Profile evaluation - Statistics/Applied Math PhD (Really Confused and would appreciate any help)

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Hi everyone,

I will be applying to PhD programs in Statistics/Applied Math this fall, and am having a hard time in finalizing my choices. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Undergrad Institution: International (Unknown)

Major: Physics

Minor: Math, Economics

Cumulative GPA: 9.1 / 10

 

Grad Institution: Top 30 Statistics Program (US NEWS)

Major: Statistics

Cumulative GPA: 3.76

Type of Student: International male

Math Courses:
Undergraduate: Calculus I (A), Calculus II (Multivariate Calculus) (A), Linear Algebra (A), ODE (A), Prob. and Statistics (A), PDE (A-), Dynamical Systems (A)

Graduate: Complex Analysis (A), Linear Algebra (A), Real Analysis (A)

GRE: Q 168, V 158, W 4.0

GRE Mathematics Subject Test: 890

Research Experience: Undergraduate Theses on Econophysics (one paper forthcoming; preprint is ready), one conference publication in AIP, masters thesis on modelling stochastic volatility, Summer abroad in Russia (SPbU) (one preprint in the field of portfolio optimization). 

Awards: Nothing special. Fully funded masters and undergrad education. 

Recommendations: 2 from professors who taught my courses in math & stats (one is rather well-known, the other is a junior faculty member), 1 from a professor with whom I worked over a summer. 

Programs I'm Interested In:
I made a tentative list but need help finalizing it. 

I am interested in statistical/math finance so I am looking for departments which have professors working in these fields. 

 

STATS PhD:

UChicago 
Penn State
Columbia
Yale
Harvard

STATS / APPLIED MATH DEPT

Cornell - CAM / STATS (haven't decided which dept. to apply to)

U Michigan - AIM / STATS (haven't decided which dept. to apply to)

 

Applied Math

Johns Hopkins

UIUC

Washington

NYU

Brown

CMU

UPenn

UW Madison

Would anyone like to comment on my odds of being accepted to one of these programs? I am concerned about my grad GPA and feel it would be a factor in bringing down my application.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!