bruinbear

I just checked UCLA and Columbia, no decisions are made yet... :<

Congratz dude!! I think you will get into all of those that you have applied to.. My preferences are 1) Columbia(cuz it's 1 year only, 8 classes only. + east coast, close enough to wall street) 2) UCLA(already know the surroundings, it's 2 yrs, in-state tuition and it is easier to get switch over to Phd) 2) Michigan (have better rank, and I really likes the program in there, but 2 yrs outstate tuition is kinda...) 4) UCSD (I think their MS in Stat is a preparation for phd candidates) 5) Cornell(MPS? Heard it somewhere that the program is useless, but 1 year only) Btw, you said the results are available in your online application, and let's just say for UCLA, did you see it somewhere says that you were admitted? or you have to click on "Message Center" to find out? Because for the Stats here at UCLA, glenda(student affair) told me that I won't be able to hear back until/after April 1st. And my guesses are that the date is probably different with bio-stat. Anyways, thanks again!

Thank you for the info!! I'm major at Math/econ too with minor in stats at UCLA, but my major gpa is only 3.46 with 3.78 for minor... strong recommendations, and okay GRE scores. Hope I can get into any Stat Master Program! And I am currently waiting for all five that I applied to, namely: UCLA, columbia, UCSD, cornell and Michigan.

Hey wanthony86, would you mind to share your stats? Are you applying to MS/PHD? When did you submit your application? Thank you!

If you didn't get a reply, then most likely yours are still under review.. To answer your concerns about missing documents, Unless there's a huge gap in between your qualification with other candidates, otherwise, they will usually ask you if you were missing something. And if you wanna try to contact with them, you gotta go to their department website, then go to directory and find the person's email that says "Director of Ph.D/MA Program". Good luck!

Maichang.. I think you are from UCLA....

Thank you so much for the input, BoundByAxioms.

Hey guys, I am new to the forum!! And I was wondering how many of you guys actually did a master degree first before moving into phd. Or you guys just went to phd straight forward from undergraduate! And what are the advantages/ disadvantages? Thanks!