statistics GPA: 3.71 Type of Student: International Asian male Graduate Institution: Large state US university (US news rank for Stat dept ~ 25) Major(s): Statistics (MS) GPA: 3.83 GRE: Q: 165 V: 155 W: 5.5 This GRE is for my MS applications, and I will retake the GRE this summer and hopefully get better score. Coursework (completed) Undergraduate: Math: Calculus I & II & III (A), Probability Theory (A), Modern Computational Mathematics (A), Linear Algebra (A) Stat: Intro to Statistics (A-), Statistical Modeling (A-), Advanced Statistical Modeling (A), Statistical Theory (A), Intro to Machine Learning (B-) Economics: Microeconomics (A-), Macroeconomics (A-), Game Theory (A), Econometrics (A) Graduate: Honors Analysis I & II (A-, A), Theory of Statistics I & II (A-), Advanced Regression (A), Applied Statistical Methods 2 (A) For Honors Analysis, we used baby Rudin. Future coursework Statistical Computing, Survival Analysis, Statistical Methods for Correlated Data Those are all graduate level courses Research experience All research were done during undergrad. 1. Collaborated with two chemistry professors on assessing the students' performance after a sequence of chemistry courses. This research was a 1 year course called Research Methods, and students need to apply to participate on a research project. 2. Summer biostatistics intern at one of the largest hospital in the US. Appeared on the author list for a paper that is submitted to the Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC) and currently is under review. Skills R, Python Letters of recommendation Two from my undergrad professors whom I took most statistics courses with. One from my advisor from my summer intern at the hospital. Schools Here is a list of schools I am thinking about at this moment. These are not ordered by rank or admission difficulty. Biostatistics: BU, Minnesota, Vanderbilt, UCSD, UW, Columbia, TAMU, Emory, Pitt, NC State, UNC, Rutgers, UT-Anderson, Rice, Umich, University of Waterloo (Canada), University of Toronto (Canada) Statistics: Application questions: are there any special requirements for applicants holding a MS degree? For example, do students need to pass qualifying exam prior to application (my school for MS does not require us to take qualifying/prelim exams to graduate) Please let me know if there are any schools I should cross off from my list, and some schools I should consider. I currently do not have a list of schools for Statistics PhD since I want to mainly focus on the biostat programs. However, if you think I am a good fit for some Statistics PhD programs, please let me know as well. Appreciate any and all advice!