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[liu126]

Hello, everyone!

I plan to apply for stat master problem in fall 2013.

I am an International student at a good-reputed public university

major: econ, risk management and insurance

minor: actuarial mathematics and statistics

GPA: 4.0

GRE: acutally I have a bad verbal score

V (146) Q(168)

Toefl: not require

don't have any much research and work experience about statistics

have some scholarship (is it helpful for admission)

a freshman award

class I took: Calculus 1 with lab, Calculus 2 with lab, Vector Calculus, Probabil, Mathematical Statistics,Theory of Statistical Inference, Linear Algebra, Introduction to Econometrics ( regression analysis, introduction about SAS)

for the last semester, I plan to take: Applied Stochastic Processes, Discrete Mathematics, and one course about regression, R (new course)

In fact, I would like to apply for a top master program, but I don't think I am very competitive...

I am afraid the low verbal score will influence my application.

Could anybody give me some suggestion about which program I should apply for?

Thank you very much. I appreciate that.

[cyberwulf]

I wouldn't worry about your GRE verbal score. It sounds like you are at a US university, in which case the fact that you achieved a 4.0 means that you were able to communicate in English well enough to succeed in your discipline. With stellar math grades, that should be sufficient to make you a good candidate.