Applying for Stats MS with Insufficient Math Background

[lynntoujours]

Hello Everyone,

I am a rising senior and double major in econ and politics in a top liberal arts college in New England. I am thinking about applying for MS in stats (hopefully some top programs). I have a 3.9+ GPA, with both math courses and econ major gpa being 4.0. I did research with my econ professor last summer, therefore had some experiences working with really large dataset and developed good Stata and R skills. Right now, I am working as a financial analyst intern at a small investment/research company, accumulating more experiences using linear regression+advanced machine learning methods.

My biggest weakness is that I haven't taken many math courses. I took Calc, multivariable calc, linear algebra, geometry and probability at school. In addition, I did econ stats, econometrics, time series econometrics and the economics of big data (learning machine learning methods), which were all highly quantitative courses. However, I don't have maths stats or any rigorous "proof" math courses on my transcript, such as real analysis. I was wondering if it will seriously hurt my chances of getting into top MS programs and if I should adjust my program-choosing strategy accordingly. Also, will taking GRE Math Subject test compensate my insufficient math background?

I will take both GRE and math subject test in September.

Thank you so much for your advice!