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I am curious about Mich and GaTech. Btw has anyone heard anything from the following schools? GaTech Cornell Columbia I have complete silence from them after I got all my materials in and I'm curious if I'm already out like NU?

"In My Opinion" Those rankings are very correlated with department size, so NU, a smaller program than some others, is at a disadvantage. The rankings don't necessarily imply which school is "better" for you, its all about finding someone to work with that you like and can guide you. A bad adviser usually spells doom for a PhD. Larger programs like Michigan and Gatech typically like to match you up with an adviser early so you don't get lost in the department, so he was implying that if you haven't spoken to any faculty yet(which you have at mich), you are pretty far out unless you qualify for a university fellowship or NSF.

Update on my front, a POI from MICHIGAN contacted me. "As a member of the Gradate Admissions Committee, I have had an opportunity to read your application in detail. I am very impressed. I wanted to send you an email to make contact (others here at Michigan might do the same if they see a potential match), and thank you for your application." SWEET, UofM is one of my top 3.

I am curious, what are everyone's research interests and how did you get involved in that topic? My undergrad is not in IE, so mine are quite vague.

Haha, over-obsessing, it means your on the short list duh.

Congrats guys, just to let you know, not everyone received that(i.e. me), so its probably a pretty selective short list.

I'll be alot happier when I hear about funding, Phd + no funding is a rejection in my mind. But TAMU does have a bunch of people I would like to work with, a good fit(aside from the location). But it certainly is a relief, the response was pretty early but I had finished my application before Dec. Haven't heard anything else about admissions to other schools though, my number 1 is Georgia Tech(the department is bigger than alot of ECE programs), followed by Northwestern probably. BTW, thank you to whoever made this topic, people with obsessive personalities should not try to do something that requires 5 months of patient waiting.

Well, don't have very interesting results. I got admission to TAMU, with funding decisions not being made yet. No contact from schools like you guys have :/. Applied: Georgia Tech Michigan Northwestern Columbia Cornell TAMU Purdue No other response yet