Statistics Masters Profile Evaluaton Fall 2016

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Undergraduate:

• the public school that's slightly better than Stanford

• BS EECS (EE)

• graduated with honors

• good grades on many upper-division math classes (analysis I and II, abstract algebra, linear algebra...etc) 

• only one (calculus-based) probability class from the EECS department. Good grade too.  

Graduate:

• starting a research masters program (in business/management) this fall in a good Canadian school
• my new professors will probably be my referees
• will be taking a statistics class with regression analysis

Research/Teaching Experience:

• none

Other Experiences: 

• 3 years as a programmer

For personal reasons, I want to go on to a PhD program in statistics or management in Canada, so I will probably focus on applied statistics.  

 

I am thinking of applying to the masters programs at:

• UBC: I am not sure if I satisfy the entrance requirements or how strict these requirements are 
• U of Toronto: probably out of my reach at this moment
• Simon Fraser: the department page doesn't really have any specific requirements
• York U
• U of Calgary

My main concerns:

• my lack of research experience
• my LORs won't be saying much as my referees will only have known me for 3 months when they write the LORs. 
• little statistics background

My questions/requests:

• Can someone please suggest other masters programs?
• Can someone please tell me what I can do in the next few months to improve my chance at U of Toronto? I doubt there's much I can do, but I would like to try. 
• If I do well on the GRE math subject test, would that help me?
• If I want to study probability theory, will I be better off doing a math masters instead?