2019Fall stats/biostats PhD profile evaluation

[Stat_master]

Undergrad Institution: China SCUT
Major(s): mathematics and applied mathematics
GPA: 3.81/4.0 (4/59)
Type of Student: International female

GRE General Test:
Q: 168 (94%)
V:  154 (65%)
W:  4.0(60%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
bombed it, not gonna submit

TOEFL Score: 112=R28/L30/S26/W28

Masters Institution: University of Waterloo, Canada
Concentration: Statistics
GPA: 92/100

References:

one from a U of Toronto biostats prof (working with him on an 8 month research intern on biostats project in cancer research, writing paper draft now, should be strong)

one from a UWaterloo biostats prof (took survival analysis with him, a famous and well-connected prof but not sure about how strong the letter will be. I'm actually happy to do a PhD with this prof)

one from a course prof in Waterloo (probably the top score, not sure if the letter is strong)

one from a course prof in Waterloo (a computational course with a 100% course project, scored 91. Not for biostats programs)

Additional:

Took tons of math heavy courses in undergraduate. Exchanged 4th year to Western U (Canada)

took all kinds of grad level stats courses in Western and Waterloo with good grades (Avg.92/100)

No publication. One biostats research intern. Had a best undergraduate thesis in pure math

I'm sincerely worried about lack of research experience and no publication :(

Programs Applying: 

Biostats: 

UNC, Havard, UMichigan, UWisconsin, UWashington

Stats (haven't decided yet):

UCLA, CMU (maybe??), UMichigan, UC Davis, JHU, UPenn, NCSU (maybe?)

Probably aiming too high especially on stats programs. Looking for advice :)
 

[Winnie Zhang]

I think your profile is very strong, and you should be able to get into some places on your list. You can also try a few more top schools like Chicago and Stanford. As I knew some students got into these schools without having taken the math gre test.

Edited November 27, 2018 by Paul Marriott