Fall 2022 Profile Review
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:32 pm
Hello everyone, I am a domestic student with interests in applied math. I want to study optimal control theory, networks/graph theory and the applications of these areas to computational neuroscience. I have found some schools that seem like a good fit, but I have no idea if I stand a chance with any of them. Do I have any chances of getting into the schools I list? What other programs should I consider?
Undergrad Institution: UCLA.
Post-bacc: University of Oregon, UCSD, UCLA
Major: Economics
GPA: 3.4 Overall, 3.85 last 100 credits (senior year and post-bacc)
Math Courses by year:
1st-- Calc 1 (B-), Calc 2 (B), Calc 3 (C)
2nd-- Calc 4 (C-)
3rd-- None
4th+-- Linear Algebra (B+), Differential Equations (A-)
Post-bacc: Real Analysis (A), Graduate Topology 1 (A), Graduate Real Analysis 1/2/3 (A/A/A), Extremal Combinatorics and Graph Theory (A), Mathematical Modeling (A), Abstract Linear Algebra (A), Electrodynamics Optics and Relativity (A), Probability Theory 1 (A), Abstract Algebra 1 (A), Optimization (A), Introduction to Networks (A)
Programming: Python (1 yr professional + neuro research/coursework), R, Stata, Excel.
GRE Q/V/W: 168/164/4.5
GREm: N/A
Programs Applying: Applied Math PhD (computational biology/neuro specialization, optimal control, networks/graph theory)
Research Experience: over 1 yr neuro research at excellent lab with solid writing sample to show for it, extensive programming, data analysis and literature reviews. About 1 year with business school professor at high-ranking program with 2 coauthored papers in behavioral psychology.
Work Experience: Close to 1 year work experience as Analyst where I did ARMA forecasting, market research and data automation for a startup. Part-time grant proposal, data visualization and analytics pipeline work (for business school letter-writer).
Letters of Recommendation: One rec from Graduate Real Analysis 1/2, one rec from business school professor, one rec from head of neuroscience lab.
Research interests: Computational neuroscience, networks and complex dynamics, graph theory, optimal control theory
School List (so far):
UC Boulder
UC Davis
Ohio State University
UCSD
UW
USC
Concerns:
Calculus grades, overall gpa. Let's just say I did not have it together in early undergrad... I'm wondering if it's a good idea to take mGRE, or should I use my time to take more probability and abstract algebra?
Undergrad Institution: UCLA.
Post-bacc: University of Oregon, UCSD, UCLA
Major: Economics
GPA: 3.4 Overall, 3.85 last 100 credits (senior year and post-bacc)
Math Courses by year:
1st-- Calc 1 (B-), Calc 2 (B), Calc 3 (C)
2nd-- Calc 4 (C-)
3rd-- None
4th+-- Linear Algebra (B+), Differential Equations (A-)
Post-bacc: Real Analysis (A), Graduate Topology 1 (A), Graduate Real Analysis 1/2/3 (A/A/A), Extremal Combinatorics and Graph Theory (A), Mathematical Modeling (A), Abstract Linear Algebra (A), Electrodynamics Optics and Relativity (A), Probability Theory 1 (A), Abstract Algebra 1 (A), Optimization (A), Introduction to Networks (A)
Programming: Python (1 yr professional + neuro research/coursework), R, Stata, Excel.
GRE Q/V/W: 168/164/4.5
GREm: N/A
Programs Applying: Applied Math PhD (computational biology/neuro specialization, optimal control, networks/graph theory)
Research Experience: over 1 yr neuro research at excellent lab with solid writing sample to show for it, extensive programming, data analysis and literature reviews. About 1 year with business school professor at high-ranking program with 2 coauthored papers in behavioral psychology.
Work Experience: Close to 1 year work experience as Analyst where I did ARMA forecasting, market research and data automation for a startup. Part-time grant proposal, data visualization and analytics pipeline work (for business school letter-writer).
Letters of Recommendation: One rec from Graduate Real Analysis 1/2, one rec from business school professor, one rec from head of neuroscience lab.
Research interests: Computational neuroscience, networks and complex dynamics, graph theory, optimal control theory
School List (so far):
UC Boulder
UC Davis
Ohio State University
UCSD
UW
USC
Concerns:
Calculus grades, overall gpa. Let's just say I did not have it together in early undergrad... I'm wondering if it's a good idea to take mGRE, or should I use my time to take more probability and abstract algebra?