Help evaluating my profile for Statistics PhD admissions?

[Joe M]

Hello, I would like to apply to Statistics PhD programs at the end of 2025 for 2026 admissions. This is my profile and school list, I'm hoping I can get some feedback on it.

 

Undergrad GPA: 3.8, State School. Master's GPA: 3.9, Ivy League.

Courses: Calculus I-III (A), Linear Algebra (A), ODE (A), Abstract Algebra (A-), Real Analysis (B+), Intro to Probability (B), Statistical Inference (A), Intro to Data Science (A), Machine Learning (A), Computational Math (A).

Research Experience: A few months of supervised reading in measure theory, a couple months of mentored research in probability.

I'm mainly concerned about my B+ in analysis and B in intro to probability.

 

Schools:

NC State, Colorado State, University of Florida, Penn State, Rutgers University

[oklahomastats]

State school could mean anything from Berkeley/Michigan to some school nobody's ever heard of, and that will play a big role in interpreting your math grades.

Did you get As in your probability/inference classes in your master's to help make up for the B in probability?

Regardless, I think these are reasonable schools to have on your list, but you definitely need to add safer schools too.

[Joe M]

What kind of safer schools would you suggest?

Edit: I didn't finish my master's yet, yes I will be taking another probability course and PDEs. Would this make me more competitive?

 

Edited Sunday at 07:14 PM by Joe M