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[cip315]

BA Mathematics & BS Comp Science from Quinnipiac University, a smaller northeastern university. It ranked 11th in Usa News colleges in the northern region, closely compared with schools like Ithica and Marist.

GPA: 3.46 (while working full time to pay tuition noted in statement)

Senior Project & non-published paper on Artificial Neural Networks Predicting the Stock Market

Internships at fortune 500 companies and start ups. Software engineer at large well known company during my year off.

Tons of community service.

GRE: Verbal 72nd%

Writing 72nd%

Quant 91st%

Applied to:

Yale stats

Stony Brook applied math

Rutgers Stat

Uni South Carolina Stat

CMU Stat and Machine Learning

Temple Stat

UMASS Amherst Stat

I'm looking for another school or two because I'm feeling nervous that I may have been too ambitious. Please leave me feedback, as to whether or not you think I was too ambitious or a school I may be a good fit or have a good chance of getting into. I'm particularly open to schools on the east cost and/or schools that have machine learning departments/concentrations.

[ANDS!]

Surprised no schools from NC are there. I think people would be surprised at admission statistics for some of these top tier schools. One year UNC's average GPA for admitted students was around 3.3. What do your LOR's say (if you know what is in them).

[cip315]

I was thinking about UNC of NCSU but the results page here show profiles far above me. I was only able to see one of my LORs, the other professors did not let me read what they wrote, which I believe to be the norm. This professor mentions my experiences as a peer tutor, my dedication to course work and the department functions, and most importantly he outlined my ability to teach myself through my neural network project. He mentions that he places me in the top 5% of students he has taught over the last decade because of my engagement and going beyond what was expected. I would assume the other letters to be similar as I did work very hard in school.

I'll look, more seriously, into UNC. Thanks for the tip! As for my other choices, how do you think I would fare?