bayyyesian

Thank you for the input ANDS! I agree. In fact, some of the lower ranked schools on that list (eg Missouri, Colorado State, etc) are currently at the top of my list.

I don't have any such record, since there's very few who go to stats grad school (one to a PhD program in the last 4 years that I can think of).

Thank you for the candor. Most of those top places will probably not be places I actually apply to, and I realize they are not likely. I will probably apply to those schools (Wash, UNC, Mich's) biostats programs rather than statistics, as I think those are somewhat more realistic options (with the exception of Washington, which is still a huge reach).

I would appreciate it if someone could give me an idea of what I could expect this next admissions season. I have a somewhat difficult profile to evaluate, with a poor freshman year, so I'm not really sure where I should be aiming. I'll be applying to PhD statistics programs for Fall 2013. Here is my profile: Institution: Top Liberal Arts College Major: Math GPA (Overall and Major): 3.5 Grades: Bad part (Freshman year): Calc 2: B Linear Algebra: B- Intro Statistics: B Better Parts: Calc-based probability: A Mathematical statistics: A Combinatorics: A- Number Theory: A- Statistics research project: A Real Analysis: B/B+ (Didn't get grade yet) Intro Biostatistics: A GRE: Haven't taken yet, although expect near-170 on Quantitative section. Research: SIBS program, research with professor at undergraduate institution (no publication), statistics REU (should lead to publication) Letters of Recommendation: Should all be great As you can imagine, I'm worried about how those grades from so long ago will affect me, although I think my performance in higher-level classes show that those are not representative work. Here is a list of PhD programs I'm interested in, somewhat in order from reaches to more realistic options: Washington/Washington Biostat CMU NCSU Michigan Duke UNC Florida Rice WashU Missouri Michigan State Iowa Georgia