Undergrad Institution: Liberal Arts University in CA Majors: Mathematics, Computer Science GPA: 3.6 overall, 3.8 in majors
Type of Student: DWM GRE General Test:
Q: 164 (89%) V: 164 (93%) W: 5.0 (93%)
Math GRE: did not take
Research Experience: Two poster presentations, one talk with a large audience (250+ folks), one talk with a smaller audience (~40 folks). One published paper in mathematical criminology (applied nonparamteric statistics). Two REUs in mathematical criminology. Currently doing a one-year research fellowship in statistics and labor law at Stanford. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Honors program, graduated cum laude, departmental awards, undergraduate scholarships, MAA presentation awards, etc. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: See "Research Experience". I did a 6-month internship at NASA during the school year, and I've also been a teaching assistant for sections of various engineering courses throughout undergrad.
Letters of Recommendation: 3/4 of my recommendations are very explicitly connected to UCLA. Also, I spent a summer doing an REU there. Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: I applied to some of these schools with success last year.
Research Interests: Nonparametric statistics, machine learning, and applications to social sciences.
Applying to Where: (Statistics PhD unless otherwise indicated.)
UC Berkeley - Rejected.
Michigan - Rejected.
CMU (Joint Stats/ML) - Rejected.
UW - Rejected.
Stanford (MS) - Rejected.
UCSB - Received competitive central university fellowship, guaranteed five years funding. Leaning this way.
Oregon State (MS) - Received competitive central university fellowship, guaranteed two years funding.
CU-Boulder (Applied Mathematics) - Received departmental fellowship. I would love to live in Colorado, but funding is not as good as UCSB or OSU...
UCLA - Waitlisted. If I got off the waitlist, this would factor into my decision heavily. I think everybody who isn't rejected is "waitlisted", though, so my optimism isn't exactly brimming over.
