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I have accepted my offer from Ross, and declined Cornell and UTD.. just FYI for anyone who is waiting to hear form these schools...

Discipline: Operations Management Admission Year: Fall 2014 Test Used for Admittance: GRE and TOEFL Test Scores: Quant 170 (98%) Verbal 153 (58%) AW 4.5 (78) , TOEFL 117 Undergrad GPA: 8.86/10 ( Top 15 percent) Graduate GPA: --- LORs: 3 Strong Academic References (all profs from my institution) Industry Experience: 2 Month Internship in Data Analytics at American Express Research Experience: Nil Teaching Experience: TA for undergraduate course in Mechanical Engineering Range of Schools Applied: 4 in Top 10, 3 in Top 20 Total Schools Applied To: 7 Total Offers Given: Interviewed by 3 and Accepted in all these 3 (1 from Top 10 and 2 from Top 20). Rejected by 4. Final Remarks: Things I would have done differently - 1. Applied to more good schools. I had no idea about a lot of good schools until later. 2. Should have maintained my Undergrad GPA above 9.5. 3. Should have started earlier... believe it or not.. I began applying, researching about schools, etc. only in September... I decided on a PhD only then... that's it... It was actually a smooth ride for me this season, as my expectations were very low. I expected to get admission only from one university (the least ranked in my list).. but instead I got calls from three (including rank 4 in my list)... I have no clue about research, really.. I don't have any idea what are the areas of research available..All I know is that I am good at mathematical modelling.. and data analysis... and I was always honest about all these in my interviews, and the profs liked that. I guess they were looking for smart, motivated people. So be honest.. it also helps them in gauging the fit between the university and you. This approach eliminated the "research fit" criteria.. as I was open-minded, and could fit into any area.

OFF TOPIC Did anyone hear from Columbia GSB? I keep mailing their phdinfo and there's no response...

Institution Name: U Michigan Ross School of Business Concentration (e.g. Strategy, OT, OB): Technology and Operations Date of Notification: 02/27/2014 Type of Notification (e.g. email/phone/snail mail): Phone Notification (e.g. Interview / Waitlisted / Accepted): Accepted Posted on GradCafe?: Yes Comments: ​Super relieved!! I thought I'll be waitlisted, but this is definitely a surprise!

Congrats!!!! The problem of plenty is such a *****! :eager:

I have researched these schools, but I lack a great deal of information. I'm looking for a 3rd person's perspective of these three schools. My gut says Ross>UTD>Cornell. I haven't talked to students, and I know only the info that profs have given me. Please share what you know about these schools in comparison. Thanks.

I have got offers from Cornell and UTD so far, and will most probably be wait-listed in Michigan (Results in a couple of days). Which one should I go for? Which factors should I look for in these universities? Please help me out with the pros and cons of these schools.:dejected: And the sooner I decide, the better for waitlisted candidates in the schools which I reject. Thanks in advance!

Institution Name: UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Business Concentration (e.g. Strategy, OT, OB): Operations Management Date of Notification: 02/24/2014 Type of Notification (e.g. email/phone/snail mail): email Notification (e.g. Interview / Waitlisted / Accepted): Accepted Posted on GradCafe?: Yes Comments: I knew earlier..but confirmed just now... Hmm... Cornell already in the bag..waiting for Michigan Ross now... results are out by the end of February...

Thanks for the updates... that really helped!! Regarding Sloan not taking OM any more.. ARE YOU SERIOUS? do you have a source? There wasn't anything mentioned on the website. Did I just waste 150+ bucks?? :upset:

Any info on the following univs? 1. Stanford GSB (I saw a post on GC. But i don't know whether its genuine) 2. MIT Sloan ( no news anywhere) 3. Columbia GSB (Someone posted on GC saying they'll release results by mid march. Are there no interviews?) 4. CMU Tepper (Saw a couple of interview posts on GC, two days apart. Are they interviewing one by one?)

Oh crap! No, I didn't. Only to business schools. And I just found out two posts on GC about Columbia GSB interviews. Guess that's out too! :/

Institution Name: Johnson at Cornell Concentration (e.g. Strategy, OT, OB): Operations Management Date of Notification: 2/12/2014 Type of Notification (e.g. email/phone/snail mail): Mail Notification (e.g. Interview / Waitlisted / Accepted): Accepted Posted on GradCafe?: Yes Comments: First admit Institution Name: UT Dallas Naveen Jindal Concentration (e.g. Strategy, OT, OB): Operations Management Date of Notification: 2/5/2014 Type of Notification (e.g. email/phone/snail mail): Mail Notification (e.g. Interview / Waitlisted / Accepted): Interview Posted on GradCafe?: Yes Comments: Informal interview with a prof. Will get it most probably. Institution Name: U Michigan Stephen Ross Concentration (e.g. Strategy, OT, OB): Operations Management Date of Notification: 2/14/2014 Type of Notification (e.g. email/phone/snail mail): Mail Notification (e.g. Interview / Waitlisted / Accepted): Interview Posted on GradCafe?: Yes Comments: The co-ordinator said that results would be published only in early March. I'm confident of making it. I have also applied to CMU,MIT, Stanford and Columbia. No news from these schools, gradcafe or elsewhere.