AL_borlin

WOW Pauli nice to see you are from College Station, I am alumini of the Same.... anyways this is to update every one that I have had been selected for two schools for Ph.D program One in US and other in other part of World.. My GPA did play a roll but my credentials wrt work experience and direct relation to field of study I chose mattered a lot. not to forget My reco letters... But yes I got it...

hello if it consoles you I have same difficulty as of right now, I have a solid funded Ph.d from two countries and i just got offered a job from a very well reputed worldwide manufacturing organization. I have had 6+ years of industrial experience in proper manufacturing and my work. but my situation is like this I got Ph.d in country where there is significant difference of currency, so even my stipend is about 4 times higher than my to be salary The idea I have proposed for my ph.d is EXACTLY THE SAME PROFILE for the job i have been offered... so there are these two things so what I do ? Please any body guide... I hade made many decision related to business and technology but this seems really hard for me.

Current Profile Mechanical Bachelors : Reputed Uni, China GPA : 3.60/4 Masters Industrial Engineering: Texas A & M Uni, USA GPA : 3.25/4 GRE in 2006: 1160/1500 (old style) TOEFL : 287/300 Currently have 3 years of experience in Industrial engineering/lean manufacturing corporate model implementation, Recos : Former professor, Current Supervisor and earlier supervisor very good recos Looking for : Ph.D position Problem : 1] Direction for finding Ph.D position ( how to find it ? what are established methodologies) 2] Do I require to give GRE again ? 3] how much time it takes to find a Ph.D ? My current method is quite passive, I search profs and mail them for availability of position,very few of them ever reply. there are very FEW positions which gets advertised ( all over world) to which I can openly apply. its been 2 months and I could only muster 3 applications. Can any one guide. Is there something I need to change ?