Phereya

Hello everyone, I'm preparing to apply for the PhD 2025 cycle and I hope to get some advice on my profile and where I should apply. It is quite tricky to choose schools, as I might still need my family's support during my PhD, and they think that if it's not for a top program, there's no need to leave my home school. I need some advice so I won't end up with only my home school's offer. Thanks! Undergrad Institution: Top 10 QS school outside US Major(s): Statistics & Mathematics, minor in Computer Science GPA: 3.897/4.0 Type of Student: International (Asian) Female GRE: 164(V)+170(Q)+4(AW) Research Experience: 6 months of reading group for some topic in harmonic analysis leading by a math professor at my school, give a talk at Graduate Analysis II. 7 months of research assistant for a ecology professor and 2nd author of a paper on process. 1 years of independent research with a statistics professor at my school, finish a "final year project" as a Junior. 3 months full time and 5 months part time internship at a National institution of genome. Summer research until Christmas at HYPSM (ongoing) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's List*2, Top student of a CS class Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutor for Probability as a Sophomore, later math grader and editing teaching materials with a professor for optimization at school Letters of Recommendation: Research Supervisor: Guided my research and FYP for a year; limited US connections. Math Professor: Took analysis class and did harmonic analysis reading with him (for stats programs). Internship Supervisor: Positive recommendation; background in life sciences and Europe (for biostats programs). Summer Research Advisor: Hope to secure this recommendation. Courses: 2 Calculus, 2 Linear Algebra, Analysis, Measure, 2 stochastic process, Numerical Analysis, Simulation, Statistical Learning, Time Series, Bayesian, Machine Learning, NLP Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: I quitted top MD program (it is 4+4) from a QS50 school after I realized I want to do research on mathematics, but then I realized that I want to study statistics or biostatistics. Programs Interest: Statistics, Biostatistics (genomics, open to other fields) Schools: stats: Stanford, UCB, H, UChi, CMU, Columbia, Duke, Umich, Upenn, UW, UNC, UWM biostats: H, JHU, UW, UNC, Yale, Penn, Duke, Brown, Emory. (Any reach? Any safety? Any literally impossible that I shouldn't waste my time at all?) As mentioned earlier, this list is a rough summary of high-ranking programs and well-known schools. And I only consider PhD programs. I have heard some rumors that biostats program prefer students with master degree, so should my focus on stats or biostats? I hope to include more reach or safety schools and remove those that are definitely out of reach. I'd be really appreciate any program recommendation. Hope y'all a great day!

Hello everyone, I'm preparing to apply for the PhD 2025 cycle and I hope to get some advice on my profile and where I should apply. It is quite tricky to choose schools, as I might still need my family's support during my PhD, and they think that if it's not for a top program, there's no need to leave my home school. I need some advice so I won't end up with only my home school's offer. Thanks! Undergrad Institution: Top 10 QS school outside US Major(s): Statistics & Mathematics, minor in Computer Science GPA: 3.897/4.0 Type of Student: International (Asian) Female GRE: 164(V)+170(Q)+4(AW) Research Experience: 6 months of reading group for some topic in harmonic analysis leading by a math professor at my school, give a talk at Graduate Analysis II. 7 months of research assistant for a ecology professor and 2nd author of a paper on process. 1 years of independent research with a statistics professor at my school, finish a "final year project" as a Junior. 3 months full time and 5 months part time internship at a National institution of genome. Summer research until Christmas at HYPSM (ongoing) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's List*2, Top student of a CS class Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutor for Probability as a Sophomore, later math grader and editing teaching materials with a professor for optimization at school Letters of Recommendation: Research Supervisor: Guided my research and FYP for a year; limited US connections. Math Professor: Took analysis class and did harmonic analysis reading with him (for stats programs). Internship Supervisor: Positive recommendation; background in life sciences and Europe (for biostats programs). Summer Research Advisor: Hope to secure this recommendation. Courses: 2 Calculus, 2 Linear Algebra, Analysis, Measure, 2 stochastic process, Numerical Analysis, Simulation, Statistical Learning, Time Series, Bayesian, Machine Learning, NLP Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: I quitted top MD program (it is 4+4) from a QS50 school after I realized I want to do research on mathematics, but then I realized that I want to study statistics or biostatistics. Programs Interest: Statistics, Biostatistics (genomics, open to other fields) Schools: stats: Stanford, UCB, H, UChi, CMU, Columbia, Duke, Umich, Upenn, UW, UNC, UWM biostats: H, JHU, UW, UNC, Yale, Penn, Duke, Brown, Emory. (Any reach? Any safety? Any literally impossible that I shouldn't waste my time at all?) As mentioned earlier, this list is a rough summary of high-ranking programs and well-known schools. And I only consider PhD programs. I have heard some rumors that biostats program prefer students with master degree, so should my focus on stats or biostats? I hope to include more reach or safety schools and remove those that are definitely out of reach. I'd be really appreciate any program recommendation. Hope y'all a great day!