Do I need to re-take Analysis for PhD admissions?

[StatMasterCat]

Hi all,

I'm a master's student in statistics and I have a bachelor's degree in statistics as well. I graduated from my undergraduate about 6 years ago and by the time I will be applying for PhD programs it will be 7 years ago. I took Analysis I at my undergraduate and got A+ (we used "baby Rudin"). Since 7 years is a long time, I thought I might have to re-take Real Analysis to show that I can still do well on this. However, unfortunately, I might be able to take Real Analysis in the 4th semester which means I won't have Real Analysis on my graduate transcript by the time I apply for the schools. So, my question is, do I really need to retake this course? or do you guys think it would be still okay to have a grade from 7 years ago.

Another question is, on my transcript, the name of class is "Analysis" instead of "Real Analysis" but we used baby Rudin so I assume those are equivalent. Do you think it would matter that the name of class is not "Real Analysis" in terms of admission?

 

Thank you.

[bayessays]

You have nothing to worry about.  Your course name is fine.  I was longer than 7 years and had zero issues.  You've covered the material and are very capable of doing it, and you're currently in school, so I can't imagine anyone doubting whether you'll be prepared.

[StatMasterCat]

@bayessays Thank you for the advice and sharing your experience!