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  1. That was me. Not sure what to say, MyStatus says a decision has been made...and denied. Mine must’ve been bad enough to reject early lol.
  2. This is hilarious I'm still sweating!!
  3. I appreciate this insight. My follow-up question would be, what if the letter spoke to both quantitative aspects of my work and my ability to lead research. Some examples could include: - My ability to utilize contemporary machine learning models, e.g. models based on bayesian inference, or creating forecasts using appropriate ARIMA or ETS method in Python. - Led research for my organization in these statistical methods and technologies. Created the organizations first set of models utilizing SAS, Python, MatLab, and other relevant technologies. Appreciate initial input and any additional feedback.
  4. I have been out of school for 5 years. I am applying to programs this fall and have 2 of my 3 recommendation letters lined up from Professors from undergrad. They are recognized in their respective fields and will be providing good reviews (they have disclosed them to me). My question is, should I seek another professor for my 3rd recommendation? Or should this be a work reference? The work reference will provide a detailed recommendation of the quantitative work I've done in a Machine learning space, and applied statistics work (I work at a large software corporation). If I were to seek another professor recommendation, it would either be a math professor with whom I have taken only 2 classes recently in preparation for Ph.D applications. I could try to find a coworker in my space with a Ph.D, but that connection may be a bit more loose. Any/all opinions welcome. Much appreciated.
  5. I do not see too many posts by people returning to school, and leveraging experience from the workplace. My profile is as follows: 1. Work Experience - Machine Learning engineer/researcher for Microsoft. Build many statistical models and develop algorithms. Will likely weave part of this into my SOP. 2. Undergrad - Liberal arts Initially poor math courses (~2.5 GPA for calc series) ~3.7 for Econ courses including: Advanced Econometrics, Math Econ, Intro theory courses. 3. Taken the following math from a major/top ranked public university to prepare for applying: Diff eq (3.6). Linear Algebra (3.6) Advanced Stats/Probability theory (4.0). intro to math arguments/proof writing (3.7). Multivariable calc (4.0) real analysis (pending - aiming 3.8) 4. 168Q on GRE 5. Letters of Rec - 2 undergrad professors, strong in their field with some connections (but not top 10 connections). 1 from employer to demonstrate extensive solo research experience in stats/ML based work. My undergrad math was poor but hopefully showcasing all the work since then signals my capability. Thoughts on top 20 or top 50? appreciate your time and input.
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