<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>I would prefer to stay away from the math major. It is a bit too quantitative for me 
Do you know about how many students are in the stats program? I am planning to pair the stats major with a different major.</p>
<p>It sounds like you know very little about both math and statistics. Take some classes and go from there</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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).</p>