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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

Congrats! My application(Masters) was completed around the end of January, still haven't heard anything.

Has anyone heard or contacted UMich? It seemed like it was going to come soon, than nothing. Anyone got any news at all?

Nope, haven't heard anything

I don't know if we are shortlisted or not. Has anyone here applied to UMich and not gotten this letter? I get the feeling like I am going up the first big hill of a roller coaster, this email was like the clicking sound reminding your still going up before it all comes crashing down.

me too! UMich, what a tease

Results times are random, I know Purdue just recently started looking at applications. Your GRE is low, no doubt about that, and it will detriment your application, if you can retake it if you don't get in, do it. Since you also do not have a stellar GPA( not bad, but people are looking toward 4.0) you should have pretty good research experience or have gone to an amazing school to get any sort of funding. The good news is that programs are low on money, and masters programs sometimes pay into the Ph.D. programs. So while GRE isn't the most important part of your application( its behind letters of rec, GPA(in important subjects), and research/grad classes experience from what I heard) you must have good other attributes to balance it out.

Higher level math is expected, real analysis is required at some programs. Should have upper level or graduate classes in differential equations, linear alegbra, and some form of a proof based class. If its not required, its very useful.

You seemed to hit some of the big ones, I know that OSU and Purdue have faculty directly involved in manufacturing. However, most IE programs are more or less focused on the more general analysis of production and systems now. I know most of Wisconsin's staff is heavily focused on healthcare research(given they have a teaching hospital there it is not terribly surprising). It might be useful to look at programs beyond IE that directly focus on manufacturing such as http://web.mit.edu/~meng-manufacturing/. Many of the manufacturing grants have been drying up do to the waning manufacturing sector here in the us, so IE programs have focus more on full system analysis, which has broader applications.

Honestly I have done research and industry internships, and research is far more interesting to me. Getting a Ph.D. is not the way to easy jobs. Industry doesn't treat Ph.D.'s the same as other degree holders, and are typically very reserved about hiring them, usually the only option is going into research labs at large companies. Most people here understand how difficult it is to find good faculty jobs these days, and there is no indication it will get easier by the time we graduate. That's why many people I have spoken to do not recommend getting a Ph.D. from an eh school unless there is at least 1 faculty member who you work with to propel you forward into the job you want. Bottom line is there are good jobs for Ph.D.'s in IEOR, but fewer than the graduating class.

April 1st! damn, Well I figure if I haven't heard from a professor before March then I'll be out.