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Do you recommend reaching out to professors at programs you would like to apply to before applying or after once you have applied?

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How do you recommend to best prepare for graduate school?

Is there anything you wish you knew when you were applying to graduate/PhD programs?

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How many schools should/did you apply to?

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How many schools should/did you apply to?

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Finding professors to work with before applying

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Finding professors to work with before applying

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Some people say it is sometimes good to find professors with their own funding to fund you to go to that program but others say their department doesn't have such a thing. ANy idea on whether finding professors to talk to at programs you are considering before applying is useful?

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Any ideas on how admissions for probability and statistics PhDs are different and what a student should think about in deciding between which types of programs are good for them?

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How do you find schools that are at the right academic level for you?

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List of programs and whether they require GRE.

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List of programs and whether they require GRE.

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This list is curated by Emily Winn (Brown)

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USA/Canada Math PhD Programs: GRE requirements and Qualifying Exams

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For Nicholas,
I am also really interested in the exact program that you are in at John Hopkins. What credentials do you need to get into that program? What type of classes are you taking and how are they? Do you know of any external or internal funding for the MS program? Also, how is the area? I’ve never been around the Maryland area, so I’m curious where I would live. Thank you in advance!

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For Henok, do you have any funding at University of Maryland? What kind of credentials are needed to get into Maryland? How is the program there? I am interested in the Applied Math and Computational Science Ms and would like to know more about the school! Where do you live relative to campus?
-Julia Shapiro

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Nicholas Rank - Johns Hopkins University

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Nicholas Rank - Johns Hopkins University

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I completed my undergrad at The University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Mathematics in Actuarial Science. I am currently a student in the MS in Applied and Computational Mathematics program at Johns Hopkins University. My background is primarily in probability and statistics with secondary interests in discrete mathematics and optimization. I am currently a Data Scientist at General Motors.

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I am Associate Professor at UConn. Graduated in 2008 from UC Irvine, then started as a RItt Assistant Prof. at Columbia. I am interested in Riemannian geometry and Partial Differential Equations.

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I am a third year PhD student at Colorado State University, which I started right out of undergrad at James Madison University. My focus is on combinatorial methods in frame theory and how that can be applied to signal processing.

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I'm currently a part-time MS student at University of Maryland, where I'm pursuing a degree in Survey Statistics and Data Science. I've been working as a survey and sampling statistician for the past 4 years, and am pursuing my graduate degree while working full time. I took about a 3 year gap between completing my undergraduate degree and applying for graduate school.

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My name is Ricky Simanjuntak, 4th year PhD in Indiana University, with focus on Complex Dynamical System. Originally from Indonesia, did my undergrad from Stony Brook University.

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What do you look for in graduate applicants?

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How common is it to ask for application fee waivers? (not just for financial reasons)

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How common is it to ask for application fee waivers? (not just for financial reasons)