Seeking advice on choosing universities to apply
I am 3rd year undergraduate of applied math program at university of some small country(#1 in the country btw) in Asia. I am planning to apply for PhD programs this winter. Due to insufficient budget, I can send applications to at most 4-5 universities. And I am willing to get realistic advices on choosing universities to apply.(I asked chatgpt but I thought it is maybe better to ask from real people before final decision.) First let me share my profile.
I have gpa 3.8. I have published 4 preprints in arxiv at the intersection of applied harmonic analysis and deep relu neural networks.
3 of them are under peer review in Q1 journals. I have been research trainee at one of the top 3 universities in canada for 3 months granted by NSERC.(Unfortunately my supervisor at Canada did not suggest any program or universities and he said he is no longer working in the academia starting from the next year. He did mention some people but most of them were very old like above 55 or 60.) Ask me questions if needed and I will really appreciate detailed advices :>