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Undergrad Institution: Relatively unknown private liberal arts school, ~5000 students Major(s): Data Analytics & Statistics, Mathematics (dual degrees) GPA: 3.99/4 Type of Student: Domestic White Female GRE General Test: Q: 170 (95%) V: 162 (90%) W: 4.0 Programs Applying: Biostatistics (+1 Statistics) PhD programs Research Experience: 1 NSF-funded REU in math and statistics (led to publication), Summer Institute for Biostatistics, year-long Undergrad Research research in biostats, several data analytics semester-long projects Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's List (every term), Honors Scholar Fellowship, Mathematical Sciences Department Scholarship, university's nominee for Goldwater Fellowship Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Lead Mathematics and Statistics Tutor and Supplemental Instructor for several courses (mostly Linear Algebra and Statistics) Letters of Recommendation: 2 Mathematics professors, 1 statistics professor Math/Statistics Grades: Calc I-III (A), Linear Algebra (A), Differential Equations (A), Real Analysis (A-), Statistics w/ SAS programming (A), Data Mining I-II (A), Probability (A), Mathematical Statistics (A), Biostatistics (A), Econometrics (A) Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome) UNC Chapel Hill (Biostatistics PhD) - Admitted / 2 In-person visits / Accepted University of Georgia (Epi & Biostatistics PhD) - Virtual Interview / Admitted / In-person visit / Declined Augusta University (Biostatistics PhD) - Virtual Interview / Admitted / Declined NC State University (Statistics PhD) - Admitted / Declined University of Pennsylvania (Biostatistics PhD) - In-person Interview / Rejected Duke University (Biostatistics PhD) - Rejected UC Davis (Biostatistics PhD) - Rejected Emory University (Biostatistics PhD) - Ghosted/Withdrew 4-15