UCLA Statistics PhD - Fall 2016

[PhdStats]

Has anyone here applied?

Let's use this topic to centralize discussions about it.

[Residuals]

UCLA's department of statistics is a good choice as a safety school. Housed for years in the math department to eventually become an independent department in the late 1990's. So, compared to the established departments at other schools, the department is fairly new. Accordingly, it is still struggling to get an identity and recognition. Not sure one should pick UCLA as the "go to option" if one is hoping for landing an academic position; the department simply doesn't have the reputation for that type of placement on a consistent basis. But, with this said, it is not a bad department. It just seems to fall in the safety school category. I am sure with time and the resources and new hires, the department has a positive trajectory moving into the future.

Edited December 25, 2015 by arima

[PhdStats]

21 hours ago, arima said:

UCLA's department of statistics is a good choice as a safety school. Housed for years in the math department to eventually become an independent department in the late 1990's. So, compared to the established departments at other schools, the department is fairly new. Accordingly, it is still struggling to get an identity and recognition. Not sure one should pick UCLA as the "go to option" if one is hoping for landing an academic position; the department simply doesn't have the reputation for that type of placement on a consistent basis. But, with this said, it is not a bad department. It just seems to fall in the safety school category. I am sure with time and the resources and new hires, the department has a positive trajectory moving into the future.

Thanks. Did you apply there?