statagirl Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Hey everyone! I've seen threads like this in previous application seasons and found their content really helpful. Can we get this started for the Fall 2015 season? Here is the general format to follow: Undergrad Institution: (School or type of school (such as Big state/Lib Arts/Ivy/Technical/Foreign (Country?))Major(s): Minor(s):GPA: Type of Student: (Domestic/International (Country?), Male/Female?, Minority?)GRE General Test: Q: xxx (xx%)V: xxx (xx%)W: x.x (xx%)GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: M: xxx (xx%)TOEFL Score: (xx = Rxx/Lxx/Sxx/Wxx) (if applicable)Grad Institution: (school or type of school?) (if applicable) Concentration: GPA: Programs Applying: (Statistics/Operation Research/Biostatistics/Financial Math/etc.) Research Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications or conference talks etc...)Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?)Pertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, etc...) Letters of Recommendation: (what kinds of professors? "well-known" in field? etc.)Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: (Such as connections, grad classes, etc...)Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)School - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/DeclinedSchool - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/DeclinedSchool - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/Declined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stat Assistant Professor Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Just an fyi, this forum won't allow you to edit your posts after a little while, so to keep us posted on admissions results, put the results in your signature too.I'm sure that will help a lot of future applicants as well. Lelouch Lamperouge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ergodic Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Has anybody heard anything yet from the Grad Schools for PhD statistics or is it too early? I have seen a couple of NCSU and OSU acceptances on gradcafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatsG0d Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I think it's still very early and the only schools that would be accepting people so early would be those who review on a rolling basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamic89 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 So Duke has sent out some rejections today, but no acceptances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonerCoffee Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Yeah, I got a Duke rejection just now also. That's a bit disheartening, to be flat rejected on what seems like the first round of considerations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamic89 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Duke statistics or biostatistics? I only applied to their statistics department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayessays Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Statistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonerCoffee Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Statistics PhD as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamic89 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 acceptances seemed to come before rejections in previous years tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayessays Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Duke seems to have interviews for people who make a certain cut, so their real acceptances don't come until the end of February. It seems like they let the people who won't be interviewed know early this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespoke Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Has anybody heard anything yet from the Grad Schools for PhD statistics or is it too early? I have seen a couple of NCSU and OSU acceptances on gradcafe. I received an acceptance for NCSU PhD Statistics in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ergodic Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Bespoke - many congratulations! I have applied to NCSU as well...waiting to see how far I can go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats_is_cool Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) I guess I'll be the first to respond.Undergrad Institution: Large state schoolMajor(s): StatisticsMinor(s): MathematicsGPA: 3.62 (3.9 in-major) Type of Student: Domestic white male GRE General Test: Q: 164 (88%)V: 158 (78%)W: 4.5 (80%)GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:M: N/A Programs Applying: PhD Statistics Research Experience: Provided programming support for a prof's research over the summer, no publications/conferences.Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Deans List, Dept. Scholarship for a yearPertinent Activities or Jobs: Worked essentially as a math tutor for freshman calc classes for 5 semesters. Volunteer with a stat consulting lab from summer - now, working on collaboration projects and walk-in consulting. Letters of Recommendation: One from the director of the consulting lab, probably the most well-known. One from a new associate professor who taught me for Intro Stat, Regression and Experimental Design. One from a professor who taught me Probability and Adv Calc, and was my research advisor for the summer. While they aren't all too well-known, they all had really nice things to say about me and helped convey my enthusiasm to learn more stats/do research Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: N/A Edited January 20, 2015 by stats_is_cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakira_stat Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) Undergrad Institution: Large State School, Top 20 for Applied Math and Pure Math (not ranked for Statistics though)Major(s): MathMinor(s):GPA: 3.79 (3.97 in-major) Type of Student: Domestic Asian MaleGRE General Test: Q: 170 (98%)V: 159 (~80%)W: 4.0 (~59%)GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:M: N/A Programs Applying: PhD Statistics Research Experience: 1. Created photovoltaics research project. 2. Worked with theoretical ecology post-doc on campus. Presented at out-of-state conference. 3. Did some bioinformatics at REU. Presented at two out-of-state conferences.Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Campus-wide research award, Dean’s List, a bunch of scholarshipsPertinent Activities or Jobs: Former president of math honor society. Letters of Recommendation: Just my research mentors from three different research projects. One is a fairly new professor. One is director of lab group. One is director of research lab. None have any relation to the statistics world, which may have hurt me (oh well). Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Did an REU at two of the schools that I’m applying to (don’t know if that counts as “connections”). Also, I’ve only taken three prob/stat classes, so I may have a weaker foundation than some other applicants. Edited January 20, 2015 by shakira_stat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatsG0d Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) Undergrad Institution: Top 100 Private, no math/statistics PhD programs offered Major(s): EconomicsMinor(s): MathematicsGPA: 3.81 Type of Student: DWMGRE General Test: Q: 164 (88%)V: 157 (74%)W: 5.0 (93%)GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: M: Did not takeTOEFL Score: n/a Grad Institution: n/a Concentration: GPA: Programs Applying: PhD Statistics Research Experience: 1 year RA for undergrad professor; 2 years RA at international organization; Undergraduate thesisAwards/Honors/Recognitions: Magna Cum Laude; Alpha Sigma Nu; Received superior rating at current jobPertinent Activities or Jobs: Working as econometrics RA; volunteering as tutor Letters of Recommendation: 1 Econ professor (very well known); 1 biostatistics professor (well known); 1 math professor (not well known, but was the top performing student in his differential equations and real analysis classes)Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Coming from a relatively unknown university with mediocre GRE scores, I think my research experience and letters made the difference. Edited January 23, 2015 by footballman2399 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar_rf Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 (edited) I've pretty much received all my decisions, and I suspect others have or will soon as well, so I might as well bump this. Undergrad Institution: Top 10 private Major(s): Statistics, Economics Minor(s): n/a GPA: 3.86 Type of Student: Male Domestic Asian GRE General Test: Q: 170 (98%) V: 167 (97%) W: 4.5 (80%) Programs Applying: PhD Statistics, Econometrics and Statistics Research Experience: Significant amount of econ research in school. Two years as a full-time RA at a Federal Reserve bank doing econ research. Letters of Recommendation: Good one from a well known stat professor, good one from a famous econ professor, great one from a relatively unknown econ researcher. Berkeley - Pending, presumed reject (as of 3/5) Washington - Waitlist (1/23) Chicago - Reject (3/5) Carnegie Mellon - Accept, no stat/ml (2/24) Michigan - Accept (2/9) Wisconsin - Accept (1/28) Columbia - Waitlist (2/26) Minnesota - Accept (1/21) Purdue - Accept (1/15) Ohio - Accept (12/30) UCLA - Accept (1/29) UIUC - Accept (2/16) Chicago-Booth - Accept (2/16) Edited March 5, 2015 by ar_rf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiolpe Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) Undergrad Institution: Public state university Major(s): Mathematics Minor(s): Statistics GPA: 3.59 (3.8 in math/stat classes) Type of Student: Domestic White Male GRE General Test: Q: 164 (88%) V: 156 (71%) W: 4.0 (56%) Programs Applying: PhD Biostatistics, MS Biostatistics, and PhD Statistics Research Experience: Did research at my home university for a summer. Published a paper. Did an REU the next summer. Both fall under mathematical biology. Letters of Recommendation: Excellent letter of rec from my advisor. Excellent letter from my analysis professor. Good letter from my REU mentor Washington (PhD Biostatistics) - Reject Minnesota (PhD Biostatistics) - Waitlist North Carolina State University (PhD Statistics) - Waitlist Duke (PhD Biostatistics) - Interview Boston University (PhD Biostatistics) - Interview Berkeley (MS Biostatistics) - Accept Michigan (MS Biostatistics) - Accept University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD Biostatistics) - Accept UCLA (PhD Biostatistics) - Accept Edited March 6, 2015 by hiolpe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteLion Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) Undergrad Institution: Top 40 Private U.S.Major(s): Math, MusicMinor(s):GPA: 3.67(Only 3.0 in Math, bad grades in Algebra/Analysis ) Type of Student: Domestic White MaleGRE General Test: Q: 170 (98%)V: 170 (99%)W: 5.0 (93%)Grad Institution: Secondary U.S. State School(Not ranked in Statistics) Concentration: Statistics (M.A.)GPA: 4.0 Programs Applying: Statistics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics Research Experience: NoneAwards/Honors/Recognitions: Had a large scholarship for undegrad, funded master's studentPertinent Activities or Jobs: Math tutor, taught several different math/stats classes as a TA Letters of Recommendation: One from a senior faculty member at my master's institution whom I took 3 courses from and is well known, one from my analysis professor, one from my prob theory/mathematical statistics professor. Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Took the grad pure math real analysis sequence at my master's school and scored at the top of the class Maryland(Applied Math and Stats PhD) - Michigan(Stats PhD) - Reject Stony Brook(Applied Math and Stats PhD) - Columbia(Stats PhD) - Johns Hopkins(Applied Math and Stats PhD) - UNC(Stats PhD) - NYU(Stats PhD) - Purdue(Stats PhD) - Northwestern(Stats PhD) - UC Davis(Stats PhD) - Ohio State(Stats PhD) - Accept Toronto(Stats PhD) - Also accepted to the PhD program at my master's school My first letter writer encouraged me to be ambitious with my applications, which I did. I have heard nothing from the majority of schools I applied to, which I assume is bad at this point, but I got into Ohio State, which I am happy about. Edited March 8, 2015 by WhiteLion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLHopeful Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) Undergrad Institution: Top math/stats/CS school in CanadaMajor(s): Stats, Pure math and C&OMinor(s):GPA: 91.4% (90% and above is an A+) Type of Student: American citizenGRE General Test: Q: 170 (98%)V: 166 (96%)W: 5.0 (93%)GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: M: 750 (71%) (only submitted to Stanford) Programs Applying: Statistics, one CS Research Experience: 2 full-time 4 month terms in pure math, machine learning, 4 months part-time in applying ML to HCI, 4 months full time at a top tech company in ML researchAwards/Honors/Recognitions: Grades honours, fellowships for research, nothing particularly excitingPertinent Activities or Jobs: 16 months of full-time intern experience, all in statistical jobs. Letters of Recommendation: 4 letters - one from each prof I worked with, plus my research supervisor at the tech company (who also had a PhD from a top school). All the profs are senior, although not overly famous. The letters, I believe, were quite strong, I suspect the one from the ML prof put me among his strongest students ever (grad or undergrad). Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Taken ~5 PhD level classes, many more cross-listed masters classes, have a first author paper submitted in ML.Applying to Where: (Statistics PhD unless otherwise noted)Berkeley - AcceptedStanford - RejectedCMU - Waitlisted, immediately removed myself from consideration (there were some complications here: ) Chicago - Accepted MIT (CS) - Rejected Washington - Accepted Columbia - Accepted Edited March 9, 2015 by MLHopeful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSc_in_SMC Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Undergrad Institution: Small Canadian Primarily UndergraduateMajor(s): Mathematics and StatisticsMinor(s): EconomicsGPA: 4.0Type of Student: Canadian MaleGraduate Institution: Canadian Research UniversityMajor(s): MSc Statistics (2 year program)GPA: 94%GRE Revised General Test:Q: 170 (98%)V: 167 (97%)W: 4.0 (56%)GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:M: N/AProgram Applying: PhD StatisticsResearch Experience: 3 Summer RAs at Undergraduate Institution, RA at Graduate Institution, all in Statistics. 2 publications accepted, 3 submitted. Several Conference Talks.Awards/Honours/Recognitions: 4 student awards for Conference Talks (2 Regional, 2 National)Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 6 Semesters TA during undergrad, 1 Semester during Grad.Applying to Where: Carnegie Mellon - Joint Statistics and Machine Learning - Accepted February 20th Attending!Carnegie Mellon - Statistics - Accepted February 19th Columbia - Statistics - Accepted February 11thDuke - Statistical Science - Interview Offered December 12th, Accepted February 27thHarvard - Statistics - Waitlisted February 6thUniversity of British Columbia - Statistics - Accepted February 24thUniversity of California Berkeley - Statistics - Rejected March 11th University of Toronto - Statistics - Accepted March 10thUniversity of Washington - Statistics - Accepted January 16th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonerCoffee Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Undergrad Institution: Top 15 Liberal Arts CollegeMajor(s): MathematicsMinor(s): PhysicsGPA: 3.91Type of Student: Domestic Asian MaleGRE Revised General Test:Q: 170 (98%)V: 162 (89%)W: 4.5 (80%)GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:M: N/AProgram Applying: PhD/MA Statistics/BiostatisticsResearch Experience: 1 Astronomy project at home institution, 1 summer biostatistics REU, SIBSAwards/Honours/Recognitions: 1 Intro Chemistry award, ASA student membership recipientPertinent Activities or Jobs: 10 on the Putnam one year, graded math homework for 3 years, compiled an introductory R manual.Applying to Where: Carnegie Mellon - Statistics PhD - Rejected February 9th Columbia - Statistics PhD- Rejected March 17th Duke - Statistics PhD - Rejected January 7th Wisconsin - Statistics PhD - Accepted February 20th Harvard - Biostatistics PhD - Rejected February 18th Minnesota - Biostatistics PhD - Accepted January 13th Washington - Biostatistics PhD- Waitlisted January 9th, Rejected April 13th Johns Hopkins- Biostatistics PhD- Waitlisted (?) / Rejected April 9th (Never formally got back to me with a decision, had to inquire myself) Berkeley - Biostatistics MA - Accepted February 4th Michigan - Biostatistics PhD - Accepted January 4th Attending! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echlori Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Undergrad Institution: Top 10 UK University (top 3 in mathematics and statistics)Major(s): Four year integrated masters programme in StatisticsGPA: Second Upper Class HonoursType of Student: International Asian MaleGRE Revised General Test:Q: 169 (98%)V: 164 (93%)W: 4.5 (78%)GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:M: 600 (36%)Program Applying: MS Statistics/Biostatistics/CS - my interest is mainly in Machine LearningResearch Experience: - 2 summer research attachments while in undergrad - 1 first author paper and 1 second author paper. - 16 months research assistantship in Deep Learning - 1 second author paper and 1 second author patent.Awards/Honours/Recognitions: Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Currently working in a data science role in government.Applying to Where: University of Washington (Statistics): Pending University of Washington (Biostatistics): Rejected Carnegie Mellon University (CS): Accepted Rejected (Yes, I was one of those affected ) Carnegie Mellon University (ML): Rejected Carnegie Mellon University (Computational Data Science): Accepted Stanford University (Statistics): Rejected University of British Colombia (Statistics): Rejected UC San Diego (Computer Science): Accepted After 2 years of trying for a PhD, I changed my mind. While I don't entirely rule out eventually doing a PhD, my aim now is to finish my masters and continue in the data science industry. Whether this has resulted in my SOP being more "focused" or not, I have no idea. Unless UW comes with an offer, I should be headed to San Diego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portmanteaujam Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) Undergrad Institution: Top master's-level private universityMajor(s): Mathematics, Computer ScienceMinor(s): GPA: 3.62Type of Student: DWMGRE Revised General Test:Q: 164V: 164W: 5.0GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:M: N/AProgram Applying: PhD StatisticsResearch Experience: 2 REUs in mathematical criminology, 1 research fellowship in statistics and social sciences, 1 published paperAwards/Honours/Recognitions: MAA presentation awards, departmental awards and scholarships, etc.Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Civil engineering teaching assistant, NASA intern, currently working as a data scientistApplying to Where: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - INSTORE PhD - Rejected University of Texas, Austin - Statistics PhD - Rejected University of California, Los Angeles - Statistics PhD - Rejected University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Statistics PhD - Accepted Rice - Statistics PhD - Accepted Northwestern - Statistics PhD - Accepted + Attending! Edited April 17, 2015 by Portmanteaujam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausinthehouse Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Undergraduate Institution: Top 100 US SLAC Major(s): Philosophy GPA: 3.84 Type of Student: US Citizen, Male GRE Revised General Test: Q: 169 (97%) V: 170 (99%) W: 5.5 (98%) GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: M: N/A Program Applying: MS Biostatistics Research Experience: None Awards/Honours/Recognitions: An English publication, repeated Dean's List, distinction in my major Pertinent Activities or Jobs: SIBS, math tutor Applying to Where: Michigan - Accepted January 27th (funded) - attending Minnesota - Accepted February 11th (funded) UCLA - accepted March 15th UNC - Accepted February 2nd Washington - rejected January 11th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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