Profile Evaluation (Stat PhD)

[Hyzbyh]

Hi guys! Thanks for checking out! I am planning to apply for Stat PhD this fall. But with most of my research experience lies on Econ, I am a bit uncertain on which school I should apply to. Would be great if you can help me out!

 

 

Undergrad Institution: European National Flagship U 
Major(s): Stat and operations research
GPA: 3.9 (Top 2%)

Type of Student: International non-white male

Undergrad Math (All A/A+): Intro to Analysis & Analysis, Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, Prob. Theory(no measure), Non-linear Optimization, Stochastic processes, Combinatorics

Undergrad Statistics(All A/A+):  Simulation, Statistics, Advanced Statistics(Multivariate), Time Series, Regression I, II, III

 

Grad Institution: Overall Top 10 US Institute(Not extremely strong in Stat)
Major(s): Econ
GPA: 4.0/4.0

Grad Math: Graduate Probability

Grad Statistics under Econ: Empirical Processes, Non-parametrics

Grad Statistics under Stat: Research-level Theory of Inference

GRE General Test: 
Q:155
V: 168
W: 3.5

 

Applying to: Statistics/OR PhD 

 

 

Research Experience: Two term paper in the area of casual inference, One on-going paper co-authored paper on high dimensional stat

Potential Letters of Recommendation(?): 

(a) Graduate Probability Professor

(b) Co-author (Junior)

(c) Economics professor?

 

I also have extremely limited information on the admission process of Stat, so also not sure which kind of LoR should I use.  Much appreciate if you have ideas on which range of school I should apply to or which kind of reference should I use! Thanks so much!

 

 

[bayessays]

Is there any way you can improve your GRE Q? A 155 is going to keep you out of a lot of programs.

[Hyzbyh]

Sorry! The GRE Q and A should be the other way around: Q 168, V 155

[Hyzbyh]

6 hours ago, bayessays said:

Is there any way you can improve your GRE Q? A 155 is going to keep you out of a lot of programs.

Sorry! The GRE Q and A should be the other way around: Q 168, V 155