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I got that e-mail yesterday as well. Very nice surprise! Do you think it was actually because of an increase in funding or from people not accepting the award? I guess there probably was a lot of uncertainty about funding availability around award time...

Thanks ANDS! I hadn't seen this Phds.org site before, and I expect that it will be quite useful in fleshing out my list of schools. I've noticed there are some significant differences between the Phds.org applied mathematics rankings and those on USNews. In particular, Berkeley and Chicago are both unranked on Phds.org, and some that are high on USNews are significantly lower (i.e. NYU). Do you have any idea why this is, or have any advice on which list tends to trump the other?

Hi everybody. I am interested in applying to Ph.D. programs in applied mathematics. I am particularly interested in PDE and stochastic processes, but definitely have enjoyed some more pure areas as well. I think my application should be competitive, but I'm looking for help calibrating exactly what level of schools I should shoot for, because in undergraduate applications I may have aimed too high. Undergraduate Institution: Top 15 Public University Majors: B.S. Mathematics / B.S. Biomedical Engineering Minor: Economics GPA: 3.99 Type of student: White male GRE Scores: Q: 168 (96%) V: 164 (94%) W: 5.5 (96%) Math: 890 (96%) Research experience: Two summers and school years: one year working in theoretical chemistry with a publication in preparation and one year working in quantitative finance. Planning to work on a thesis my senior year hopefully related to stochastic processes. Work experience: One internship as a quantitative financial analyst. Research assistant throughout school years and other summers. Notable coursework: Two semesters of graduate mathematics so far (functional analysis and PDE), and I plan to take four more this year (probability i/ii, algebraic/differential topology). Other than that, I have typical math courses (analysis, topology, diff.eq., etc), a whole engineering curriculum full of programming and applied stuff, some fun theoretical economics courses (micro theory and game theory), and some random other tid-bits. Recommendations: I should have two very good letters, and I am working on grooming someone for a third this next year. If I fail for the third, how much will this hurt me? So far, here are some of the ones I've picked out as interesting: Boston University Chicago Columbia Harvard SEAS Michigan MIT Northwestern NYU (would be a dream!) Stanford Yale I feel like this list is VERY top-heavy. I plan to eventually approach some professors for advice, but I thought that I should get a more polished list before doing so. Can people help me with any suggestions of nice fits and/or examples of hidden jewels that I am missing? Thanks a lot!