Personal Statement
I have always enjoyed solving math puzzles and thinking critically about anything in regard to numbers; however, with so many different branches of mathematics,it was really difficult to pick one area to focus on. In order to find my focus, I spent the first two years of my undergraduate study infus...
Personal Statement
Personal StatementXiaodan LiuQuantitative Finance & RiskManagement M.S. Coming from Chinato the United States for undergraduate study was both rewarding and challengingin myriad ways. I enjoyed being immersed in a culture entirely distinct fromthose of China, and I learned to embrace those diff...
Statement of Purpose
Academic Statement of PurposeXiaodanLiuQuantitative Finance & Risk Management M.S. I have always enjoyed solving math puzzles and thinking critically about anything in regard to numbers; however, with so many different branches of mathematics, it was really difficult to pick one area to focus o...
Personal Statement
My interest in statistics was actually aroused during my participation in the Mathematical Contest of Modeling in spring 2014. Working within a team of three, we aimed to set up a criterion to find the 5 best NBA basketball coaches. To achieve the aim, we constructed a model with the weighting metho...
Personal Statement
I was not aware of the awesome power ofstatistics until I participated in the Mathematical Contest of Modeling in2014. We sought to set up a criterion to find the five best NBA basketballcoaches. We constructed a model using the weighting method. I was responsiblefor the data collection and processi...