I am currently a Junior in my undergrad program and I am planning on applying to programs this coming Fall/Winter. I want to gauge how realistic my list of schools is. I think I have done a good job spreading it out but many will know better than I do.
Undergrad Institution: Solid Private School in the West
Major: Statistics
Minors: Computer Science and Math
GPA: 3.92
Type of Student: Domestic (White Male)
GRE General Test: Haven't taken it yet
Research Experience & Recommendation Letters:
- None yet, but I will be working under a statistics professor doing some machine learning research this spring/summer
- One from a statistics professor who I TA'd for and had their class
- One from my manager (Analytics Intern at Fortune 500 Company)
- One from the professor I will be doing research for
Schools:
Statistics PhDs
Reach - Carnegie Mellon, UNC, Duke, Michigan, Washington, Johns Hopkins
On Par - NC State, Texas A&M, UT Austin, Illinois, Virginia Tech, Virginia, George Washington, Boston
Safety - George Mason, UMBC
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Other
Reach - Carnegie Mellon (PhD Operations Research), Carnegie Mellon (MCDS), MIT (Master of Business Analytics)
On Par/Safety - Georgetown (MS Mathematics and Statistics), BYU (MS Statistics), Utah (MS Computing)
Research Interests:
- Machine Learning
- Data Mining
*I am curious and open to explore other topics as well
I would love feedback on my profile. Am I in the right range of schools I am applying to? If not, what are your recommendations? Are there any weak points in my profile that need to be addressed?
Thanks in advance for the help!