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Funkoverload- I'm sorry to hear this. Stat applicant and I are putting out some last minute apps in fear of not getting rejected everywhere.

 

Stat Applicant- Me too. Great call on FSU yoo, I didn't think about this. Are you getting your REC'S turned in as well? Or just the app, and rec's to follow sometime this week?

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statisticsfall2014,

 

I e-mailed my LOR writers a few days ago telling them that they should expect to receive new e-mails to submit new letters of recommendation. So they know they have to submit the LORs this weekend or early next week. Even then, I don't think submitting rec letters a few days late is a big problem, as long as the core application is done.

 

I checked the results pages for these schools, and it seems they make decisions by March, so there's plenty of time. I have to mail my GREs and official transcripts to some of these places. I think there is definitely some flexibility, since the departments actually have to put together folders for all the applicants, and there are plenty who don't submit the actual online application till Feb. 1. I think we have some leeway, as not all the required documents might arrive by the stated deadline.

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Hell yeah, great calls. I'm probably going to start working on this after work. I feel kind of dumb for not using the entire month of january lol, But after finishing the first round of apps I wa sjust so exhausted

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Funkoverload- I'm sorry to hear this. Stat applicant and I are putting out some last minute apps in fear of not getting rejected everywhere.

 

Stat Applicant- Me too. Great call on FSU yoo, I didn't think about this. Are you getting your REC'S turned in as well? Or just the app, and rec's to follow sometime this week?

hide your selection of programs, if you feel unsafe about your applications. 

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Sorry to hear that, Funkoverload. Hope you do get in somewhere though (if you haven't already)!

Statisticsfall2014, University of Connecticut also has a Feb. 1 deadline, so you could consider applying there too. I don't think I will personally, but just a heads up this is another place with a Feb. 1 deadline.

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Sorry to hear that, Funkoverload. Hope you do get in somewhere though (if you haven't already)!

Statisticsfall2014, University of Connecticut also has a Feb. 1 deadline, so you could consider applying there too. I don't think I will personally, but just a heads up this is another place with a Feb. 1 deadline.

medical university of south carolina, medical college of wisconsin

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3 rejections so far, all from the same university (I applied to a non-stats/biostats program as well). Waiting for Michigan!

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I'm not liking my chances at CMU, they are quite a computational department and I feel like they prefer candidates strong in cs/machine learning

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I'm not liking my chances at CMU, they are quite a computational department and I feel like they prefer candidates strong in cs/machine learning

Yeah I feel like it's a long shot for me, but we can dream though!

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Feel your pain man. I wonder if universities collaborate, it would be nice if they made sure everyone qualified enough got in at least one place (if they apply to ten) 

 

It would be nice - last year I applied to twelve places and only made it to one waitlist :(

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echlori- damn, that is the worst. It shows pretty great character that you didn't get flustered and you're right back at it again this year. 

But yeah, i think everyone who wants to get in a PHD program and passes a certain threshold should get in somewhere. Especially given the costs of applying, not to mention how stressful it is. 

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What really frustrates me about the PhD application process is the amount of information us as applicants have. For example, what candidates do the schools actually want? Who are making the admissions decisions? How are we filtered? Do they read every reference letter carefully? What about our statement of purpose? How important are advanced math courses, what about research experience? etc etc.

 

We have very little to base our knowledge of graduate applications/graduate programs on. Just a website, and some FAQs (which are usually useless) and forums and discussions with our professors. How do we know if a professor is going to write us a good letter? Sometimes older professors who have not written letters in a while do not know the difference between a strong and a lukewarm letter. For example one of my letter writers asked me who my other letter writers were and I said Professor A and Professor B. She said: "Oh don't use Professor A, I have read his letters before and they are very uninformative." If not for this warning, I would never have known. I would have used Professor A's letter and it could have potentially ruined my chances at many top schools. In which case I would apply again next year and may STILL use Professor A.

 

There is such a lack of information, it's really quite frustrating and scary.

 

However at the same time I understand the admissions committee have the same problem. They don't understand the transcripts of international students, they don't know what type of student we are, reference letters can be uninformative, etc etc...

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Looks like Michigan has sent out a few acceptance letters for statistics. Congrats to those who got in!

 

I haven't gotten an e-mail yet. :-/ Could any of those who were admitted let us know if the e-mails you received were 'personal' or rather generic congratulations letters?

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