My Harvard Ph.D. Qualifying Exam in Statistics
May 1989

A Photo-essay!!

The qualifying exam given by the Harvard University Department of Statistics used to be a 2-week long take-home exam. The theory part was to be completed in 5 days, and the applied part was to be finished in the remaining time. All the advice from more senior students could not adequately prepare me emotionally for the exam, so I thought it would be useful to future examinees to share my experience. And what better way to share the experience through a photo-essay! I present to you:

The Spring of '89 -- an Exam for All Seasons!

Here's what I looked like just before being handed the exam:

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