Fall 2020 Statistics Masters/PhD Application Evaluation (with low GPA)

[Stttat]

 

Undergrad Institution: Top 3 in South Korea
Major(s): Stat
GPA: 3.31 / 4.00

 

Type of Student: International Asian Male

 

GRE General Test: 

Q: 170

V: 156

W: 3.5

 

Courses taken:

• ELEMENTARY STATISTICS(B) ELEMENTARY STATISTICS WORKSHOP(B) - I didn't study at all in my 1st year and didn't retake later because I wanted to take more advanced classes with my limited time.
• STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS(A) MATRIX THEORY(A+) INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY THEORY(A) MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS(B+) PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS(C+) LINEAR ALGEBRA Ⅰ(A) LINEAR ALGEBRA Ⅱ (D+ - I couldn't take the test because of my work situation. I submitted a report instead and got whatever the minimum the professor could give me) ANALYSIS Ⅰ (A+)
• ELEMENTARY COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS (A+)  STATISTICAL DATABASE(C+)
• STATISTICAL METHOD IN SOCIAL SCIENCE(A) REGRESSION ANALYSIS(B+) CATEGORICAL DATA ANALYSIS(A)  SAMPLING THEORY(A+)  NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICS(A) INTRODUCTION TO DATA MINING(A) BIO-STATISTICS(A) MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS(A+) 

 

Research Experience:  none

Working Experience: 6 years in IT industry

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: not really

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: -

 

Letters of Recommendation: Two from stat professors, one from the current manager

 

 

Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: 

 

I got B,C,Ds from some courses which I really worry about. Now I'm trying to apply for master programs and PhD and my goal isn't very high. I'm aiming at schools ranke  30~50 and I wonder if I have any chance to be admitted by any school.

 

 

Program: Master, PhD

 

School List:

 

• Iowa State / U of Iowa / Penn State / Ohio State / Miami OH / Colorado State / Florida State / U of Florida /  Michigan State / Oregon State / Indiana U
• University of Cincinnati (worst case scenario)

 

I wonder if there is any "match or safety" school for me.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

Edited July 24, 2019 by Stttat

[Stttat]

For further information, I started working (officially hired, not as an intern) before I finished my degree and I did kind of data analysis project to get the position which also hurted my last semester including linear algebra II. 

Edited July 24, 2019 by Stttat