Sam Rector

Incoming M.S. Statistics @ UChicago

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States

About

I’m a Boston College graduate who is entering UChicago’s M.S. in Statistics program this fall. I’m interested in finance/markets, marketing, health, and games/strategy from quantitative perspectives. I have industry experience in data science and exposure to academia through research/teaching assistantships at BC. I like to stay active (skiing, lifting, hoops, etc.), and I'm an avid Boston sports fan!

Experience

  • Boston College Carroll School of Management (Chestnut Hill, MA)
    • Research Assistant
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

      Quantitative micro research with Professor Megan Hunter & quantitative macro research with Professor Matteo Leombroni

    • Kelly Family Portico Fellow
      Aug 2025 - Dec 2025 · 5 mos

      Portico (business ethics/philosophy, PRTO1000) with Professor Michael Smith

  • Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA · Hybrid)
    • Research Assistant
      Jan 2026 - May 2026 · 5 mos

      Extremal random forests, VITA, and FinBERT @ Mohler Labs

    • Teaching Assistant
      Aug 2025 - May 2026 · 10 mos

      Spring 2026: NLP with Professor Emily Prud’hommeaux Spring 2026: ML & AI with Professor Do Yoon Kim Fall 2025: Math Foundations of Data Science with Professor Liyang Zhang

  • Data Science Intern at Liberty Mutual Insurance
    May 2025 - Aug 2025 · 4 mos

    US Retail Markets Data Sci - Home & Specialty PDM

  • Business and Basketball Intelligence Intern at Connecticut Sun
    May 2024 - Nov 2024 · 7 mos

    Social media, sales, and basketball analytics/data pipeline management

  • Fan & Youth Engagement at Boston Red Sox
    Mar 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Red Sox/Kids Nation membership sales