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AW is not critical usually, research fit and funding availability are more important. I have talked about this with many U.S. professors. However, some programs set their minimum to 3.5; this is considered as an implicit screening criteria. 3.5 and 3.0 are in different groups according to ETS; professors always look at ETS guide. But' they do not simply reject students based on AW. Programs you've applied for are just extremely competitive except for NCSU, VT.But, OR in VT is quite strict in the admission. But, I think you can get at least one more admission if your research interests fit the program. Prof. Kianfar has no authority to accept you even if he is interested in your application. But' I you can just apply for R.A. position. If you did not apply for TAMU, then you need to talk to Dr. Ding, the graduate advisor. If you are interested in PhD in TAMU, apply now for Master's program, and then talk to Dr. Kianfar to get aids. To tell the truth, there is no difference btw MS and PhD for the first year, if you are going to take PhD QE courses. If you already have M.S. and passed the Q.E after the first year, you can transfer to PhD with the agreement from Dr. Ding. Once you succeed to transfer to PhD your some of courseworks will be waived depending on your background. I recommend you to consider this as your plan-C. For NCSU, the financial decision will start on 1st March. You still have a chance to get aid. Don't give up!

Congrats! hope to see you at INFORMS someday.

I got the acceptance letter and assistanchips from UT-Dallas business program. And i'm going to stop my admission process for the other programs

Thanks guys~

Anyone got news from Minnesota?

Denied from NW hahaha!

shiraziaseel, Princeton is still reviewing applications, my friend checked on it by phone call.

There are several reasons; 0. Money does matter for my case, w/o funding I won't go. Some programs such as PSU very very rarely offer aids for international students at the first year. 1. Stipend from some universities such as Berekely, Columbia, Stanford, USC is not enough to cover living cost. I will bring my wife here 2. I have analyzed past admission postings since 2003. And I found that applying for Stanford, Berekely, USC, Princeton, MIT ORC would be waste of money, even if I could somehow support my family Those were collected from many websites including here, chinese sites, korean, indian, etc... 3. Some programs such as GaTech are very strict in GRE AW. I verified it by asking them (coordinator/prof.) directly. There were some exceptional applicants, but those all have many papers and had connections to professors in the program they applied for. 4. Austin, Rutgers, VT, UW require me to submit TOEFL, I didn't want to retake it. 5. I don't stick to programs overall reputation only. NW, UF are top in optimization research / NCSU, TAMU are good overall / UWisc, UPitt, ISU, UA are great in their specialties / UB has a big guy / UTD - PhD in Biz, no doubt, it's great / TTU, USF, OSU, FSU are safeties for funding I feel like those schools are enough, but I forgot to apply for UNC... too sad hahaha.... Thanks, I hope to get aids from NCSU. Its great program in manufacturing/Ergonomics specialty. FSU-FAMU engineering program is 70%~80% of FSU and 20~30% of FAMU. Most of students in the IE program are enrolled in FSU. They're are collaborating, but their admission and degree system are separated.

Hi, I am also applying for IE PhD programs. Here is my application info: UGPA: 3.78 w/ summa cum laude from international school GGPA: 3.89 from top 10 IE program w/o thesis GRE: 730/800/3.0 1/2 year undergraduate RA with conference proceedings now involved with a research project, also conference proceedings in progress Pending: NW, UMN, UF, SUNY UB, UA, USF, Toronto, TAMU, TTU, UPitt, UWisc, ISU Interview: Oregon State - Campus visit offer, UTD - Information Science, Interview offer Admitted: NCSU - admitted, funding will be notified later, FSU - admitted unofficially w/ full funding RA As you see my list, I have applied for some safety schools to increase my chance to get financial aids. And I got one from FSU. Even though FSU does not have good reputation in IE, I was so fascinated by a professor there. After several talks with him and tests, he decided to support me w/ RAship. So happy.