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It's on their website.

Have you considered UNC-Chapel Hill's OR? I think it's just as good as Cornell....

The funny thing is that, Columbia's IEOR professors often make fun of MBA people....

Go to UVa if you can't afford to pay full tuition,... Go to NC State if you afford to pay NCSU tuition.. Stay away from U$C.

most likely you're on waitlist... By this time of the year, most programs have sent out 1st round of acceptance.... if you have not heard from the programs (admit or reject), then you most likely are on waitlist... Most schools don't send out notification to notify you are on waitlist.

I see. That makes more sense. But if you check their faculty listing, you can still see there are a lot of OR professors in non-FE areas. Columbia does have some big names in FE, like Emanuel Derman...

I understand MSFE is the crown jewel of the department, but..... what does "mainly focuses on FE" mean? Does that mean department treats non-FE students like ****? Does it mean FE and non-FE student take different classes (which I don't think is true, because although a few FE classes are open for FE students only, most FE classes are still open to all IEOR students)? Does it mean all funding goes to FE students? Does it mean non-FE students will have hard time finding advisors? Also, while MIT and Gatech may be better in OR than Columbia, I still think Columbia is above Cornell in OR....

So you meant the "yield %"... then that makes sense. I am surprised Columbia has trouble getting new admits to go. It's in NYC. It's Ivy League. It's top 7 in OR. So unless so many of their admits also were admitted to the likes of MIT, Princeton (which is unlikely, since MIT, Princeton have very small intake), they should not have problem attracting students there.

Their acceptance rate can't be low... If they are struggling getting students, then they should send out more admits than before.... Why would they be too selective if they can't find new students? My guess their acceptance % is probably 25~35%.

I guess that's why they rejected me... I am way too technically facile for their standard....

Does it bother you that NYU has no campus? I mean, no campus means there will be no campus atmosphere like you would experience at many other schools, right?

I wasn't bitter when I received the rejection, because I thought Stanford has a small intake like Princeton or MIT (50 or so admits each year)... Now that I know Stanford has even larger student body than Columbia, and I had admission offers from large-size programs like Ga-Tech, Columbia, Michigan, then I'd feel a little bitter how I didn't get in...

That's a pretty big department... The number is even bigger than Columbia's IEOR department's number, and we all thought Columbia's reputation is taking a hit by taking too many students!

Wow. I am surprised.. I was told that they admit about 25%~30% this year... And I am even more surprised that I am not one of the 275 Master admits.

Are you a Texas A&M fan?

sounds like it's not really an "acamedic" type of interview (i.e. why you want to come, how the program will help you in the future, why you are good fit for the program... types of question). Instead, it's more like gauging the interest ...

I didn't apply for any funding, but the unofficial email does say that the "financial aid package" will come with official offer letter. I am mainly interested in software engineering and database management systems.

I received an admission offer from UVa CS today... but it's for master program though...

Deadline extension is a good argument for bad time... However, if they want to convince people to come, why not simply offer them admission (or better yet, offer them financial aid (full or partial) too), and save the interview process? Normally, interview is used to filter out the borderline applicants. So I am not sure interview MS applicants is a sign of bad time. But it definitely looks weird. But the question is definitely, "Why now"? This is something that intrigues me as well.

Why is this a sign of bad time?

I am assuming you went to ugrad at a school near Boston (BC, BU, Taft... ?). I think Boston is pretty much the same as NYC, atmosphere-wise, but you probably would feel a culture shock if you go to Stanford ...... stanford is not as fast-paced campus as columbia...

The deadline extension is for the entire engineering school, not just IEOR department.

I think you will be accepted by Columbia... IMO, Columbia OR is easier to get in than Stanford MSandE for their respective masters program. (I got accepted into Columbia MSOR, but rejected by Stanford MS&E) since their class size is generally larger, and they admit more students than Stanford.

I have a friend who got into Cornell's MEng in Computer Science with just 340 verbal score (but 800 quant).

THe name of the undergraduate school definitely matters. For example, a GPA of 3.5 from a school like Ohio State or Penn State would mean different thing than a GPA of 3.5 from a school like Cal State-Los Angeles. Similarly, a GPA of 3.5 from UC-Berkeley is different from a GPA of 3.5 from UC-Riverside. These are all "Big State Schools". But the rigor of academics is clearly different. For example, check out the FAQ section on GaTech's website... : Q: My undergraduate GPA is a 3.2 but it was earned in a very tough program. Will you consider that in making the admission decision? Of course---if we can. There is little doubt that there can be substantial variation across programs and institutions relative to grading standards and the level of competition, i.e., 3.9's from some places can mean far less than 3.2's from others. Still, trying to analyze/assess these sorts of institutional and program variations is very difficult; we try our best.