wifey99999999 Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 Just my two cents, MIT has a HUGE name recognition for anyone in engineering. It is the school to go to, and anyone who graduated from there will get a decent faculty position anywhere they please. Princeton is a newer program, OR started at MIT. Princeton does have the reputation of a great Math program, but its engineering is not respected among top tier engineering colleges. If you're asking for the best reputation, it is not even close, I would rank at least 7 schools above Princeton(Michigan, Cornell, Columbia, GaTech, Standford, Berkley, and MIT) and MIT is the top tier(from what I heard, Cornell and Standford are close, but MIT is top). That being said, make sure you have a potential adviser who is nice and someone who you would like to work with. If not, your looking at a long, hard, frustrating 5-7 years. I agree with you that the 7 schools you listed are the more reputable schools in OR (I am admitted to Columbia, Michigan, Cornell, GaTech, but rejected by Cal, still waiting on Stanford... ). However, why do you think Princeton admits such few applicants considering its a relatively new program and should be building up its reputation?
gth822 Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 Hey guys, This is my first post on this forum. I was the one who posted the MIT rejection on the results webpage. So I can verify it. What do you guys think of the program at UT Austin? I feel like not too many people applied to UT (but instead they applied to TAMU). I hear UT Austin is a great school; however, it looks like they have a small department in regards to ORIE. Still, it had a good ranking and have substantial research going on. Anyone care to chime in? Btw, I am an int'l, graduated from Georgia Tech; and now I am applying to PhD and MS both. I already got in to Cornell (MS), UT Austin (PhD), and UCF (PhD) and still waiting on Georgia Tech and Stanford (for M.S.). Was gonna apply to more schools, but one of my professors thought that it was enough. :/
ladysquirrel Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 Thanks for the verification. I wonder why they didn't send out rejections all together... are there anyone who actually got admitted? I still haven't heard anything from them yet... Regarding selection of schools. I think it really depends on your career goals. If you want to be a professor, then you should aim for top ranked schools. However, if you would like to find an industrial job, then the location of the school is the most important. School like UT Austin may have more job opportunities than Cornell, since Austin is a very large city. It's only my two cents. Hey guys, This is my first post on this forum. I was the one who posted the MIT rejection on the results webpage. So I can verify it. What do you guys think of the program at UT Austin? I feel like not too many people applied to UT (but instead they applied to TAMU). I hear UT Austin is a great school; however, it looks like they have a small department in regards to ORIE. Still, it had a good ranking and have substantial research going on. Anyone care to chime in? Btw, I am an int'l, graduated from Georgia Tech; and now I am applying to PhD and MS both. I already got in to Cornell (MS), UT Austin (PhD), and UCF (PhD) and still waiting on Georgia Tech and Stanford (for M.S.). Was gonna apply to more schools, but one of my professors thought that it was enough. :/
ORGuy Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 Has anybody out there applied for ORMS-related programs in business schools at all? I'm waiting to hear back from NYU, and I haven't seen anything on the results search since 2008. I'm guessing at this point it's a no. They only make 2-3 offers at most, so just seeing if anyone on this forum has heard anything. Thanks and good luck to everyone!
chimerical Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 I don't know if most programs at NYU Stern have notified yet. IIRC, no one's heard from them over in the Business PhD forum and there's only two admits (accounting and marketing) in the results search.
ORGuy Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 I don't know if most programs at NYU Stern have notified yet. IIRC, no one's heard from them over in the Business PhD forum and there's only two admits (accounting and marketing) in the results search. Yeah that's what I noticed, too. Thanks for the reply. Hopefully they'll get around to it next week or sometime soon. I've heard from 4 of my 5 schools so far. NYU's the last one left. Congrats on your acceptances!
wifey99999999 Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 I don't know if most programs at NYU Stern have notified yet. IIRC, no one's heard from them over in the Business PhD forum and there's only two admits (accounting and marketing) in the results search. It's interesting that there is very few discussion on OR program that lies in Statistics Department like the one in UNC-Chapel Hill...
ipmser Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 I don't know if most programs at NYU Stern have notified yet. IIRC, no one's heard from them over in the Business PhD forum and there's only two admits (accounting and marketing) in the results search. r u applying strategy management? how's that related to OR? Heard anything from NYU?
ipmser Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 Yeah that's what I noticed, too. Thanks for the reply. Hopefully they'll get around to it next week or sometime soon. I've heard from 4 of my 5 schools so far. NYU's the last one left. Congrats on your acceptances! How about your other 4 schools? Did anyone try Haas OM? I knew several guys got rejection, but I heard nothing from them. Any thoughts?
chimerical Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 ORGuy - Yeah, NYU is one of my last holdouts too. Kind of frustrating, isn't it? Thanks for the congrats and I hope everything's going well for you too! r u applying strategy management? how's that related to OR? It's not, but I applied to MS&E at Stanford, and this seems to be where the other applicants to that program are hanging out.
ORGuy Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 How about your other 4 schools? Did anyone try Haas OM? I knew several guys got rejection, but I heard nothing from them. Any thoughts? The other four are Duke (Decision Science), UT Austin (IROM), Penn State (Supply Chain & Information Systems), and Columbia (Decision, Risk and Operations). I have admission from UT Austin and Penn State. I received the rejection email from Columbia last week. I was also rejected from Duke; they haven't officially sent out notifications yet but I emailed the graduate advisor to see.
Deleted Posted February 28, 2010 Author Posted February 28, 2010 Has anybody out there applied for ORMS-related programs in business schools at all? I'm waiting to hear back from NYU, and I haven't seen anything on the results search since 2008. I'm guessing at this point it's a no. They only make 2-3 offers at most, so just seeing if anyone on this forum has heard anything. Thanks and good luck to everyone! I applied to UCLA (Anderson), CMU (Tepper), Duke (Fuqua). Still no news from them
martizzle Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 The other four are Duke (Decision Science), UT Austin (IROM), Penn State (Supply Chain & Information Systems), and Columbia (Decision, Risk and Operations). I have admission from UT Austin and Penn State. I received the rejection email from Columbia last week. I was also rejected from Duke; they haven't officially sent out notifications yet but I emailed the graduate advisor to see. Were you applying to the MS/PHD program at Columbia? To others: Does anyone know whats up with CMU? Some people posted acceptances already...did anyone get any rejections yet, or know when all the decisions will be out?
Queues Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 ORGuy, I also applied to NYU Stern's IOMS and haven't heard anything yet. Don't think anyone has yet. But as you said, there was nothing posted on the results search page for all of 2009, so who knows. martizzle, I heard back from CMU (OM, not OR), and I think as with many small business school programs, they wait for their admits to make a decision, and if the admits turn down their offer they try to use those freed up slots to offer admissions to some more applicants, so even if you haven't heard back and others have, there should still be a chance of getting an admission in late March or early April. By the way, doesn't anyone have an opinion on NYU Stern's OM program versus CMU Tepper's?
echoxg Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 ORGuy, I also applied to NYU Stern's IOMS and haven't heard anything yet. Don't think anyone has yet. But as you said, there was nothing posted on the results search page for all of 2009, so who knows. martizzle, I heard back from CMU (OM, not OR), and I think as with many small business school programs, they wait for their admits to make a decision, and if the admits turn down their offer they try to use those freed up slots to offer admissions to some more applicants, so even if you haven't heard back and others have, there should still be a chance of getting an admission in late March or early April. By the way, doesn't anyone have an opinion on NYU Stern's OM program versus CMU Tepper's? OM in stern and tepper are both with high reputation and rankings. But for me, I would like to choose Stern, which is more quantitative. It seems stern's placement is a little bit better than tepper? what's your opinion?
Queues Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 (edited) OM in stern and tepper are both with high reputation and rankings. But for me, I would like to choose Stern, which is more quantitative. It seems stern's placement is a little bit better than tepper? what's your opinion? Sorry, I posted this over at TM as well and I see you're over there as well. Not sure which is the stronger program. Both seem to place their best placed (upper quartile) students well, but perhaps NYU places better in the lower quartile. How did you conclude that NYU is more quantitative? Courses? I hadn't heard that before. I think CMU has CS factuly that work with Tepper, making it the better program for me (queueing in CS contexts is very related to my interests as is algorithmic game theory). I suppose Stern's ties to Courant (which may be to applied math what CMU's school of computer science is to CS in terms of reputation and quality of research output) may make the OM program more appealing to the quantitatively oriented, such as yourself (though I should add that my research interest is very quantitative as well). What do you feel are the other "top" PhD programs in OM besides these two and MIT Sloan? Edited March 1, 2010 by Queues
echoxg Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 Both programs are top level. I don't believe I have chance to get in:( As you said, Stern has a close connection with Courant. I would like to use optimization to solve the OM problem. Thus, I think Stern may be a better choice. (Even though CMU's ACO and OR are also quite strong). You already got CMU, hope you will get NYU:) Good luck~~~
Queues Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 Both programs are top level. I don't believe I have chance to get in:( As you said, Stern has a close connection with Courant. I would like to use optimization to solve the OM problem. Thus, I think Stern may be a better choice. (Even though CMU's ACO and OR are also quite strong). You already got CMU, hope you will get NYU:) Good luck~~~ Thanks, and don't give up hope yet. Best of luck to you too!
ORGuy Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 Were you applying to the MS/PHD program at Columbia? To others: Does anyone know whats up with CMU? Some people posted acceptances already...did anyone get any rejections yet, or know when all the decisions will be out? Martizzle, I applied to the Ph.D. in Decision, Risk, and Operations in the business school.
optimusP Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 Has anyone got news from Cornell ORIE PhD program. I saw in the results section just one acceptation in early February. Any information would be useful, I have 1 offer which ends in one week and I need to know if acceptations in ORIE have been made yet. Thanks
Deleted Posted March 1, 2010 Author Posted March 1, 2010 Has anyone got news from Cornell ORIE PhD program. I saw in the results section just one acceptation in early February. Any information would be useful, I have 1 offer which ends in one week and I need to know if acceptations in ORIE have been made yet. Thanks You could email (even anonimously if you fear for your application) about the decisions. I'm sort of in the same boat, only waiting for Cornell's rejection to accept my first offer
ipmser Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 You could email (even anonimously if you fear for your application) about the decisions. I'm sort of in the same boat, only waiting for Cornell's rejection to accept my first offer by when will you have to respond to NU's offer?
Deleted Posted March 1, 2010 Author Posted March 1, 2010 by when will you have to respond to NU's offer? 15th April. But the rush is not NU but my work, I MUST tell them I quit before 15th March and I want to be able to do that knowing that I have accepted an offer and that I am covered because for some reason I fear they are going to take back the offer, lol.
ipmser Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 15th April. But the rush is not NU but my work, I MUST tell them I quit before 15th March and I want to be able to do that knowing that I have accepted an offer and that I am covered because for some reason I fear they are going to take back the offer, lol. If you got their official paper offer, I don't think they can take it back anyway. Sue them if they did. LOL
testarossa Posted March 2, 2010 Posted March 2, 2010 rejected by MIT ORC today (SM). I am on a losing streak T_T
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