How strict is the department about the December 1 due date?
It is very helpful to us to receive applications by December 1. However, we do not want to discourage qualified applicants from applying, and a modest delay beyond December 1 will have no adverse effect. At some point, it becomes difficult to consider applicants for scholarships. We generally accept students until we approximately fill our targeted admissions numbers or until it becomes impractical to admit. Check with the Biostatistics Chair of Admissions for further information. Q: Could you please mention any other professor who would need the assistance of a research assistant. It is too soon to ask about professors needing a Graduate Student Researcher (GSR). Rather, if you are admitted, and if you ask, we will try to make you aware of appropriate job opportunities, and/or to tell other researchers about you. Not everyone gets a job this way before arriving, but in some years some incoming students have been able to find jobs in this way. Q: I have applied for the XXX program in B
