Looking for Advice -- Fall 2020 Stats MS/PhD Applications

[mblot]

Hey all, I'm late here, but I'm looking at applying for Stats graduate programs for Fall 2020. Unfortunately I took a roundabout path to pursuing in undergrad (graduated last May), and took mid-level proofs-based courses but don't have the requisite Math background of Real Analysis and beyond... do I have any shot? 

Are there any PhD programs that would still be worth applying to, given my background? What MS ranges might be realistic (ranking 30-40s, 40s-50s, 80+, etc)? Would enrolling in a Masters w/ stronger math courses be beneficial? or is it too late to build a stronger Math background? 

I'm also interested in computational stats, machine learning algorithms, statistical modeling, and applied math as my coursework suggests.

 

Undergraduate: Top 50 LAC

Major: Economics-Mathematics-Statistics (combined program)

GPA: 3.98 

Class Rank: #7

Type of student: Domestic White Male

Coursework: Calc I-III (A's), Econometrics (A), Linear Algebra (A), DiffEq (A), Intro to Higher Mathematics (Proofs/Number Theory, A), Mathematical Economics (A), Prob Theory (A)

A's in bunch of applied math/stats (Stats Modeling, Design & Analysis of Experiments, Mathematical Modeling, Computer Simulations)

A good amount of CompSci coursework (Data Structures, Software Design, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence...)

Got the department award for my major & distinction on my qualifying exam, if those count for anything

GRE: 167 Q, 169 V

Letters of Recommendation: Strong letters from tenured CompSci, Math profs, tenure-track Stats prof 

Additional information: Work experience around data analytics, data engineering at tech companies. Not much theoretical/research work

Potentially Applying to:

University	Program
UW	Statistics MS
Colorado State U	Applied Math MS or Statistics MS
Oregon State University	Statistics MS
CU Boulder	Professional Applied Math MS + PhD
UC Santa Cruz	Statistics PhD
UC Davis	Statistics MS
UMass Amherst	Statistics MS + PhD
Boston U	Statistics MS + PhD
UC Irvine	Statistics MS

Edited November 17, 2019 by mblot

[Guest]

I think you're way underselling yourself.  True, you don't have analysis, so you probably won't be going to Stanford. But I think you can generally look in the 10-50 range for statistics PhD and top biostat programs and you'll probably have quite a bit of success. Apply to any MS program you are interested in.