CauchyProcess Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 (edited) Sure. For what it's worth I also got rejected from Washington. Undergrad Institution: Good east coast state school (unsure of reputation in mathematics)Majors: Math (statistics track), Economics GPA: 3.9Type of Student: DomesticGRE Scores:Q: 164V: 167W: 4.5Math/stat classes: Real Analysis I & II, Probability and Statistics Theory, Econometrics, no graduate classesResearch Experience: Some experience at my internship, no co-authorships or anything thoughAwards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list, some merit scholarshipsPertinent Activities or Jobs: Have interned at a government statistical agency for over a year nowAny Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: My guess is my recommendations, especially one from my supervisor at my internship, and my work experience helped a lot, but I can't know for sure. Congratulations! Goes to show how important the one part of our applications that we can't see (i.e. recommendations) are. My background is very very similar to your own, and I didn't even apply to Harvard because it's Harvard and I figured there was zero chance of me getting in. Edited January 29, 2014 by CauchyProcess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stat Assistant Professor Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 statisticsfall2014, I did a quick search and I see Iowa has a deadline of Feb. 15. Oregon State has Feb. 1 deadline too. I think I might submit apps for Iowa, Oregon State, and Florida. I wouldn't worry about hassling the LOR writers. If they already wrote the LORs, it should only take a short while to resubmit them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
statisticsfall2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Yeah true. I'm just so damn busy at work it's hard to carve out time for another app. I'm hoping to get FLA in, as well as SDSU. good luck! hopefully our fortunes turn. optimistically, both duke and harvard were fairly big reaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasgut Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Anyone know research area the CMU acceptance is for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats applicant Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 CMU is one of the top places in the world to study machine learning so my guess is that just. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasgut Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 CMU is one of the top places in the world to study machine learning so my guess is that just. Should have been more specific. I'm curious about the math admit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeehouse Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 In case anyone was interested, I emailed Harvard and they said all decisions have been made and all applicants will be notified of results in the next few weeks. Not sure what that means for those who have not been accepted. I doubt there is another round of acceptances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
statisticsfall2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Yeah I've given up hope on Harvard, long shot anyways. I wonder why they notify their acceptances earlier than rejections. Probably applying to Florida/SDSU later tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probstats Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Yeah I've given up hope on Harvard, long shot anyways. I wonder why they notify their acceptances earlier than rejections. Probably applying to Florida/SDSU later tonight. Yeah, I'd guess Harvard is all but done with acceptances since it's not likely many will decline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lidon Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Yeah, I'd guess Harvard is all but done with acceptances since it's not likely many will decline. I'm not sure. Harvard's statistics department isn't nearly as strong as the overall brand of the university, and I think many people (especially international students) apply there just because of the name. They have a few strong people (e.g. Samuel Kou) working in some very narrow areas, but there are a number of other places I would take over Harvard for a graduate education (Stanford, UPenn, UChicago, Berkeley, Washington, to name a few). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepencils Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Anyone here applying for pure math PhD programs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stat Assistant Professor Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 ihatepencils, Most pure (and applied) math applicants hang out over at mathematicsgre.com instead of The Grad Cafe, it seems. You can check out admissions results there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeehouse Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Where are the admissions from Wharton.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clurp Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Somebody got into UT Austin's stats PhD. I haven't heard back yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
statisticsfall2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Anyone here appply to UCLA or Michigan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stat Assistant Professor Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 statisticsfall2014, I applied to both UCLA and Michigan, but have not heard back from either yet. Good luck to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clurp Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I applied to UCLA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stat Assistant Professor Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 FWIW, I also never heard back from UW (acceptance or rejection). I e-mailed their graduate admissions committee to inquire about my status, but they didn't get back to me... so I infer I'm being considered for their waitlist still, but who knows. Has anyone heard back from UW about waitlist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeehouse Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Regarding Michigan: I think it is coming soon. An adcom checked my googlesite last week. Regarding UW: They said the waitlist will be finalized in the coming weeks. Just because you have not been rejected/accepted, does not necessarily mean we are on the waitlist. They told me all this, and said to inquire again in a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeehouse Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Also last year Michigan came first week of Feb. I think Chicago isn't far away either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
statisticsfall2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Ok cool, yeah I'm hoping to get into one of those two. Those two had my best connections with professors I emailed beforehand. I was undergrad stats at UW and I know the department pretty well, maybe I can go in there after work today and inquire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeehouse Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Please let me know what you find out! Ellen told me first cycle is done and to ask again in feb if I stil don't hear back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stat Assistant Professor Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Does anyone know if UW is sending a second round of acceptances, or is the second "round" just going to be waitlist or rejection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeehouse Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 From my conversation with the department receptionist, I gather there will likely be another round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeehouse Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Just got my rejection email from Washington.. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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