Statistic PhD profile evaluation

[babyorange]

Greetings!

 

I hope someone here could help me evaluate my profile.  

 

Undergrad Institution: Top #4 university in China
Major: Business
GPA: 3.6 (my school gives low gpa...)
Type of Student: female international 
 

 

Graduate Institution: Claremont Graduate University

Major: Financial Engineering

GPA: 3.95 

Type of Student: female international

 

GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 170 (98%)
V: 159 (81%)
W: 3.5 (35%) (It's strange, I feel my writing is very organised)

GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
Not taken

Program Applying:

Statistics/Probability/Mathematical Finance

Research Experience: 

Not very much. Only class projects. 

Time series project and data analysis. Several quantitative risk evaluation projects.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: 

Top 2 ranking in class.

Pertinent Activities or Jobs:

TA for Probability, and probably Stochastic Process next semester.

 

 

Miscellaneous:

Of course there are some relevant courses in my undergrad (calculus, linear algebra, probability & statistics), but my undergrad major is nothing very "math", I am taking extra credits in my current master degree to make up for this. Don't know whether they are "enough".

 

(Real Analysis / Measure theory / some topology) -- PhD level needs this, right? And it is also foundation.

(Probability, Stochastic Process, Math Finance) -- all A or A+

(Statistics Theory, Time Series Analysis) -- all A or A+
(C++, R) -- familiar with R

(Discrete Mathematics) -- those proof techniques and combinatorics

 

I also have plans to take 3 more math courses the upcoming semester.

(Matrix Algebra)

(Numerical Methods)

(Non-parametric Analysis)

 

 

Applying to Where:

Preferable:

California ~~~ (lovely weather~~~)

 

UC Davis

UC San Diego

UC Santa Cruz

UC Irvine

UC Riverside

USC

 

Canada ~~~~

Toronto

Waterloo

Manitoba (know a professor there who likes me~~~  )

 

 

Also do you guys know any other safety schools? Like any good state universities

 

 

Concerns

I know international students have higher admission standards, but I have spent 1.5 years here in US. Does this affect any chances?

 

Also how do the admission committees evaluate female students? Nothing discriminating, just concerns.

I know it's hard to survive in PhD programs. I have plans to get PhD when I am still young and then work as counsellor in industry after graduation.

 

 

Any other advice is welcome  

 

[Funkoverload]

Your background is good but finance PhD programs will suit your preparation better. UC Santa barbara stat phd would also be a good fit. Or go to economics phd and study econometrics.

[babyorange]

Your background is good but finance PhD programs will suit your preparation better. UC Santa barbara stat phd would also be a good fit. Or go to economics phd and study econometrics.

 

Thanks, yes, Santa Barbara has a PhD program with emphasis in financial mathematics.

I am not sure whether I qualify enough for the UC programs.

Do you know any other programs which would be safe for me.

 

Thanks.