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You missed out, it was a fun weekend. The department is great, everyone is very nice and hospitable. As far as things that you can't really find out about on their website: They do a significant amount of inter-departmental work and co-advising. Heathcare engineering is becoming a huge push for them. Also some advice; contact faculty early about working with them. There were some orphan first years in the department, just because you got an acceptance doesn't mean that you fit well with faculty with funding. Often times you will have to find an internship for the first summer(good or bad). But the people who went there really liked it(but they always say that). We learned a little about housing(mid-price, not bad area). UMich gets very cold, lots of snow. The engineering campus is far from rest of campus. Otherwise talk to Matt, he would answer any questions you might have and would probably put you in contact with current grad students. Hope that helps, pm me if you have any other questions.

Also, for all those wondering, my status on the website still has not changed.

Accepted into GaTech! With funding! Super pumped, letter via postal mail. GL to everyone.

Gatech has a great reputation among faculty in the US. However if you are interested in a Ph.D., you must do a thesis masters. That is the only way that PhD programs will respect your degree. You advisers were not completely wrong, admission into master's programs is much less competitive versus PhD programs. Chances are if schools have not accepted you into the masters program yet, they will not consider your switch to Ph.D. Most student loan providers in the US delay payment until you have finished school, i.e. you could get a Ph.D. without paying off loans yet. I would say that your RoI rankings are off. I would say that more or less GT>VT=PSU=PURDUE=TAMU among IE faculty. All are larger state schools with good engineering programs with large faculty, but GT has the largest program with a great engineering program. Also, production is a major focus at all of those schools, so you made the right choice. Best of Luck

Just got wait-listed by Cornell. Doesn't sound very optimistic, but a little less harsh than a flat rejection.

Saw a posting for a rejection from Cornell. Has everyone received a rejection? I'm still waiting on mine.

While this is possible, I would like to point out that the school you are screwing over is the one that responded earlier. People on the waiting list and the university are the entities who suffer. Your best strat would be call up(not email) both schools, tell them you are waiting to hear back from schools or that you need to hear back from them. If they are not willing to budge, they don't want you that much, and maybe you don't need to go there, or they won't even extend an offer. At least give the schools a chance by contacting them before messing with their systems. BTW, if its a very large MS program, i.e. Columbia, they are more able handle people accepting and then dropping out. Smaller programs have difficulties with this.

Yep, I think that is exactly the case. I know I did not apply(I would have applied into Systems, not OR) because I figured my application money can be spent elsewhere. Also, MIT is very specialized in OR, where as many other IEOR programs have human factors, manufacturing, etc(see Mich, GaTech, Purdue, and other larger programs). So if you want to do OR specifically, MIT is the best. If you have other focuses(focusi?) then you would not apply to MIT at all.

I got invited to UMich's invite weekend, but no acceptance yet. Someone else got admitted with aid already. Both domestic applicants.

Just my two cents, MIT has a HUGE name recognition for anyone in engineering. It is the school to go to, and anyone who graduated from there will get a decent faculty position anywhere they please. Princeton is a newer program, OR started at MIT. Princeton does have the reputation of a great Math program, but its engineering is not respected among top tier engineering colleges. If you're asking for the best reputation, it is not even close, I would rank at least 7 schools above Princeton(Michigan, Cornell, Columbia, GaTech, Standford, Berkley, and MIT) and MIT is the top tier(from what I heard, Cornell and Standford are close, but MIT is top). That being said, make sure you have a potential adviser who is nice and someone who you would like to work with. If not, your looking at a long, hard, frustrating 5-7 years.

Its alright, I expect the rejection any day now, haven't heard anything from the department, I'm guessing they have sent invitations/had their invitation weekend. I think I selected to be considered for masters, but it would definitely be a turn down situation, so I don't know why I did, just in case I guess.

If you were talking to me: Ph.D. I doubt they give funding for masters considering they don't have funding available for all Ph.D. students.

A quick GaTech update for those of you who have applied: If you have a chance of getting in with funding you should be hearing from an individual professor as a potential adviser in the next 10 days. Emailed the Graduate Coordinator and got this back, doubt I'll hear anything based on the silence so far but GL to everyone else .

pmed ya

Congrats! I got invited to the visit weekend, but no formal acceptance yet . Maybe I'll see you there though