Operations Research / Industrial Engineering Fall 2011

[finallywon]

Hello guys,

I know it is a little early to start on with the discussion for fall 2011 program but then there has to be a start at some point of time and why not start right away to increase the chances of getting accepted to masters degree in OR/IE. Starting early has some advantages as people who have just got their results from the schools can guide us through. they are still checking this forum I guess. We can all start by posting the type of colleges that we intend to apply. My list goes as follows...

Stanford

Columbia

U Michigan

Cornell

Georgia Tech

A small list which would probably expand later on...

[AggieLand]

Hello guys,

I know it is a little early to start on with the discussion for fall 2011 program but then there has to be a start at some point of time and why not start right away to increase the chances of getting accepted to masters degree in OR/IE. Starting early has some advantages as people who have just got their results from the schools can guide us through. they are still checking this forum I guess. We can all start by posting the type of colleges that we intend to apply. My list goes as follows...

Stanford

Columbia

U Michigan

Cornell

Georgia Tech

A small list which would probably expand later on...

Nice start,

Would you like to show you profile?

GPA, undergrad school, GRE(if taken)..........................................................................................................................

[OR_Dan]

Hey, you're right, we might as well get started. I'm applying to a PhD in OR at the following schools (I think):

GA Tech

MIT

NCSU

Penn State

Columbia

Berkeley

Quite frankly any of those would make me really happy. I'll be taking the GRE in a couple of weeks, so far practice runs look OK, but we'll see when I get to the real thing.

Anyone esle for Operations Research in 2011???

[AggieLand]

Sure, lets party here. I am also applying PhD in OR at these schools:

GA Tech

UMichgan

Columbia

Berkley

Stanford

MIT

NorthWestern

and several business schools, may be I guess

Hey, you're right, we might as well get started. I'm applying to a PhD in OR at the following schools (I think):

GA Tech

MIT

NCSU

Penn State

Columbia

Berkeley

Quite frankly any of those would make me really happy. I'll be taking the GRE in a couple of weeks, so far practice runs look OK, but we'll see when I get to the real thing.

Anyone esle for Operations Research in 2011???

[AggieLand]

Sure, lets party here. I am also applying PhD in OR at these schools:

GA Tech

UMichgan

Columbia

Berkley

Stanford

MIT

NorthWestern

and several business schools, may be I guess

Hey, you're right, we might as well get started. I'm applying to a PhD in OR at the following schools (I think):

GA Tech

MIT

NCSU

Penn State

Columbia

Berkeley

Quite frankly any of those would make me really happy. I'll be taking the GRE in a couple of weeks, so far practice runs look OK, but we'll see when I get to the real thing.

Anyone esle for Operations Research in 2011???

[bawa02]

Hi guys!!

Am new to this forum but I was hoping to get some input regarding IE & OR for 2011. I'm planning to apply to about 10 schools and so far have shortlisted 8 schools into 2 groups, "aspirational" and "safe". They are

Aspirational

1) Purdue

2) Georgia Tech

3) Columbia

4) Penn State

5) University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Safe

6) University of Florida

7) USC

8) Northeastern

still have to pick 2 more but I feel I have a decent enough profile to get through one of the aspirational colleges

GRE- 1430 (750Q and 680 V)

TOEFL- 114/120 (I am from India)

Under grad college- VJTI (considered top 10 in my country)

GPA- roughly 3.5 when converted into the American system

Was wondering if anyone could let me know what it is they look for in an application... I am worried about my maths score in the GRE though.. Is there anything I can do now to improve my profile??

[mathguy1989]

Hey everyone,

I'm thinking about applying to OR masters programs (but also possibly PhD ones), but not exactly sure yet which ones I am considering.

A very rough short initial list might be

MIT

Columbia

Cornell

but I am not sure exactly where else to look. I was actually considering doing the double degree in Transportation Engineering and OR at MIT, if I could get in.

My stats are:

GRE-800Q 670V

Undergrad GPA- 3.77 (4.0 major GPA (Math and CS majors)) at Tufts university

Probably pretty solid Recs, two very good ones from an REU professor and an independent study advisor one pretty good one from another professor

Not really sure how I compare. Any ideas?

[ORStudent]

Hi everyone,

I'm currently looking for grad school/programs with Operations Research to apply for the upcoming Fall 2011 semester. My undergrad major was Business Administration (concentrations in Decision Sciences/Operations Research and Corporate Finance).

The current schools that are on my lists are:

Lehigh University - Management Science

RPI - ISE

Cornell - OR

USC - OR

Penn State University - They actually have a dual title program for OR where you have to apply through another program and be admitted, eg. Geography/Operations Research

University of Wisconsin

University of Cincinnati

Case Western Reserve University

I'm not coming from an engineering background like most of you guys which is why I'm currently building up my math background. I'm on course to complete Calc 1-3, Linear Algebra/Differential Equations before next Fall. I'm currently registered for the GRE in January 2011 but I might have to reschedule it now since I'm taking Calc 2 from Dec to Jan.

Also, are there any other schools I should look into?

Thanks!

[flagrantVagrant]

Hey folks,

I'm posting to make you all feel a little better I plan on applying to the following for an MS in industrial engineering, focused on operations research.

University of Maryland

UT Austin

Buffalo SUNY

Virginia Tech

I don't feel to hopeful about getting into any of them. I was wondering if anyone would take the time to post some possible "safety schools" for me to look into.

thanks a mint

my stats are:

GRE 760Q 700V 4W

GPA 3.5

undergrad BA in math

no experience, no papers, and so/so recommendations

[ORStudent]

Hey folks,

I'm posting to make you all feel a little better I plan on applying to the following for an MS in industrial engineering, focused on operations research.

University of Maryland

UT Austin

Buffalo SUNY

Virginia Tech

I don't feel to hopeful about getting into any of them. I was wondering if anyone would take the time to post some possible "safety schools" for me to look into.

thanks a mint

my stats are:

GRE 760Q 700V 4W

GPA 3.5

undergrad BA in math

no experience, no papers, and so/so recommendations

Wow I would say you have a better chance at getting in those schools than me (not a math major). Some safety schools I've looked into were North Carolina State University and Florida Institute of Technology. They both have PhD Operations Research programs.

[Pramit]

Can anyone please give some idea/reviews about the following three universities:

1) Case Western Reserve University (MSM - Operations Research)

2) George Washington University (MS - Systems Engineering with concentration in Operation Research)

3) George Mason University (MS - Operations Research)

I know they are not top ranking programs. But I was looking for some general review on admission, the course details and job opportunities from these programs. Reviews from ex-students, current students, current applicatants will be greatly appreciated.

I am planning to apply to OR courses for next fall. So I am looking for potential schools.

Thank you

[ORStudent]

Can anyone please give some idea/reviews about the following three universities:

1) Case Western Reserve University (MSM - Operations Research)

2) George Washington University (MS - Systems Engineering with concentration in Operation Research)

3) George Mason University (MS - Operations Research)

I know they are not top ranking programs. But I was looking for some general review on admission, the course details and job opportunities from these programs. Reviews from ex-students, current students, current applicatants will be greatly appreciated.

I am planning to apply to OR courses for next fall. So I am looking for potential schools.

Thank you

Hi, I'm also looking at Case Western Reserve University for Fall 2011. I haven't heard of the other two you mentioned. For Case Western Reserve, you have the option of completing a Masters Project, Thesis or simply go through the coursework. Here's a detailed list of courses for the OR. http://www.coe.neu.edu/gse/sc_mime_cd.html#OR

You should also check out the rankings from wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_University

[taeng]

an applicant for Fall 2011 here (MS in IE/OR)

Undergraduate: not bad and huge school on the East Coast

Majors: Math, Econ (double major)

GPA: 3.6 (majors=~ 3.7~3.8)

GRE: 600V/800Q/3.5

and nothing special to make my app look fancy. (research, decent internship, etc)

Here goes my list:

U Mich

UC Berkeley

Columbia

Stanford

U Texas Austin

U Washington

Johns Hopkins (applied math)

+thinking of applying PhDs for

Carnegie Mellon Tepper (OR)

NW (IEMS)

I dont think i have good chances for these schools, but im doing my best.

Its 3 am and I'm still working on my SoP. ....

Edited October 26, 2010 by taeng

[taeng]

Hey everyone,

I'm thinking about applying to OR masters programs (but also possibly PhD ones), but not exactly sure yet which ones I am considering.

A very rough short initial list might be

MIT

Columbia

Cornell

but I am not sure exactly where else to look. I was actually considering doing the double degree in Transportation Engineering and OR at MIT, if I could get in.

My stats are:

GRE-800Q 670V

Undergrad GPA- 3.77 (4.0 major GPA (Math and CS majors)) at Tufts university

Probably pretty solid Recs, two very good ones from an REU professor and an independent study advisor one pretty good one from another professor

Not really sure how I compare. Any ideas?

your numbers look good to me.

but i hope you're aware of the fact that MIT ORC only accepts 4-6 students for masters degree.

they accept about 15 PhD students tho

[wifey99999999]

an applicant for Fall 2011 here (MS in IE/OR)

Undergraduate: not bad and huge school on the East Coast

Majors: Math, Econ (double major)

GPA: 3.6 (majors=~ 3.7~3.8)

GRE: 600V/800Q/3.5

and nothing special to make my app look fancy. (research, decent internship, etc)

Here goes my list:

U Mich

UC Berkeley

Columbia

Stanford

U Texas Austin

U Washington

Johns Hopkins (applied math)

+thinking of applying PhDs for

Carnegie Mellon Tepper (OR)

NW (IEMS)

I dont think i have good chances for these schools, but im doing my best.

Its 3 am and I'm still working on my SoP. ....

If you only want to apply for Masters, then I think you ahve good chance with all the schools that you listed because Masters programs generally look at your academic background like test scores and GPA (good research may offset some weak test score, but 800Q is strong). But if you want to apply for PhD, that's another story if you don't have good research experience.

[taeng]

If you only want to apply for Masters, then I think you ahve good chance with all the schools that you listed because Masters programs generally look at your academic background like test scores and GPA (good research may offset some weak test score, but 800Q is strong). But if you want to apply for PhD, that's another story if you don't have good research experience.

Hey!

I recognize you from the last year's admissions posting.

How are you doing?

And thanks for the advice regarding PhD program. I think i'm crossing out NW and CM Tepper from the list..

[Weierstrass]

I am still deliberating which schools I should apply to. I was wondering if you guys mind looking at my detailed profile and see if I have a realistic chance. I am thinking of cutting the list down to save some $.

School: Large public university

Major: Math & Econ.

Cumulative GPA: ~3.9 (Math: 3.8; Econ: 4.0)

Math Courses: Calc. I-III, Diff. Eq., Lin. Alg., Advanced Lin. Alg., Advanced Calc., Numerical Analysis I-II, Probability Theory, Stochastic Processes, Nonparametric Statistics (Grad), Variance Analysis (Grad), Numerical Optimization (Grad)

Econ. Courses: The standard curriculum + Advanced Micro., Game Theory, Industrial Organization

Programming Courses: Intro to Programming (C++), Intermediate Obj.-Oriented Programming (C++), Applied Computational Methods (FORTRAN and C)

GRE: 800Q / 480V / 3.5AWA (Horrible verbal ; should I retake?)

Recs (and where they'd studied): 3 Math/Stats (Harvard/MIT/Gatech), 1 Economics (UCLA), 1 Finance (Chair, MIT)

SOP: Still writing; recommenders think it is good so far

Research: Senior thesis about combinatorial optimization (will not be finished by the time of application); RA for Finance prof. (1 yr); RA for Civil Engineering prof. (1 yr)

Internship: Programmer at data mining company (2+ years); analyst at mid-sized hedge fund (1 Summer)

Research Interest: Combinatorial optimization, game theory, network flow, financial math

PhD Programs:

MIT (Top choice)

Princeton

UC Berkeley

Stanford

NC State

Arizona State

University of Arizona

M.S. Programs:

Columbia

Cornell

UMichigan

[mathguy1989]

your numbers look good to me.

but i hope you're aware of the fact that MIT ORC only accepts 4-6 students for masters degree.

they accept about 15 PhD students tho

humm, I wonder what the profiles of the people who are accepted look like. Any ideas about last minute ways to improve up my application?

[goomba]

OR applicant for fall 2011

BSc.: combination of lots of stats, lots of CS, lots of math, and some business

School: good canadian undergrad program... probably not well known in US

GRE: 800Q, 640V, 4.5AWA

SOP: in production

Research: Been working as RA on machine scheduling and supply chain simulation since April. Programming in C++ and OPL. Planning on having first submission mid December in some IE journal and possibly second a month or two later.

GPA:3.35 (3.5 last 2 years)

internship: one year at government genomic lab as computational biologist (essentially building SQL DB, researching compbio theory, web stuff, and writing some r script)

Research interests: combinatorial models with uncertainty, discrete optimization, algorithms

I know my GPA junk but any suggestions if my other work gives me a chance at top 10 (Berkeley, MIT, GaTech, Northwestern,...)?

[Weierstrass]

OR applicant for fall 2011

BSc.: combination of lots of stats, lots of CS, lots of math, and some business

School: good canadian undergrad program... probably not well known in US

GRE: 800Q, 640V, 4.5AWA

SOP: in production

Research: Been working as RA on machine scheduling and supply chain simulation since April. Programming in C++ and OPL. Planning on having first submission mid December in some IE journal and possibly second a month or two later.

GPA:3.35 (3.5 last 2 years)

internship: one year at government genomic lab as computational biologist (essentially building SQL DB, researching compbio theory, web stuff, and writing some r script)

Research interests: combinatorial models with uncertainty, discrete optimization, algorithms

I know my GPA junk but any suggestions if my other work gives me a chance at top 10 (Berkeley, MIT, GaTech, Northwestern,...)?

Your profile looks pretty good. I think all you need to do is focus on your current courses and see if that will boost your GPA. Also, if you can, sign up for a grad. course or two. My advisor recommended that I took a few grad courses to see if graduate school is actually for me. I also think it is beneficial in the application process as well.

Edited November 16, 2010 by Weierstrass

[goomba]

Your profile looks pretty good. I think all you need to do is focus on your current courses and see if that will boost your GPA. Also, if you can, sign up for a grad. course or two. My advisor recommended that I took a few grad courses to see if graduate school is actually for me. I also think it is beneficial in the application process as well.

Thanks Weierstrass, pale's in comparison to your portfolio

I actually graduated in May so I probably won't take any more courses

[bissi]

which are the univs which take LOTS of students!? and still rank among the high ones.. In MS not phd...

[OR_Dan]

Well, the applications are sent and what's done is done. I decided to go for broke and applied to really competitive programs. Now I guess its waiting time. I don't think I'm going to be sleeping well until next March. Let's hope it's worth it.

How's everybody else doing with the application process??

[OR_Dan]

I am still deliberating which schools I should apply to. I was wondering if you guys mind looking at my detailed profile and see if I have a realistic chance. I am thinking of cutting the list down to save some $.

School: Large public university

Major: Math & Econ.

Cumulative GPA: ~3.9 (Math: 3.8; Econ: 4.0)

Math Courses: Calc. I-III, Diff. Eq., Lin. Alg., Advanced Lin. Alg., Advanced Calc., Numerical Analysis I-II, Probability Theory, Stochastic Processes, Nonparametric Statistics (Grad), Variance Analysis (Grad), Numerical Optimization (Grad)

Econ. Courses: The standard curriculum + Advanced Micro., Game Theory, Industrial Organization

Programming Courses: Intro to Programming (C++), Intermediate Obj.-Oriented Programming (C++), Applied Computational Methods (FORTRAN and C)

GRE: 800Q / 480V / 3.5AWA (Horrible verbal ; should I retake?)

Recs (and where they'd studied): 3 Math/Stats (Harvard/MIT/Gatech), 1 Economics (UCLA), 1 Finance (Chair, MIT)

SOP: Still writing; recommenders think it is good so far

Research: Senior thesis about combinatorial optimization (will not be finished by the time of application); RA for Finance prof. (1 yr); RA for Civil Engineering prof. (1 yr)

Internship: Programmer at data mining company (2+ years); analyst at mid-sized hedge fund (1 Summer)

Research Interest: Combinatorial optimization, game theory, network flow, financial math

PhD Programs:

MIT (Top choice)

Princeton

UC Berkeley

Stanford

NC State

Arizona State

University of Arizona

M.S. Programs:

Columbia

Cornell

UMichigan

I think you have an excellent profile. All you need to do is focus on what you really want to do later in life. If it's academia, go for the PhD, otherwise, an MS would probably be enough, at least for now, and later you can decide wether you want to pursue further study or not.

It's a bit late now, but I think it wouldn't hurt to re-take GRE to help verbal / AWA. However, I know that foreign students tend to get away with lower scores here, but the same doesn't always apply to locals.

Oh and if you're into combinatorial optimization I'd definetely add Georgia Tech to the list. Their deadlines are still over a month away.

[bigtoeguy]

anyone knows how competitive the MSandE program at Stanford is for people with non-engineering background? I really like the program, but am unsure how realistic my chances are given that I did not major in engineering. the admission states on the website did not specify what sort of background admitted students have. i would expect most, if not all, to be engineers

here are my stats:

GRE: Q800/V650/A5

GPA: 3.9 from an ivy, major in Economics

Maths background: calculus 1-3, probability, linear algebra, econometrics

Research: economics honors thesis

LOR: 2 economists with PHDs from Stanford and UChicago