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You're welcome! Hmm I don't think I want to share it in public for privacy reasons. I got into 2 schools in the south since I wanted to stay close to my SO, and their rankings are around the top 30-35 in the amstat ranking (similar to USNews ranking minus all the biostats program I believe).

Hey, I also just got accepted to their Ph.D. in Statistics program. I was accepted to a few other schools, but decided to accept this offer after considering different aspects (quality, reputation, research, location). I received the Dean's fellowship for the first year ($37,702 to be exact), which is for the entire year (12 months) with 8 months in the academic year with no service and the following 4 months either TA or RA. I assume your offer would be somewhat similar? Since it's under their math department, I don't think we can find the ranking for BU Statistics under the ranking for statistics program. You should be able to find the general ranking for their math program in the AMS ranking (http://www.ams.org/profession/data/annual-survey/groups_des) or USNews (https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/mathematics-rankings). Overall, I have a good impression of the program after talking to their Ph.D. Stats students. One BU alumni (not a PhD grad but got a master's there) said it was a mid-tier program, but if you work with someone that publishes papers in top journals then it shouldn't make much of a difference. Some of the professors in the department are well-respected in their research areas, so depending on what your research interests are you might find someone you can work with. Plus, Boston is a great city to live in if you want to be surrounded by smart and young people. I'm gonna talk to a professor from the department tomorrow, hopefully I have more insights into the program. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask I might be able to answer. I'm going to their visit day on March 25th as well.

I wasn't aware if there was a discord server for phd applicants. Perhaps you can create one?

Anyone heard back from any school you applied to, especially for Ph.D in Statistics? I know we should expect to hear back starting from mid-January onwards, but seeing people update about their results/interview invitation for the programs they applied to (not statistics) makes me anxious. Anw, Merry Christmas everyone!

Which program did you apply to, PhD in Statistics or Biostatistics?

@StatsG0d I heard that Biostats is very very competitive and not sure how to express my interest in biostats when I don't have any research experience relevant to this field. What biostats program would you recommend I should look into? Thanks!

Undergrad Institution: Top 100 US university, private university in Texas Major(s): Mathematics (Actuarial Science concentration) Minor: Computer Science, Economics GPA: 3.8 Type of Student: International Asian female, first generation GRE: Not taken yet, planning in July GRE Subject: Not planning to take to due busy schedule Coursework (completed) Math/ Statistics: Cal I, II, III: A/B/B | Interest Theory I,II: A-/A | Linear Algebra: A | Statistics: A | Probability: A | Discrete Math: A | Honors Math Seminar (for Research): A | Intro to Math Proof: A | Time Series & Regression (grad level): A Economics: Intro to Micro,Macro: A/A | Intermediate Micro/Macro: A-/A Computer Science: Intro to Programming: A- | Data Modeling and Querying: A | Web Development: A | Linux/Unix Admin System: B+ | Techniques In Programming: A | Data Structures: A- Will take: Math/Statistics: Real Analysis (this class is considered the hardest math class in my school, the average score is C+), Penalization & Shrinkage Methods (will prob get an A), Honors Research Project (will get an A for sure), Predictive Modeling (grad level) Economics: Econometrics Computer Science: Database Systems, Data Mining and Visualization Research/ working experiences: A two-year research (including the summer in between) in high dimensional data analysis and parameter shrinkage methods in estimators. In this research, I did all of the coding and came up with automated scripts that reduce processing time tremendously. Will be submitted to a journal, but will have to be later in my senior year. Other than that, I had two internships, both in data science and machine learning. Particularly for the first one, I built a predictive model using DS/ML algorithms and also did a lot of literature review of relevant research/articles. Skills Programming languages: Python, SQL, R, Java, Swift, HTML, CSS, Bash Teaching experience - Tutoring student-athletes for 2 years in from Pre-cal to Linear Algebra, Intro Micro/Macro, and Intro to Programming - Founded a club that teaches mobile development at my school that aims to increase diversity and inclusion in tech so I was teaching a class alongside with a few other student-lecturers Letters of recommendation: 3 in total First one is from my research advisor, a very strong one Second and third ones are from math professors (Can't tell if they are strong or not, but positive) Misc Activities (but Relevant): - Attended IDDEAS@Wharton program (a two-day predoctoral seminar to learn about Ph.D. programs in business, including stats, and career in academia. Wharton selected only 14 scholars from a national pool based on transcripts, letters, and research ability) - Selected for NYU AI School (explored machine learning and AI topics in computer vision, deep learning, NLP, etc. through hands-on labs and workshops instructed by NYU profs or PhD candidates) - Won 3rd out of 17 teams in DataFest by ASA. Best scores for creativity and robust predictive models. - 2 side projects in COVID-19 deep learning mask detection model and AirBnB housing price. Schools Still pretty unsure. I don't have a huge geographic preference but would prefer being in a city (not a deal-breaker). I started thinking of schools like: - UPenn (top choice, way out of reach though lol) - NCSU, Ohio State, Indiana Bloomington, Uni of Connecticut, UT Austin, TAMU (where my research advisor did postdoc), Southern Methodist University (my research advisor used to work here and advised some Ph.D. here), Uni of Iowa, Iowa State I'm interested in research in applied statistics, such as applications of statistics in economics, urban analytics, etc and also in statistical machine learning. However, I still don't have a clear sense of what areas I will go into so I don't think much into this as of now. I believe I still have time to study and find out what areas I like. Appreciate any and all advice about school choice! If there's anything I can improve on, let me know as well. Thanks a lot and best of luck to everyone applying this fall 2022!