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Admission Year: 2015 Test Used for Admittance: GRE Test Scores: 327, 166Q, 161V, 4.5 AWA Undergrad GPA: 9.46/10 (B.Tech - Electrical Engineering) Graduate GPA: 8.9/10 (MBA) Industry Experience: 3 years, banking operations. 6 months (EPC). 6 months (KPO). Totally - 4 years Concentration Applied to: Operations Management Range of Schools Applied: McCombs, Carlson (Convert), Kelley, ESSEC (Convert), Wharton, Mays (Convert), Boulder (Interviewed), McGill, Miami, Ohio State, Rotman, University of Connecticut (Interviewed) Final Remarks: 1. Spend reasonable time on your SoP - customize it as per the college you are applying to 2. Apply only to schools where there is a strong fit between your research interests and the kind of research going on in the school 3. 325+ in GRE is a safe bet 4. Apply widely - business school admissions are highly competitive (only 2-3 admits per department)

XA .... Your posts have been a tension reliever for most of us I guess .... Thank you so much for the wealth of information on minor and major issues that you have provided to us from time to time ....

A couple of interviewers ask you what are the colleges to which you have applied? Is it ok to take a few (3-4) names or is it better to say I am not uncomfortable in sharing the names?

Any operations management seniors / fellow urchins here who have faced interviews in the past? Any inputs on your past experiences, types of questions asked? Thanks......

Nothing can beat friends !

Thanks for your inputs. This does help a lot !

I just hope my interview doesn't get so technical .. as I don't remember much stuff from my supply chain classes ... except for bullwhip effect and buyback contracts (I recalled these terms today primarily because they were used in one of the papers that I was reading) !

Even i dont really recall what Kanban systems are ! Though I remember stuff about Kaizen :-) Thanks for your inputs !

Hi Seniors / Fellow Urchers with interview experience, I have two questions with respect to interviews:- 1. What is the kind of technical questions that one can expect during an interview? Will the profs. dig deeper into any of the research papers that we have read? or will it be more of a summary and "your understanding / key takeaways" kind of questions? 2. Will we be asked any stuff about the subjects studied by us during our earlier coursework? Say I have applied to the operations management stream and my research interests lie around supply chain management & quality management which also happens to be few of the subjects covered by me in my earlier degrees. So will the interviewers be digging deeper into my knowledge of these subjects? Any advice on these fronts will be highly appreciated. Thanks!

Try watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S TV series .. It's a good distraction!

You have applied for consumer behavior?

Hey Congrats on the offer ! I guess this is the first acceptance offer of the season. Would you mind sharing the names of the 3 other universities from which you have received interview calls? Congrats again ! Thanks.

Approximately how much time does one get between the receipt of an interview call and the actual interview? 2-3 days or more or less?

Even I got an e mail from one of the universities to which I had applied stating that they haven't yet received my GRE scores. They asked me to send an email copy of my gre scores. This happened day before yesterday and the deadline for submitting the application was January 5. I had requested ets to send my scores to this university on November 5 itself. Certainly a stress addition !

Thanks XA .. Its certainly a little difficult to keep one's calm during this period !

I got an email from Indiana university stating that my application stands completed now. I am not sure what to make of this as I had completed all my application formalities some time in the 3rd week of November. In fact I had also received a mail from the graduate admissions office stating that my application has been forwarded to the admissions committee for review. Has anyone else got such an email? I am a little surprised as all these days I was under the assumption my application was completed and is being reviewed by the respective committee.

Which stream have you applied to?

PhD Operations Management applicants - Have any of you got interview calls from the places to which you have applied? Or is it a little too early to expect any movement?

Yes Sir - thats what i am doing. Have 13 schools in my list ! Hope I am through some where .. Fingers crossed !

Program Applying to: Operations Management Age: 26 GRE Scores: 327 (166 - Q, 161 - V, AWA - 4.5) Undegrad degree / GPA: B.Tech from NIT Kurukshetra, India (9.46 / 10) Grad degree / GPA: MBA from IIT Madras (8.99 / 10) Work Experience: 3.5 Years (2.5 years after MBA, 1 year after B.Tech) Teaching Experience: In my current professional role, I design & deliver training programs on basic statistical tools Research Experience: Nil. letter of recommendation: IIT profs Research Interests: Service Operations Delivery, Empirical OM, Supply Chain Mgmt Schools Considering to Apply to: [TABLE=width: 187] [TR] [TD]University of Texas @ Austin[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mays' Business School [TABLE=width: 187] [TR] [TD]Univ of Connecticut[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of North Carolina[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Minnesota [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Indiana University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Wharton[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]OSU - Fisher College of Business[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Univ of Colorado - Boulder[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Miami Business School[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

Hi .. can some one suggest some "safe" business schools for operations management PhD? I have Miami, Colorado (Boulder), Minnesota & Connecticut in my final list.

They say prefer.. Not require.. Won't it be a disadvantage applying to schools where they prefer GMAT with a GRE score? Actually most of the students apply with a GMAT score. Which makes it easier to compare between the applicants.. Yeah you are right ultimately the percentile score becomes the yardstick for comparison between the students irrespective of the test taken

I chose these 3 OR schools in particular primarily because of a good research fit. Let me have re-look at the placement scenario from these institutes before submitting my applications as faculty research interests have been the primary reason behind my shortlist. Academics is what I want to get into - I am sure of that. Regarding the OM department lists - I wanted to have at least 4 "safe" schools where faculty research interests are aligned to mine. Hence have included Miami, Nanyang, Minnesota & Schulich. Mays has a number of profs whose research interests are in sync with mine. Yes, let me reconsider ESSEC. Besides UW Seattle, Purdue & UT Dallas prefer GMAT over GRE - hence I am not applying there. The average GRE scores of Maryland over the past few cycles of admissions (as told in their website) is higher than my score - hence the decision to not apply. Yes, Georgia Tech is a possibility ! Thanks to both of you for your inputs & suggestions !

Hey .. Thanks for the response .... My research interests lie at the boundary of OR and OM .... I am primarily interested to research on how or techniques can be used in the areas of Supply Chain Mgmt, service operations delivery and quality mgmt ... The OM Schools which i have shortlisted have a significant number of faculty doing research in this area ... And for the Rutgers, Mc Cormick & NCSU - the research interests are more applied in nature than theoretical ..... Hence this shortlist !

Shall be grateful if someone could advise me on the above query.. Thanks !!