Aspiring_stats_student2312

Undergrad Institution: UT Austin
Major(s): Mathematics 
Minor(s): Certificates in CS and Stats
GPA: 3.90 Type of Student: Domestic Male Asian (Severe Hearing Loss)   GRE General Test*:
Q: 167 
V: 159 
W: 4.0    Programs Applying: Biostatistics, Statistics   Research Experience: Statistics REU at Texas state, and Applied Math REU at Emory   Awards/Honors/Recognitions: GPA Honors/ Ranked top 20 percent in 2021   Pertinent Activities or Jobs: grader and learning assitant each for one semester   Letters of Recommendation: Two Lor from REU (wasn't very productive) One lor from real analysis ( generic, but mentioned i was good student)   Math: Calc I and II (AP credit), Calc 3(A), discrete math (A), probability (A), ODE (A-), intro to number theory (A), proof linear algebra (A), Real Analysis I (A), intro to stochastic process (A), intro to math stats (A), Math learning assistant experience (A), numerical analysis (A), Complex analysis ( currently taking- High B or low A), PDE (A)

CS: intro to programming (A), data structures and algos for non cs majors (A-), elements of data base(A), elements of data analytics(data mining) (A), graphics and visuals (A)   Applying to Where:   U Michigan Biostatistics - Accepted   Ohio State University Statistics - Accepted   UIUC Statistics - Accepted   Baylor Statistics - Accepted   Michigan State Statistics - Accepted   TAMU Statistics - Did not hear   Rice Statistics - DId not hear   UT Austin Statistics - DId not hear(waitlisted)   Columbia Biostatistics - Did not hear   Northwestern Statistics - Did not hear (was Interviewed)   Harvard Statistics - Rejected   Harvard Biostatistics - Rejected   UT Houston Biostatistics - Rejected   Yale Biostatistics - Rejected   JHU Biostatistics - Rejected   Brown Biostatistics- Rejected   Duke Statistics - Rejected   Duke Biostatistics - Rejected   Columbia Statistics - Rejected   U Chicago Statistics - Rejected   I am waiting to hear from Texas schools before committing to Michigan. 

I found the applicant profiles and admission results over previous years to be helpful while selecting the schools I chose to apply to, and now seems like a good time to start the thread for this year. Copy the template below and fill in as much info as you would like. Keep in mind that you can't edit your post for very long after posting, so it may be good to wait until you have most of your results before posting.   Here are some links to threads from previous years: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.   Below is the template: Undergrad Institution: (School or type of school (such as Big state/Lib Arts/Ivy/Technical/Foreign (Country?))
Major(s):
Minor(s):
GPA: Type of Student: (Domestic/International (Country?), Male/Female?, Minority?)

GRE General Test:
Q: xxx (xx%)
V: xxx (xx%)
W: x.x (xx%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: xxx (xx%)

TOEFL Score: (xx = Rxx/Lxx/Sxx/Wxx) (if applicable)

Grad Institution: (school or type of school?) (if applicable) Concentration: 
GPA:
  Programs Applying: (Statistics/Operation Research/Biostatistics/Financial Math/etc.)   Research Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications or conference talks etc...)
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?)
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, etc...) Letters of Recommendation: (what kinds of professors? "well-known" in field? etc.) Math/Statistics Grades:  (calculus sequence,  mathematical statistics, probability,  real analysis etc.) 
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: (Such as connections, grad classes, etc...)

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)
School - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/Declined
School - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/Declined
School - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/Declined

Most SOPs are filled with pretty cringey stuff, so accidentally leaving in a few extra letters would be pretty low on my list of bad things you can do.  If anything they'll assume you also applied to TAMU and know that you want to be in Texas!
Usually if you email admissions and just send them a new draft they will update the file and then the people actually reviewing your file might never even see this.
I think it's most helpful to remember when asking questions like this that adcom members are just humans so you can just ask yourself whether you would hold something like this against someone in your situation?  I wouldn't, and most reasonable people wouldn't, so I wouldn't worry too much.  Good luck!

I think it's probably not a big deal either way - your profile is very strong, so I would've assumed you could achieve that score, so I don't think it will help much but also definitely won't hurt.

You have a good math background and a strong overall profile. The schools you listed are reasonable and I think you have a good chance of getting into some of them. However, admissions to PhD are very competitive. That said, I would apply broadly and also add some safe options. I think 10-20 schools are a good target to go. You could apply to some of the top 20 schools, some midrange schools like UIUC/Davis and some safety schools in the top 50s.

Yes, that score will be sufficient.

Absolutely, especially for a domestic student.  For lower-ranked programs, it wouldn't necessarily even be the end of the world if you didn't have real analysis.  But OP has essentially no theoretical math background, which is why these programs are not just unlikely but impossible given his current profile.

I'd say depends on the professor/class. If your Real Analysis class was super basic and your Complex Analysis class was like Stein and Shakarchi or Papa Rudin, I'd pick Complex Analysis. But if they're similar and you got into a competitive REU, you know apriori that the rec has to be somewhat decent right?

If you are not restricted by locations, you can consider applying to schools that don't require GRE. You have good GPA and two REUs, so could be competitive. 

Agreed with @trynagetby, I would put UT-Austin as a reach, while TAMU and Rice will be more achievable but not safe.  It sounds like you are more interested in applied stuff and ML, so I'm guessing you want to go into industry afterwards?  Are you only looking to stay in Texas, or what are your limitations geographically? 
 

You already have the important math classes, and 2 REUs with good letters will look good too - I don't think it really matters much what classes you take from here on out, as you already have the most important ones; obviously if you took some grad stats/probability classes that would look good, but not necessary.  The biggest thing you could do to improve your profile is getting that GRE Q up a few points.

Word of warning, UT Austin is way more competitive than its rankings would indicate (probably as competitive as like TAMU/UNC/Winsconsin/NCSU).