noquanjude

Hello, I'm an international student with 5 yrs working experience in pharma and biotech companies as a biostatistician. I realized I need to advance both my knowledge and degree at this stage. I have a background in math(BS) and stats(MS), but with relative low GPA. Undergrad Institution: (TOP15(CN)) Major(s): Math and applied math Minor(s): GPA: 82/3.2 Type of Student: (International, Male) GRE General Test: (This is the one I took 8 yrs ago, expect to refresh the grades and no lower than the older one) Q: 167 V: 150 W: 3.5 TOEFL Score: Waived Grad Institution: (US news top 50(US)) Concentration: Stats GPA: 3.4 Programs Applying: (Biostatistics) Research Experience: Most researches are related with my projects after graduated from school. Several manuscripts published and one JSM speech in preparation. No pure stats research so far. Letters of Recommendation: Two letters from my current supervisor and previous supervisor, both PHD in Biostats with title as Sr Director. Two letters from my graduate school teachers. Math/Statistics Grades: Under graduate: First two years: Mathematical analysis I/II/III(84/63/71), Advanced Algebra I/II(75/75), Analytic Geometry(80), Elementary Number Theory(82), General Topology(71), Probability and Statistics(85), ODE(82), Complex Analysis(84), Real Analysis(70), Mathematical Statistics(95), Mathematical Model and Experiments(78), Last two years: Functional Analysis(80), PDE(83), Stochastic Process(87), Scientific Computation(85), Theory of Interest(96), Financial Mathematics(88), Actuarial Science(90), Options, Futures and Other Derivative(81), Investment Analysis and Risk Management(91) Graduate: Theory of Probability(B+), Statistical Computing & App(B-), Linear Algebra(A), Radom Process & App(A-), Mathematical Stat(B), Linear Models in Stats(B), Survival Analysis(A-), Topics in SAS programming(A-), Multivariate Statistical Model(B) Applying to Where: All Biostats concentration University of Pittsburgh University of Iowa Florida State University University of Arizona University of Massachusetts--Amherst Drexel University University of Illinois--Chicago Louisiana State University Tulane University University of Texas Health Science Center--Houston Virginia Commonwealth University University of South Florida I'm still doing investigation so far thus only list part of the school. Generally, I'm planning to apply total approximately 20 schools considering the odds is low. (mostly seek schools rank round 100 or even behind) Albeit I have a math background but the grades were pretty low, all the proof based courses overwhelmed me from Day1 of my undergraduate study. I have to admit I'm not that kind of genius in math and sometimes indolent. My graduate program is subsidiary to math department and the courses settings were very theoretical. The scoring was also stringent and we had to pass the comprehensive exam at then end of the first year. To be honest, I never thought about going deep to next level study at that time, until then my supervisors encouraged me to persuade the PHD degree. With all the projects I've worked on so far, I started to enjoying in reading all those papers and seek any applications to the the realistic problems encountered, this also motivated me to apply this year, Any comments or suggestions are highly appreciated! Thanks!