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Institution: SUNY at Buffalo Program: Management science and systems Decision: Admitted Funding: 20k Notification date: 03/04 Notified through: Email Posted on Grad Cafe: no Comments: going to withdraw it

Totally agree and earlier I stated that may be the label of decipline would be different(or even emerged in other deciplines). Still I believe some parts are unique, such as knowledge management. the point is that IS is a context for other managerial studies, a context which is unique. sticking to topic, I wanted to point this out that even if someone graduate from an IS department and hypothetically 5 years later there is no IS department in US , still academic jobs are availabe although IS graduates may work in a marketting or accounting program

With all due respect , I strongly disagree. I do not know what your major is, but shifting from CS approach to a more humanistic nature was a triumph for IS. it definitely gives MIS an independent and unique position as an academic field. I am not talking about what operational units of companies want, I am talking about what academia and industrial labs need. I do not think judging IS based on some tier 3 schools decisions to eliminate their IS program would be wise. As I wrote before there are evolving hot topics in IS which are far more attractive than traditional issues in marketting or finance. concepts of e-trust, e-branding or e- ethics in addition to social networks design or web-based marketting issues are still attractive. I hope to see more professional comments about IS.

I think to judge on the future of MIS we should take research demand of the field into consideration.The context of MIS is changing. traditionaly it was concerned with developing IS es taylored for managerial uses. it conceptually was exactly the same orientation of CS decipline. now, psychological and behavioral aspects of ISes is developing.as an example it even has intercepts with marketting area in E-commerce. undoubtedly, the need for studies in the unique nature of IS context will not deteriorate. the concepts in IS decipline is evolving rapidly even more rapid than traditional deciplines of management. 5 yrs ago no one was even talking about social networks or knowledge creation but indeed they are unique subjects of IS field now. current trend is due to fast exchange of IS from CS views to more engagement in managerial nature. this means it takes time to start a new era in IS. but still that's the demand for research which make a decipline popular and I do not think this need is declining, may be the label will be different though

got admission from mcmaster, canadians look faster than past this year

Institution: Mcmaster University Program: Information systems Decision: Accepted Funding: 37000$ Notification date: Feb 58 Notified through: Email Posted on Grad Cafe: No

Ah they finally admitted me

Institution: University of Arkansas Program: Management Information Systems Decision: Accepted Funding: 27000$ Notification date: Feb 23 Notified through: Email Posted on Grad Cafe: No Comments: regret losing DDF award

I am sick of refereshing my email page too. I want my normal life back:D. I hope this psychological game comes to an end soon:crazy:

you know what's funny about one of my applications? they have interviewed me and have told me that we are favorable toward your app and we will make our funding decision this week...then this week...oh! we guess that would be next week....then a week later....really we promised to send out results now? oh! no , we hope we can send them out by early next week and I guess the story is about to be continued and I dread indeed!:mad:

they told me that they would send their decisions out by Feb 15th, by the way they have not yet. I know that the accounting department has made decisions but am not sure about other departments. has anybody else, who has been interviewed, heard from them ?

i got admission in BA not marketing, ofcourse he/she is not me;)

i got the admission too and funding decisions will be out in few weeks

they will notify me in few weeks about their funding decisions

Institution:University of Manitoba Program: Business Management Decision:Admitted Funding: will be announced in few weeks Notification date: 10th Feb Notified through: Email Posted on Grad Cafe: Comments:

for those who have applied to university of Manitoba, their admission decisions will be made tomorrow according their phd coordinator

they typically start sendig their 1st round offers from the first week of March

i have applied to 7-8 canadian programs and they are indeed slow. I checked TGC and found that they typically start sending admission letters from mid-march

Discipline: Information systems Type of Undergrad: industrial engineering Undergrad GPA:3.5 Type of Grad: Information systems management Grad GPA: 3.98 GMAT / GRE:690(50,34) Research Experience:2 published papers in ISI indexed journals, couple of presentations in some confrences, 2yrs Research assistantship Teaching Experience:2 lab courses Concerns:low gmat score Applying to:mcmaster, carleton, concordia, alberta, HEC montreal, memorial university, manitoba,guelph, univ at buffalo, U of Ark, Olemiss, north texas, texas tech, UTA, Auburn

As finance friends are making their own thread , I wanted to make a dedicated thread for MIS applicants to share their admission journey, although I assume a few number of people here are applying for MIS

it was relaxing to know an adcom's point of view.thank you Khema. the results will be out in 2 weeks, I keep posting about it.

just passed the interview. it started with predictable questions: why to choose PhD ? Why IS concentration? Why UoArk? these were the first interviewer's questions(the director of the program) then another professor asked me: what specifically I would do in phd and what are my research focus? what tools can I use in research? and the last question was kind of suprising by another professor: when you are so young,why do you think PhD is the true path for you? have you considered working in industry?(I thought it's a plus for me when Im 24 , but I think that they have got skeptical about my age and my decisions!) what do you think guys? the latter professor has made me so pessimistic about their verdict.

wow I did not think that a PhD interview can go technical. by the way and hopefuly my concentration is information systems, lol ! If I control my stress I do not think couple of subject related questions make trouble. anyway thank you for the headups

thnx phdhope, useful points about reviewing their website, It gave me a feeling. about the time difference yes you are right , but the time they have set is 10am in local time which means 7 pm in Tehran which is the peak of my conciousness :P :D

any thoughts guys? i need your help:rolleyes: