What do the units specified against each course signify? They do not seem to map to the syllabus.
Stanford Degrees in Statistics
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Forgive my ignorance, but how many undergrads have actually published a paper? I'm not saying it's impossible, but I was under the impression that this is something that happens once you get in to grad school, not before.
More than you might think, especially at tier 1 universities with funded undergraduate research opportunities[1]. You don't have to be first author to be published. [1] https://members.cur.org/members_online/members/directory_lis...
How helpful is just being named on the paper? I've been working on a project for a year that just had its submission, not sure if I should try for good grad schools though or just target industry (Big4+Unicorn) instead.
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#23Thanks for this, but is there any way I can download the spreadsheet.
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#24Statistics = Science - Mathematics - Science
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#25Statistics = Science - Mathematics - Science
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
More than you might think, especially at tier 1 universities with funded undergraduate research opportunities[1]. You don't have to be first author to be published. [1] https://members.cur.org/members_online/members/directory_lis...
How helpful is just being named on the paper? I've been working on a project for a year that just had its submission, not sure if I should try for good grad schools though or just target industry (Big4+Unicorn) instead.
In the asymptotic words of someone else[1]: I don't see why you think it's such a great accomplishment -- all my friends have a Ph.D!
A very relevant read FWIW.
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#27I'm still amused/saddened by how little theoretical work you need to do at Stanford to get a statistics BS (they call it Mathematical & Computational Science). I get it: you don't need a rigorous foundation of math to be useful as a workaday "data scientist". That said, university is probably the last time you get to indulge/immerse yourself in deep, rigorous, mathematical thinking. Not requiring students to take the…
As a Stanford EE PhD grad, I always found the ordering between Stanford Math PhDs and the rest of us to be total, with the possible exception of some CS theorists.
I did find theory CS courses 'easy' as well, but I'm sure you'd consider straightforward some courses such as MATH230X that would be challenging for non-math majors.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
More than you might think, especially at tier 1 universities with funded undergraduate research opportunities[1]. You don't have to be first author to be published. [1] https://members.cur.org/members_online/members/directory_lis...
How helpful is just being named on the paper? I've been working on a project for a year that just had its submission, not sure if I should try for good grad schools though or just target industry (Big4+Unicorn) instead.
Grad school, if your ultimate goal is not academia, will most likely be an irresponsible use of your time.
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#29Huge thank you!
Hi and welcome to Hacker News! No need to leave a comment saying thank you, an upvote is more than sufficient :)
In general, unless you have something meaningful to add to the conversation, it's best to refrain from making comments (even if you're comment is a positive cordial one such as the one you posted).
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
How helpful is just being named on the paper? I've been working on a project for a year that just had its submission, not sure if I should try for good grad schools though or just target industry (Big4+Unicorn) instead.
Grad school, if your ultimate goal is not academia, will most likely be an irresponsible use of your time.
Care to qualify that?
Surely any irresponsible use of time is a personal deficit, not a graduate curricula's.
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