In the poll, I selected traditional education (Ph.D., statistics, Wharton School of Business)/ career path, but I also checked other, hoping there would be a space for explanation.  It looks like I need to do it here. When I entered the graduate program in Applied Mathematics at Drexel, I was unsure of which branch I wanted to go into.  However, my first probability & statistics professor was a Cheryl Tiegs (supermodel of the early 80s) lookalike. Her classes were naturally the most…See More