notsobayesic Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Hi all - I am planning on applying to Statistics PhD programs this upcoming cycle and am looking for some feedback/thoughts on the strength of my profile. My path leans less traditional, as I did not construct my undergrad experience around applying to PhD programs. I received my B.S. in Applied and Computational Mathematics & Statistics (with a double major in Economics) from the University of Notre Dame in May 2021. I have worked in Private Equity since graduating from college, recently wrapping my two Analyst years and receiving a promotion to Associate; additional work experience is outlined below. Why do I want to go back to school? As of right now, I'd like to focus on methods in clinical trial design / evaluation / prediction and ultimately go back into industry (investment) post-PhD to focus on investments in biopharma / life sciences companies (more on my experience here, below). Interested in returning to Academia later in my career to teach, as well. Open to any feedback on my profile - feel free to message separately as well. Undergrad Institution: University of Notre Dame - ranked #18 nationally Major: Applied and Computational Mathematics & Statistics GPA: 3.94 Type of Student: Domestic White Female Research Experience: Internship with a multi-strat Hedge Fund with >$30Bn in AUM - worked closely with the Healthcare Arbitrage investment team and Data Labs team to build statistical models to predict the outcome of late-stage biopharma / life sciences clinical trials & subsequent stock price movement Writing Intensive Economics Course - semester-long research assignment to evaluate the causal relationship between parental divorce and academic performance using regression analysis building on prior publications Awards/Honor/Recognition: Dean's List all eight semesters magna cum laude Suzanne and Walter Scott Merit Scholar Activities/Jobs: TA - Monetary Policy TA & Peer Tutor - Econometrics TA - Introduction to Corporate Finance Course Tutor: Business Statistics Varsity Athlete Summer Internship 1: Long/Short Equities intern at a multi-strat Hedge Fund w/>$30Bn in AUM Summer Internship 2: Healthcare Arbitrage intern at same fund Post-Grad Job Experience: Private Equity Analyst (2 years), Private Equity Associate (current, promoted July '23) Grades: Undergrad Courses: Calc 3 (A), Applied Lin Alg (A), Probability (A), Diff Eqs (A), Scientific Computing in C++ (A), Mathematical Statistics (A), Econometrics (A) Upper-Level Electives: Mathematical/Computational Modeling in Neuroscience (A), Numerical Analysis (A), Computational Statistics (A), Mathematical / Computational Modeling (A), Topics in Applied Mathematics: Epidemiological Modeling (A) Languages Covered: C++, Stata, Python, Matlab, R LOR: Statistics Professor (PhD from NC State) Economics Professor (had for Econometrics and research elective, PhD from Boston University) Mentor / Direct Supervisor on the Healthcare Arbitrage team & the hedge fund I spent 2 summers with (Masters from Cambridge, MD/MBA from Harvard) GRE: taken July 2022 V:166, Q:169, W:5.0 Current Schools I'm interested in: Columbia, Harvard, NYU, Boston University, Yale, MIT (would be Mathematics, they don't have a Stats program), Northwestern Open to target school suggestions - primarily targeting schools in the Northeast or Midwest (originally from Chicago, currently Boston-based).
lrste Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Won’t speak to your profile because I don’t know that much about admissions or anything, but I would recommend against applying to MIT Math if your main research interest is clinical trials. I don’t think there are many faculty doing statistics in a total sense. Certainly some applied probability happening there, but it would be very different from a typical statistics program I think. 564654899865 1
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