Loinve

Does anyone have any information/comments about the Interdisciplinary Applied Statistics major? Is statistics as a whole difficult at UVA? How quantitative is the major? How is the econometrics concentration? Anything else you can add would be greatly appreciated.

110percentwahoo

I would not suggest doing a statistics major at UVA. The department is very small and has terrible professors. The mathematics major w/ a probability and statistics concentration (this is what I'm doing) is much better. You have better job options coming out with the math, a better theoretical understanding of everything and better professors in the math department (where you'll take most of you classes). The best option however may be to look into the 4 or 5 year masters program if you are sold statistics.

Loinve

I would prefer to stay away from the math major. It is a bit too quantitative for me :P Do you know about how many students are in the stats program? I am planning to pair the stats major with a different major.

DoinSchool

It sounds like you know very little about both math and statistics. Take some classes and go from there

WaitingForGodot

The math major is too quantitative? I would imagine you would do a lot more calculations in statistics than math. Math is primarily about proofs once you get past the calculus track.

AbelianGrape

The only proof based courses the stat concentration requires is basic analysis and survey of algebra, so it shouldn't be too more difficult than the stat major.

10iswarrior

I second 110percentwahoo's comment that the statistics department at UVa is subpar. I know somebody who graduated last year who wants to do statistics, but basically refused to take courses taught by the statistics department (she was a Lawn Resident too, for what it's worth).