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Unfortunately I never take classes with Sheldon before. When the campus is open, I'd drop by to see him then. He sounds like a really good person. That's true about working with a prof and transition to uoft too. Part of me wants to try living in a new city but yeah I totally agree with what you said. Noted on school, grade and courses too. I will try to get academic advisor's inputs and other people I know for their opinion as well. But this forum has been great in letting me know which direction to prepare.

Zhou is teaching again this year I heard. Either way, I can take classes slowly since I’m studying part-time. I’m honestly more concerned about long work hours leaving little time to study. Since I’m quite interested in statistical genetics, I will actually look seriously at biostats too. If that’s the case I can choose to study less theoretical courses. That will give me more time to prepare GRE as well. Overall picking what to study is a good problem for me to have lol.

Thanks again everyone for your inputs. UofT offers graduate real analysis (with measure theory) and graduate probability course in fall. Guess I'll bite the bullets and take them first. Since I'm actually interested in biostat, I'll look into applying them too.

I'm doing masters now so I'm sure if I get to take real analysis course they'll be more rigorous. I'm not sure about taking math GRE though since I'm also working full-time and it's already hard to find time to do part-time school on top. Thanks again for the detailed response.

Thanks for sharing, wow I'm actually quite surprised to hear since you seem to have perfect grad school profile. Yeah I'll talk to my advisor about taking real analysis course for my elective. Good things I asked here first!

Okay, thanks for your comments! That's actually pretty good to hear since I still have an elective to take for my grad school, I'll take real analysis then. Unfortunately, I don't want to stay in finance so I am not planning to specialize into that field. I'm planning to go to the industry so I'm not too picky on school ranking (of course higher is better lol). I'm pretty surprised I'm at UofT to begin with lol.

Thanks bayessays, looks like I can no longer edit my original post so here's a more detailed version: Undergrad: University of Waterloo, majoring in statistics, graduated in 2017 Undergrad Grades: Calc 1 (B+), Cal 2 (F -> A+), Calc 3 (A), Lin Alg 1 (C), Lin Alg 2 (A-), Comp Sci 1 (B), Comp Sci 2 (B), Probability (A+), Statistics (A), Math Finance (A+), Optimization (B+), Actuarial Math (A), Math Investment (A), Math Stat (A+), Stat Business 1 (A+), Life Contingencies (A), Applied Probability (A+), Computer Simulation (A+), Stat Business 2 (A), Loss Model 1 (B), Loss Model 2 (A), Quant Risk (A-), GLM (A), Statistical Classification (B+), Forecasting (A-) I did not take real analysis during undergrad. Co-ops: Did 3 internships in actuarial related roles Masters: University of Toronto, majoring in statistics (part-time, in progress) Masters Grades (so far): Time-Series (A), Applied Stats (A+), Data Visualization (B+), Machine Learning (TBD), Applied Stats 2 (TBD) Work: Actuary (details below) Working full-time while studying part-time concurrently Build GLM models using R, perform actuarial studies using SAS Participate in research oversight groups with the Society of Actuaries GRE: Have not written Changing my schools to be more realistic. I am currently looking for backup schools, so probably rank 50-100 ones. Top Choices (i.e. pipe dreams): UWashington, Rice, UCLA, UC Davis Good Choices (i.e. hope to get in): UTAustin, UC San Diego Back up (?): To be decided

Hello, I'm an actuary that am looking to apply for a PhD in Statistics. Could I please ask for advices on what school I'd have a good shots on? Undergrad: University of Waterloo, Statistics (A-) Masters: University of Toronto Part-Time Statistics (in progress) Grades (masters so far): Time-Series (A), Applied Stats (A+), Data Visualization (B+) Work: Full-time actuary (work full-time and studying part-time together) Other experiences: joining research oversight groups with the Society of Actuaries I want to study in a warm and big city (Toronto is cold!). I've been looking at these places so far: Top Choices (i.e. pipe dreams): Berkeley, UWashington, Rice Good Choices (i.e. hope to get in): UCLA, UC Davis, UBC Back up (?): UTAustin, UFlorida I haven't contacted any professors in the school above. Any advices would be appreciated. Thanks so much!