Recommend schools for Stats/Biostat F2021

[haruka255]

Hi everyone, 

I will be a senior this fall and will be applying for Fall 2021 Biostats MS programs. I would appreciate it if you guys could recommend some programs I would most likely be able to get in. 

Undergrad Institution: UTA
Major(s): Biology
Minor(s): Mathematics, biochemistry
GPA: 3.8

Type of Student: Domestic / Girl (I'm Asian and moved from Scandinavia a couple of years ago.)

GRE General Test: Will take it in Aug but will probably do average.

 

Research Experience: 3 years of esophageal cancer research. 1 semester of research in antibiotic resistance.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list, honor's college degree, several scholarships

Letters of Recommendation: My cancer research prof, my biostats prof and my ochem prof.

Math/Statistics Grades:  Calc I (B) , Calc II (A), Calc III (A),  Biostats (A), Diff equation/linear algebra (A), Intro linear algebra/vector spaces (A), Statistical inference (A).

Programming languages:Python, SAS, R-programming.

 

Other: Wrote honors senior thesis on FLASH radiation therapy and presented at my honors research symposium. I also presented my research at a STEM diversity research symposium. I was also a bio TA.

 

 

Edited July 12, 2020 by haruka255

[Stat Assistant Professor]

I imagine you will have no difficulty getting into any Masters program in Biostatistics, provided your GRE Q score is sufficient (aim for over 160, ideally over 162).  If you are contemplating getting a PhD later down the road, I would recommend taking a semester of Real Analysis in your Masters program (I don't see that you have taken this class, and at least one semester of it will be required for most good Biostat PhD programs).