PROFILE:
Student type: Domestic white male
Applying for: Stats/Biostats PHD Fall 2022
Type of Undergrad: Top-10 LAC school
Major: Mathematics and economics
Undergrad GPA: 3.85
GRE: Plan to take in August
Math Courses: Multivariable calculus (A-), linear algebra (A), abstract algebra (A), probability (A-), geometry (A-), intro to proofs (A-), financial mathematics (A), complex analysis (A+), mathematical statistics (A+)
Econ Courses: Econometrics (A), intermediate macro (CR due to COVID-19), money and banking (A-), social issues of economics (A), intermediate microeconomics (A+), health economics (A), urban economics (A-)
Future courses: Real analysis I & II, computational biostats, ODEs
Letters of Recommendations: Two mathematics professors that I conducted research with, one economics professor that I took a quantitative class with.
Research Experience: Senior honors thesis on machine learning, one semester in a biostatistics lab, two semesters of statistics research at home institution (2 published papers)
Research interests: Machine learning, quantitative finance, applied statistics
Questions: Would I be a competitive applicant for the top 20 statistics and top 5 biostats PHD programs? I am trying to formulate a list of schools to apply to and receive an honest review of my profile.