stat-UVa的一点情况

看见地里关于UVa的情况比较少，所以前几天发帖问在那里的师兄关于UVa的stat-master的一些情况（他也是地里人哇~），因为不准备去他家了，所以就没有问关于生活上的事情了，望见谅：

1. 它家的MS出来之后在美国找工作的情况如何~
找工作，要求不高的基本上都能找到吧，做sas或sql programmer的比较多

2. 在它家读了之后，再申别的学校的PHD的情况怎么样~
申PhD，据这边的PhD学长学姐说已经毕业的master有申到UIUC MICHIGAN这种算是很不错的，申phd的不是很多。

3. 您是否了解那个新的data science的项目的一些情况呢
不太了解，但觉得挺不错的。不过可能一年的话，如果本身编程基础不扎实，可能时间比较短，不能学精。

4. 研究生能不能找到TA之类的工作呢
研究生是没有TA的，校内图书馆、书店等地方有些兼职。

data science发邮件问jeff好像说是可以延期，多修related courses

另外附上我问到的一些情况，供大家参考一下，特别感谢提供信息的学长！

I would say, about 1/4 - 1/3 of the student applied for PhD program and 1/2 of them found jobs around VA and DC areas. This is just an estimate from what I observed in 2012 and 2013.

It is a choice that you should make after the first semester whether you want to go for a PhD degree or find a job. Because your choice will determine what you should focus on in the following time in UVa. Also, if you know what you want to do already, you should also take that into concern when making decision of what program to attend. Some programs prepare you for a PhD and some are better for finding jobs. If you want to find a job after getting a master, location is also a very important factor.

Like stat departments in many universities, UVa stat is not very large in terms of size. It has about 8-9 faculties. Two of them are Chinese and they are very nice. Don't worry about the teaching style, all statistics are taught the same way, no matter in China or in US.


I will start from 2011. In 2011, about 15 masters were admitted to UVa stat program. Half of them are Chinese from universities in China. They graduate in 2013, and I know about 5 of them got job offers. Mostly working with data management.

The graduate adviser wanted to reform the program beginning in 2013. Therefore, the master program didn't recruit as many students in 2012. It only admitted about 7 student in 2012, most of them were from UVa undergraduate. Because the graduate adviser (Dan Spitzner) intended to have these student graduate in one year, in 2013 with those who were admitted in 2011. I am one of them. And I am the only one who continued to a PhD program. Other people got jobs in DC, VA, or Hong Kong.

感谢分享！！ 棉花同学回学校没呀~

楼主想去哪家呢？现在手里只有UVa,感觉总体还行，就是不知道系是不是太小了就业还是不行啊。。。你的学长评价咋样

shirley512 发表于 2014-3-15 22:40
楼主想去哪家呢？现在手里只有UVa,感觉总体还行，就是不知道系是不是太小了就业还是不行啊。。。你的学长评 ...

会去emory读生统吧
就业是还好，但据说他家偏传统，不过今年的新项目不知道会不会给他家有些变化

新疆弹棉花的 发表于 2014-3-16 07:51
会去emory读生统吧
就业是还好，但据说他家偏传统，不过今年的新项目不知道会不会给他家有些变化

哇，emory多好啊！！！传统么。。。据说现在都向data science方向偏？

shirley512 发表于 2014-3-16 09:30
哇，emory多好啊！！！传统么。。。据说现在都向data science方向偏？

就是啊~毕竟data science什么的太火了

新疆弹棉花的 发表于 2014-3-16 22:05
就是啊~毕竟data science什么的太火了

就是啊，据说是政府都呼吁啥的~~

谢谢三楼的地主分享 哈哈 觉得很有用 话说学校Career Center 如何呀？