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    PhD in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research Fall 2013

    in Engineering

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    As you can see, I have received enough rejections to run a festival. Now I am well familiar with all the forms and wordings of rejection letters. When I submitted applications I could never think about these decisions. Granted, My AW is low (3) but except that, I thought the other parts of my story were acceptable. Also, some applicants had received acceptance from these schools with low AWs like 3 or 3.5

     

    The above quotation shows my resume and the below signiture indicates rejected programs. Among them, there is an acceptance without funding from NCSU which I have no choice but to forget about it.

     

    For the possible future applications, what do you see as my greatest weaknes? I will elevate my AW at least to 4.5 or 5 for fall 2014 applications. . .

     

    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!

    PhD in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research Fall 2013

    in Engineering

    Posted · Edited by Uche

    According to previous years, Stanford and Berkeley admissions should arrive this week. I received an email from MIT when my application was complete stating that decisions will be made early February, so MIT results should also come this week. I don't know about Princeton.

     

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

    PhD in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research Fall 2013

    in Engineering

    Posted · Edited by Uche

    I am wondering, why you have not applied for better schools, like: Berekely, columbia, virginia tech, georgia tech, or USC. I believe that you could have been admitted to at least one of these programs . . .

    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....

     

     

    Uche, regarding FSU, I don't think they even have their own engineering programs. Florida A&M offers all the engineering degrees.

     

    Anyway, congrats. NCSU, though, is overall much better, depending of course on what research area you want to focus on.

    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. 

    PhD in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research Fall 2013

    in Engineering

    Posted · Edited by Uche

    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.

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