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Fall 2020 Statistics PhD Application Evaluation


Lulucan

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I post again after adding my school list. Please give me any advice! 
Undergrad Institution: Top 3 in an East Asian country. 
Major(s): Economics 
GPA: 3.4
Type of Student: International (Asian)
 
Now in the Master's program in Top100 USA Public school (top2 in this state)
Major(s): Statistics
GPA:3.9

GRE General Test:
Last summer: 170Q, 155V, 3W

 
Programs Applying: Statistics PhD
 
Research Experience: Participated Team project in Economics research(6month), wrote a Master thesis in Economics
 
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Full-GAship in MS program 
 
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: tutored graduate level theory to a graduate student.
 
Letters of Recommendation: Three from faculty member in the STAT MS program
 
Math/Statistics Grades: 
Calculus I  ,II (A+),(A)

Probability (A+)

Mathematical Statistics (A)

Linear Algebra I  ,II (B+,B+)

Intro to Linear Algebra (A) (retook)

Real Analysis I  ,II (B+,A)

Theory of statistics I  ,II ( graduate level) (A, A)

Intro to SAS programing (A)

Linear regression (graduate level) (A-)

Data Visualization (graduate level) (A-)

Experimental Design (graduate level) (A)

Now taking Machine Learning (graduate level), expecting (A)

 
 
Programs I  want to apply to:
 
PhDs:
 
Reach:
Connell (#20)
Penn State (#20)
UCLA (#30)
Purdue University--West Lafayette (#27)
 
Target:
University of Florida (#40)
Rice university (#40)
University of California--Irvine (#50)
Michigan State University (#50)
 
George Washington University (#61)
Virgina Tech University (#61)
 
Safe:
Not yet decided
 
 
I will add more schools soon.
Can anyone tell me my application range is proper or not? Do I need to lower my target? thanks!
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