Harp916

Sorry for the super late response! I have applied for five graduate assistant positions, and the decisions are yet to be made on those. I was not offered a financial aid package up front, unfortunately. I was also accepted into the CSU EB program, I was rejected from Georgia State University. I decided against RPI and University of Chicago, so I did not apply there. I made my decision, and I will be attending Illinois State University this fall! I picked that program because it is a great actuarial science program and I have an opportunity to work with some of the best actuarial faculty!

another update, I just got accepted to Illinois State's Master of Actuarial Science Program.

Just a heads up on UC Davis For the Fall 2011 Quarter, they had 363 graduate applicants and only admitted 5 students. I know this because I go to UC Davis, and I always talk to the graduate admissions coordinator. You're gonna have to work really hard for UC Davis!

Has anyone here applied to and gotten admitted to the MS Stats program at SDSU? Does anyone have any information about the program, thoughts on the program? If you can provide me with any "insider" information, I would greatly appreciate it!

Just an update... So far I have heard back from two Universities: University of Iowa- Rejected San Diego State University- Accepted

Thanks for the insight! I really appreciate it. I am currently enrolled in a Mathematical Statistics course. As for my grades in Linear Algebra and Probability Theory, I can only provide excuses. I took Linear in a summer school session, while working full-time. We had class from Monday-Thurs, and had an exam every Thursday ( 5 week course). Each exam was equally weighted and I managed to epically fail on one exam, and get below average on another exam. As for probability theory, I really screwed up on exam. About 30 minutes before the exam, I found out one of my friends died the night before. That left me in a bad mental state. I've been working towards this goal for the past year and half, and I have all my eggs in this basket. It HAS to workout, I'm giving myself no other option but to succeed.

I guess my hope is that the grad committee will forgive my past mistakes and look at my quantitative ability. it may not be the best out there, but i do have something to offer My GPA in math related courses is about 3.37, and GPA in the last 60 units attempted (which includes post-bac work) is around 3.2 Does this factor in to making the cut-off?

Hello Everyone! This a rate my chances type of thing, so let me give you a little information about me. I graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 2007, with a non-quantitative degree in Economics. At the time of graduation I had a GPA of 2.57 After CSUF, I became a Math Instructor at a public charter school for two years. I have now switched directions and want to get into an Actuarial Science/ Statistics program. While in undergrad years I took the following math courses: Business Calculus- B+ Intro to probability and Statistics-A Economics Research Methods- A+ Since 2009, I have taken the following pre-requisite courses to prepare for graduate studies: Trigonometry- A Calculus 1- A Calculus 2- A Elementary Statistics- A Multivariate Calculus- B+ Linear Algebra- C+ Probability Theory- C+ Regression Analysis- B Analysis of Variance- B+ Differential Equations- B I have also taken the GRE: V-440, 46%ile Q-770, 87%ile Writing 4.0, 45%ile I have a killer personal statement, if you wish to read it send me a private message and I can email it to you. I also have some good recommendations from my professors. I also plan on taking the March administration of the SOA Exam P Here are my choices, in order ( I have submitted applications to all of them) 1) Georgia State University (Dual Masters program- Actuarial Science and Mathematical Risk Management) 2) Illinois State University, Actuarial Science Program 3) University of Iowa (only applying because they offered me a fee waiver), Actuarial Science Program 4) Cal State East Bay, Actuarial Science Program 5) San Diego State University, Statistics Program 6) RPI- Financial Engineering and Risk Analytics (only applying because they offered me a fee waiver) 7) University of Chicago (very,very,very much a long-shot but I was offered a fee waiver) If you think I can't get into any of these school, please tell me why! Also, if you know of some other more-than-half-way-decent program that might accept me, please tell me! Thanks!!