gn919 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Hi, I am an international student who applying for stats phd. I graduated from one of big ten school and I had double major in mathematics and computer engineering. My gpa is 3.67/4.00 ( major gpa is 3.87/4.00 ) my gre score is 560/800/3.5 (I took old version) Two years of work experience in finance company in my home country I took Cal 1~3, Differential equation, linear algebra, analysis, discrete math, Ordinary differential equation and one four hundred level statistic course. Also, I took programming courses. I am interested in computational statistics and machine learning. These are the list of school I apply: Duke, UNC, ncsu, CMU, minnesota, msu, WashU, UIUC and virginia tech. In case of getting rejection from all school, I am going to apply for masters, too. 1) Please evaluate the chance of getting admitted one of above school. 2) Please give me advice on good schools to apply for masters. Thank you in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberwulf Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 (edited) I think the probability that you get admitted to at least one school on your list is pretty high. The first four schools are reaches, but your chances get better from there on down. Edited November 29, 2012 by cyberwulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gn919 Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 I think the probability that you get admitted to at least one school on your list is pretty high. The first four schools are reaches, but your chances get better from there on down. Thank you much for your reply. I am planning to apply for master degree for those reaches instead of ph.d. After earning master degree in those schools, do you think the chance of admission of those schools is higher? Compare to earn phd stright in schools ranked in 15~30, do you recommend get master degree in top schools and then reapply for ph.d in top schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberwulf Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Thank you much for your reply. I am planning to apply for master degree for those reaches instead of ph.d. After earning master degree in those schools, do you think the chance of admission of those schools is higher? Compare to earn phd stright in schools ranked in 15~30, do you recommend get master degree in top schools and then reapply for ph.d in top schools? Depends on your career goals. If you think you would like an academic position, then it's important to go to a top 10-15 place and the best path into those places might be via an MS. Otherwise a lower-ranked PhD where you could gain direct entry might be sufficient. echlori and ufk1991 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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