Hey guys,
I am also interested in OR/IE programs. Here are my profile:
Applying: PhD
Status: International with undergrad degree in the US
Undergrad: State school, ok ranking
Major: Industrial Engr (Honors), Minor: Computer Science
GPA: 3.97/4.00 (Outstanding Junior, Who's Who Among Students Award)
GRE: 167Q (96th%ile), 150V (44th%ile... oh well), 4.5AW (73rd%ile)
Research: 3 REU's-- awarded best project among 20 participants from accross the country for one of them
Professional experience: software development, social entreupreunership (partner w/ Apple, Inc.)
Papers: 2 in progress, none published yet
Presentations: 1 abstract sent (well known conference), 1 paper competition in progress
LoR: 1 from school director (knows me very well, took 2 classes with her), 1 from professor and research advisor, 1 from advisor (REU), 1 from chair at work
I am applying to theses schools:
MIT ORC (very long shot)
Stanford MSE (very long shot as well)
Cornell IEOR (long shot)
U of Mich IEO (kinda long shot)
Northwestern U IE (kinda long shot)
GaTech Computational Science and Engr (kinda long shot)
U of Wisconsin - Madison ISE
Colorado State (joint program-- BioEnergy + CS)
I would appreciate it if you guys could give me some feedback on my chances of getting admitted (with funding) to those schools. I know my verbal GRE is EXTREMELY lowwwww-- I am international and I didn't study too much for it.