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Fall 2022 Statistics/Biostatistics PhD or Master's Programs Advice


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Undergrad Institution: California Public University (Top Cal State) 
Major(s): Economics - Quantitative Analysis
Minor(s): Statistics
GPA: 3.958
Type of Student: Domestic Asian Female 
 
GRE General Test: (Have not taken yet) 
 
Programs Applying: Biostatistics/ Statistics PhD or Master’s Programs


Research Interests: I am interested in Biostatistics research, possibly clinical research


Research Experience: Do not have any professional research experience but will be completing a senior project which is a research project. I also was on a chem research team my freshman year, involved with the analysis part. 


Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean’s List, Top Biochemistry student freshman year


Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Intern at KPMG as Risk Advisory Intern, Intern at Government Accountability Office, Intern at a startup. President of an academic club on campus. 
Letters of Recommendation: Manager at GAO, Stats and Econ Professor 


Related Coursework:  Calc I-III (A), Linear Algebra (A-), Stats I-II (A), Statistical Computing in R (A), Programming for Econ (A), Applied Multivariate Statistics (A), Econometrics and Advanced Econometrics (A) , Marketing Analytics and Business Intelligence (A), Have also taken Bio/Chem classes (pertinent to Biostats?), Intermediate Microeconomics I-II (A) 
Future Coursework: Intro to Stats and Probability(calc based), Probability for Economic Decision making, Some more stats classes 


Applying: UC Denver Biostats, UC Davis (MS, PhD) for Stats and Biostats, U of Michigan (Bridge, PhD), UIUC (MS), UCSB (Masters and PhD), Rice (PhD)
Notes: I switched from Biochem to Econ my freshman year. 
Concerns: 
Don’t have much research experience, but I have significant work experience as well as leadership roles 
Have not taken Real Analysis, probably will not be able to this year 

I want to know where I stand with my background. I know I haven’t taken the most math classes, but for a good amount of schools I pass the prerequisites. Funding is something that is important to me. I also want to know what other programs I should be looking at. 

I really appreciate any help. Thank you! 
 

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