2015 Applicant Profiles / Admission Results - Biostatistics/Statistics

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Undergrad Institution: Mid-sized Canadian Research University
Major(s): Mathematics and Statistics
GPA: 4.0
Type of Student: Canadian Female

GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 169 (97%)
V: 168 (98%)
W: 5.5 (98%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: N/A

Program Applying: PhD Biostatistics, MSc Biostatistics, PhD Statistics

Research Experience: 2 full time 4 month RAs and 1 part time 8 month RA in Statistics. 1 publication, 1 accepted publication, one conference talk. 
Awards/Honours/Recognitions: Mostly academic awards, some awards for posters/presentations etc, large scholarship for undergrad.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for 2 years, marking and tutoring.

Letters of Recommendation: A stellar one from the professor who I wrote two papers with, two great ones from other Stat professors at my school. All are senior, but not really well-known. 

Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Took a lot of cross-listed Master's classes in Statistics.

Applying to Where: 
University of Washington - Biostatistics PhD - Accepted January 9th (Attending!)

UNC - Biostatistics PhD - Accepted January 8th
Harvard - Biostatistics PhD - Rejected March 11th 
University of California Berkeley - Statistics PhD - Rejected March 11th 
University of Toronto - Biostatistics MSc - Accepted March 14th

University of Waterloo - Biostatistics MSc - Accepted February 2nd

Edited April 19, 2015 by twilightgalaxy