Profile eval
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 7:22 pm
Type of student: Domestic Asian Male
Undergrad: US large public (very well-known)
Major: Math
GPA: 4.0
Courses: ~10 grad courses
GRE: 166 Q, 167 V, 4.5 W, 86% mGRE
Experience/Other:
-- Should have a good paper in the next few months with my adviser following work over the last 2-3 years (so maybe 4-5 by the time I apply)
-- Expect at least two (very?) good recommendation letters, all from well-known profs.
The issue is that there are very few top institutions (~2 out of the top 5, and nothing else near them) with anybody in the area that I am interested in, and my letters are definitely going to go mostly into my work in this area. The other schools that have people in this area are far worse as far as the quality of my likely adviser and the overall institution is concerned (top 50 maybe) is concerned. What are the best chances I can expect to get into at least one of these two schools? I have heard admission into them is quite noisy, and I want to know just how noisy it is. In particular, roughly how many applicants are rejected who have similar "fundamentals" (publications, grades, etc) to those who are accepted? Of course, there exists little data on this (especially with rec letters which aren't floating around muddying the waters), and the question is not very well defined. Despite this, I was wondering if anybody has even a very rough estimate perhaps from conversations with people who have been involved with admissions committees.
Undergrad: US large public (very well-known)
Major: Math
GPA: 4.0
Courses: ~10 grad courses
GRE: 166 Q, 167 V, 4.5 W, 86% mGRE
Experience/Other:
-- Should have a good paper in the next few months with my adviser following work over the last 2-3 years (so maybe 4-5 by the time I apply)
-- Expect at least two (very?) good recommendation letters, all from well-known profs.
The issue is that there are very few top institutions (~2 out of the top 5, and nothing else near them) with anybody in the area that I am interested in, and my letters are definitely going to go mostly into my work in this area. The other schools that have people in this area are far worse as far as the quality of my likely adviser and the overall institution is concerned (top 50 maybe) is concerned. What are the best chances I can expect to get into at least one of these two schools? I have heard admission into them is quite noisy, and I want to know just how noisy it is. In particular, roughly how many applicants are rejected who have similar "fundamentals" (publications, grades, etc) to those who are accepted? Of course, there exists little data on this (especially with rec letters which aren't floating around muddying the waters), and the question is not very well defined. Despite this, I was wondering if anybody has even a very rough estimate perhaps from conversations with people who have been involved with admissions committees.