ndie_sosu
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Undergrad Institution: Big State School with top 20~ Math, CS Theory and IE
Major(s): Math
Minor(s): CS and OR
GPA in Major: 3.97
Overall GPA: 3.902
Length of Degree: 4
Position in Class: Top 5 in major via department honors
Type of Student: White American Male
GRE Scores:
Q: 166
V: 167
W: 4.0
Research Experience: One REU at a good state school in machine learning. Got one conference paper and a poster presentation out of it
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Math Honors Track, Scholarships and honors and things by academic merit, one an outstanding poster award at the JMMPertinent Activities or Jobs: Taught and graded for both the Math and CS departments for a couple of years. Lot of tutoring
Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Took 4-6 grad classes depending on whether you count cross-listed courses.
Applied for PhD at:
UMich - IOE, OR- Accepted with Funding
Rutgers- CS Theory- Accepted with Funding
Duke- CS Theory - Interview, decision still pending but probably in.
Columbia- IEOR- Waitlisted >< Top ChoiceBrown - CS Theory - Rejected
Upenn - CS Theory - Rejected
NYU - CS Theory - Rejected
Gl guys
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I was kinda surprised at how unsurprising the process was. The schools I thought I would be admitted to I was admitted to. The weaknesses I felt my application had (not strong focus) were the weaknesses discussed during interviews. One of my professors high balled me a bit, the other low balled me a bit but overall everything was pretty expected. What a shame, I wish I hadn't asked a postdoc for my third letter (even though I love her and she probably knew me better that my other two) and I wish I had started studying earlier for the math GRE. Glad I didn't study for the regular GRE, what a joke
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Test is fucking hard, go back in time and do competition math that seems to correlate best with high scores. Nah, but really that test is killer on time; no time to figure things out / rederive things so you really need to have your whole calc sequence committed to memory. Linear algebra too; and know your first courses in group theory, analysis, topology, and combinatorics. Besides that the practice tests available are complete shit but really all you have so do all of those but don't trust your scores on them. GL
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Supa Dupa competitive
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Jesus yes. I just don't care. I did it. I'm done, I don't care about my classes I just want to get out. The only thing that sort of holds my productivity together are departmental honors and my own expectations. I just want to study what I want to study, I don't care about a fourth course in analysis or formal languages >< My graduate course is pretty flipping sweet and I like to study for it but even then I don't care enough to slog through the nonsense for the grade -.-
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So I'm in at UMich IOE but not I'm sure how good their OR is. I went to the weekend and it was pretty fun but it seemed like a lot of the faculty were applied or doing things more in line with what I would call Industrial Engineering. However the guy I'd be working with is a total boss who does exactly what I want to do. Am I overthinking it? I'm waitlisted at Columbia but I'm not even sure if I should be waiting? I get the impression they're a little more OR focused but then theres all the financial junk plus they waitlisted me :/ I don't know, I wanna make a decision and get it over with
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I'm going to the UMich recruitment weekend, should be fun. It's the same weekend as Duke cs >< Also a faculty member contacted me for a phone interview. I wonder what happens if I blow that, would make this weekend pretty awk
UT Austin Vs UFL Vs Umich for Phd in Industrial Engineering
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So I went to the UMich visitation weekend and it looked pretty sweet. I got the impression the department was rolling in funding, seemed like everyone had a sweet hook-up and just about all of the PhD students I met had pretty good outcomes. Also their building is new and nice if that matters to you