Fall 2021 Statistics/Biostatistics Applicant Thread

[trynagetby]

Hi all, might be a little early but might as well start this thread to share information/collectively freak out about the covid situation. Here's a link shared by a last year applicant detailing interview information.

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1epem4r5loco8ZZwJNodjZun2JReXNXIm0RiTPBeiq6s/edit

[frequentist]

Based on previous trends, when do the first round of acceptances start to roll in?

[trynagetby]

Generally the earliest acceptances roll in starting the last week of January to the first half of February

[bayessays]

For biostatistics, the very earliest decision usually come around now and all through January, some into early February. Most statistics programs are in February. 

[confusedbear]

Do schools typically ask for fall grades if you take real analysis? Ended up with a B+ and kinda hoping that they won't...

[StatsG0d]

11 hours ago, confusedbear said:

Do schools typically ask for fall grades if you take real analysis? Ended up with a B+ and kinda hoping that they won't...

Typically, they do not ask for grades. It is possible that they conditionally admit you based on a minimum grade. I expect a B+ would be sufficient if they ask.

[possumvibes]

On 12/21/2020 at 11:43 PM, frequentist said:

Based on previous trends, when do the first round of acceptances start to roll in?

I've heard back from four programs for early decision. However, these were all Master's programs.

[sassy2020]

For those biostats programs with early deadlines, how many has already sent (PhD) interview lists? I know NYU and UPenn both sent the invitations. Anyone heard from BU yet?

Edited December 23, 2020 by sassy2020
clarified program

[frequentist]

29 minutes ago, sassy2020 said:

For those programs with early deadlines, how many has already sent (PhD) interview lists? I know NYU and UPenn both sent the invitations. Anyone heard from BU yet?

Wharton already sent the interview invitations?

[sassy2020]

sorry, biostats here. Clarified.

[dandychiggins]

1 hour ago, sassy2020 said:

sorry, biostats here. Clarified.

Which NYU biostat program is done sending out interview invites? Sackler or Department of Global Health one?

[kingduck]

I think there's only the global health one that accepted applications through SOPHAS. I'm not sure about the Sackler one...

 

@sassy2020 I don't see any results for NYU on the results section. Are you getting updates from a different source?

 

Edited December 23, 2020 by kingduck

[dandychiggins]

I applied to Sackler, not the one in SOPHAS, so I was just wondering which one has given out invites since I haven't received anything from them yet!

[kingduck]

@dandychiggins I did see a few NYU Sackler and NYU medicine results - but for quant bio and some biorelated fields, but not biostats. They were notified on 12/21.

 

I do need to get off this site for the next few months lest I go insane. Best of luck to your applications.

[AngelaBiostats]

Hi, just saw people posting they are accepted by University of Minnesota. Should I assume rejection at this point if I have not received any email from them? 

[frequentist]

1 hour ago, kingduck said:

@dandychiggins I did see a few NYU Sackler and NYU medicine results - but for quant bio and some biorelated fields, but not biostats. They were notified on 12/21.

 

I do need to get off this site for the next few months lest I go insane. Best of luck to your applications.

yo boy getting insane as well. need to get off this but cant help myself. hope this ends pretty soon?

[kingduck]

@AngelaBiostats i think some places have rolling interviews. take this from the nyu comments 

"We have begun sending invitations to interview and will continue to do so until the end of February. I hope that helps! We try to interview applicants with applicants of similar interest" so its probably department specific. 

@frequentist here i am back already. gonna get blacklist this website on my firewall lol

[frequentist]

24 minutes ago, kingduck said:

@AngelaBiostats i think some places have rolling interviews. take this from the nyu comments 

"We have begun sending invitations to interview and will continue to do so until the end of February. I hope that helps! We try to interview applicants with applicants of similar interest" so its probably department specific. 

@frequentist here i am back already. gonna get blacklist this website on my firewall lol

this process has started my intellectual downfall. gotta doubt if I can go through my Ph. D.

[sassy2020]

18 hours ago, dandychiggins said:

I applied to Sackler, not the one in SOPHAS, so I was just wondering which one has given out invites since I haven't received anything from them yet!

Sackler gave out interviews, from my friend. I heard Global public health only had 2 HC this year?

[dandychiggins]

19 minutes ago, sassy2020 said:

Sackler gave out interviews, from my friend. I heard Global public health only had 2 HC this year?

Damn, that sucks if true. I didn't see anything regarding biostatistics on the Grad Cafe results, but oh well. What is HC?

[sassy2020]

52 minutes ago, dandychiggins said:

Damn, that sucks if true. I didn't see anything regarding biostatistics on the Grad Cafe results, but oh well. What is HC?

Sorry I was trying to say headcount... Just went back to check, and that person say GPH admits 7-8 PhDs per year, and ~2 are for biostats.

[veep]

On 12/23/2020 at 11:46 AM, sassy2020 said:

For those biostats programs with early deadlines, how many has already sent (PhD) interview lists? I know NYU and UPenn both sent the invitations. Anyone heard from BU yet?

Heard back from BU. It was a no ?

[veep]

Did anyone get an interview invite from Harvard, Brown, or UW for PhD in Biostats?

[swiftsoc]

On 1/4/2021 at 2:29 PM, veep said:

Did anyone get an interview invite from Harvard, Brown, or UW for PhD in Biostats?

It seems that someone got an interview invite for Harvard based on the results page... I still haven't heard anything from Harvard or Brown yet.

[cctvwp]

I got an offer from UT-Houston today!