Hello OR/IE Men/Women.
Undergraduate: Good Math school in Iran
Graduate: Good IE school in Iran
GPA: 3.48 (Undergrad - Applied Math), 3.74 (Grad - Systems Engineering)
GRE: V. 147 (36%), Q. 166 (94%), AW. 4 (48%)
Toefl iBT: 101
Recoms: Strong from infamous profs
Research: 4 oral presentations in intl. conferences, 1 paper invited for submission to a journal (IF = 3.9), 1 other journal paper in preparation
Currently, I have the following universities in my list (all PhD):
1) Georgia Tech IE (very long shot)
2) Carnegie Mellon University EPP (long shot)
3) U of Toronto IE
4) NCSU IE
5) U of Florida IE
6) Texas - Austin IE
7) Boston University SE
8) Clemson University IE
9) Hong Kong U of Science & Tech IE (+fellowship)
I think my chances for getting admission with full funding from my choices are not that high. What do you think?
Good luck for every applicant.