OR_Dan

Hey I'm going for the OR Phd. Anyone figured out housing yet?

Yep, I guess we are all in the same kind of boat. I have already declined from those programs where I am certain I will not attend. But I am waiting it out before accepting at one and shuting the door on another one pending funding issues. To all who are on a waitlist I promise I will choose as soon as I have confirmation on funding from these two programs.

That looks like the decision right now, indeed.

I doubt it. But you can write Anayancy Paz in the IEOR department for your specific case. Best of luck.

@RoboTicks: About Berkeley funding, I understand that department funding decisions have been made and people awarded funding have been notified. (apparently we were not included). University Fellowships are notified by April 1st. On another topic: Has anyone heard back from Penn State IE? particularly PhD applicants?

Congrats!! Great program.

WOW, congratulations, that is an achievement in itself. But the truth is the big thing you shold focus on is what do you want to do research on? Have you thought about possible advisors? This will be your focus for the next 4-5 years. Go wherever they have profesors whose research you are particularly interested in. And if you can where they have several professors working on that kind of research.

I have heard this a couple of times, and I don't really know. I think it is mostly my University is probably not known at all by Columbia profs and maybe someone at Cal has had 1 or 2 students from there. It is really quite a good program (comparing with people I know from several US programs), but I know that South America is on nobody's map when it comes to higher education.

Probably MIT, I really like their professors for research. However it will be nice to go somewhere that has a proper industrial engineering department, not just the OR center.

Well, so much for MIT.

Sure, here we go: GRE: 800Q / 650V / 5.0AW Undergrad and MS in IE in the top school in my country (but not known at all outside it). GPA (as converted by WES). Undergrad: 3.8/4.0 Grad: 4.0/4.0 Research: 2 publications in proceedings, 1 submitted journal, several talks. Three years working on OR team in Fortune 100 company. Here we have done interesting research, but publications are hard due to legal issues, I pointed that out in my SoP. LoRs from PhDs from GaTech, NCSU and Penn State. Good luck to all

Whoever posted it misspelled the name of the school, thats why it's hard to find. And yet he or she got in.... very strange: Massachusett Institute Of TechnologyOperations Research, PhD (F11)Accepted via E-mail on 22 Feb 2011I22 Feb 2011Massachusett Institute Of Technology Operations Research, PhD (F11) Accepted via E-mail on 22 Feb 2011 I 22 Feb 2011

Same here, no news on funding. wondering if and when they notify funding decisions.

Last year they sent them out thursday the second week of February. That would be today. But who knows if they kept the same schedulle.

To get in, I'd guess not at all. But since I'm going to the US I'd like to visit some university where I get an admit (hoping I get at least one) to get a feel of the town, the campus etc. before moving there for 5 years, which I think could be abig help in preparing for that.