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Statistics PhD Application Profile Evaluation - 2023 Fall


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Undergrad Institution: Best Latin America university
Majors: Statistics and Data Science
GPA:  9.3/10  = 3.72/4
Type of Student: International Latino Male
GRE General Test: 168 Q / 153 V / 3.5 W
GRE Subject Test: Not taking it
TOEFL Score: 110
 
Research Experience:
2 years and a half (since sophomore year) on econometrics under a professor from Brazil and one professor from UC, Boulder, submitted a manuscript to the 2023 Midwest Finance Association.
UCLA REU sponsored by the NSF and a big tech company, presented the project at the company headquarters and approved to present it at the 2023 Joint Mathematics Meetings.
Senior thesis advised by a professor from UC, Boulder.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions:
2nd out of 40 students from the Statistics and Data Science bachelors.
Gold (bronze) at a state (national) mathematics olympiad.
First student from a university of my country to be accepted to the UCLA REU.

Pertinent Activities or Jobs:
Data science internship at a bank in Brazil for 11 months.
Project assistant for a economics professor from a university from Czech Republic for 4 months. 
TA for 3 statistics classes.
 
Letters of Recommendation:
I expect to have at least three really great letters, one from my research advisor (professor) from Brazil (knows me for 2.5+ years), one from the professor of UC, Boulder (knows me for almost a year), one from my UCLA REU mentor (researcher at the big tech company). 
Expect to have one more good (possibly great) letter from a staff of the UCLA REU.
 
Programs Applying:
Dream - UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, Duke
Reach - Washington, Stanford (stats), Stanford (finance)
Others - Cornell, UNC, Northwestern, Berkeley
 
Questions:
Any idea on what are my chances of getting accepted?
 
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