Evaluation and General Advice

[guthrie]

Hello all! I am interested in applying to a statistics PhD program for Fall 2012. I would like to ask for some of you to look over my credentials and give me some feedback on anything that I could do to improve them. Also I would greatly appreciate any school recommendations for which I would qualify.

Undergrad School: Murray State University

Major: Mathematics

Overall GPA: (currently) 3.69

Major GPA: 4.0

Completed Classes:

Calculus I, II, and III

Linear Algebra

Mathematical Reasoning

Mathematical Statistics I and II

Advanced Calculus I and II

Differential Equations

I am currently taking Mathematical Modeling I and Intro to Topology. Also I will be taking Applied Statistics and Intro to Time Series Analysis (if this latter class is offered) in the spring.

Also of interest, I have taken a course in Visual Basic programming, C++ programming, and will be taking a database class next semester as well.

Research:

Currently working on an NSF funded project through a program called BioMaPS. We will be finishing this up soon and giving several presentations over it, but will probably not be published be the time I will be applying.

I have yet to take the GRE, but will be doing that soon. Also I have no internship or work experience relating to statistics.

Once again I welcome any comments and I thank you for any input.

-Guthrie

[Hanyuye]

Wow Guthrie. I must admit that you're credentials are impressive. However, let not your GRE prove your academic credentials to be imbalanced. I suggest you should apply for the top 20 schools.

Also, I'm sure you can note in your essay that you're working on that project with the NSF and you could possibly submit that project as coinciding your SOP.

Aim High!

[guthrie]

Thank you for your encouraging reply! I wasn't sure how I would fare coming from a relatively small university.

Also, I forgot to mention (and I could not edit my original post) that I have also taken a Numerical Analysis class.

Thank you!

guthrie