Got an email saying that they are sending TAships for some short-listed candidates this week. A bit shocked that the process does not involve an interview.

1st official acceptance. Funding (TA + tuition waiver) provided on same day after contacting program head through email. Suprisingly no interview. Speciality chosen - Statistical Forecasting/Exploratory Data Analysis Below average Undergrad Academics from a decent Engg school in India. Outstanding professional work experience in business world. No publications etc Rejections so far --> Stanford - Mgmt Sc and Engg (under consideration for Masters), Wharton - Statistics, Univ of Michigan/Ross - Tech and Operations, MIT - Operations Research, Kellogg - Operns Mgmt Waiting for results or is it rejection :) from --> Texas A&M - Marketing (3 interviews till date - Went just ok), Univ of North Carolina - Stats/OR, Univ of Michigan - Industrial Engg/OR, Duke/Fuqua - Decision Sciences, Univ of Washington - Operns Mgmt, Univ of Texas/McCombs - IROM, London Business School - Mgmt Science, Carnegie Mellon/Heinz - Machine Learning/Large Scale Data Analytics, Rutgers - Marketing Science, Penn State - Marketing

this is a backup school. i don't really want to go here. i don't like applied math.

High GPA, very good creative portfolio and resume. Excited about acceptance. Still waiting to hear back about financial support, and from other schools.

WTF! Email directing me to website. No problem! I have better options :)

rejected by the department!

scheisse...

Yay!