Ramz

I applied to MIT's MS in OR, and MIT's MS in Transportation hoping that i could land the dual degree. This is the only school I applied to because, frankly, I hadn't planned on going to grad school. I was pretty sick of school by the time I finished my bachelors. However, my boss urged me to apply to the MS in Transport at MIT and told me he'd write me a letter of rec; he basically did the same as me: attended same uni for bachelors (he studied civil eng and i studied math with an emphasis in applied math), and after he did his masters and PHD at MIT. I told him I was more interested in OR, so he told me to apply for both. I'll provide my stats, but I want to emphasize I am betting on strong letter of rec. Undergrad: AUB (4.5 yrs) GPA: 3.78 Major: BS in Math Minor: Physics, but it's not listed on my transcript cause I was boycotting the extremely evil administrators GRE: 800Q/640V/5.0W Letter of rec: PHD MIT (Transportation science)/Florida State (Civil Engineering)/Yale or one of those (Mathematics) One pub: for the Wessex Institute of Technology (not major I guess) After learning that only 4-6 people are excepted into the MS OR program, I pretty much decided I wouldn't be getting in to that. However, I have high hopes for the MS in Transportation, then maybe I can reapply later! Any thought/ feelings? How much do you think recommendations matter? I think one of my recommenders did some pretty serious research there.