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specialk · 01-27-2007, 07:23 PM

A fellow applicant for fall 2007 told me that the admissions process is different for domestic vs international applicants applying to doctoral programs in business, suggesting that it is more difficult for the latter to gain admission. Despite the short supply of PhD's in the U.S. I'm not sure whether an admissions committee would distinguish between the two types of applicants. For example, are international students expected to achieve higher marks or test scores, or to have distinguishing characteristics that are not required of American applicants? I don't know. I'm sure that to some extent it depends on the school and department, but does anyone have any thoughts on this in general, or with regard to their own specialties like Finance/Mkting/OB/etc?

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specialk Trying to make mom and pop proud Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5	Domestic vs. International Applicants A fellow applicant for fall 2007 told me that the admissions process is different for domestic vs international applicants applying to doctoral programs in business, suggesting that it is more difficult for the latter to gain admission. Despite the short supply of PhD's in the U.S. I'm not sure whether an admissions committee would distinguish between the two types of applicants. For example, are international students expected to achieve higher marks or test scores, or to have distinguishing characteristics that are not required of American applicants? I don't know. I'm sure that to some extent it depends on the school and department, but does anyone have any thoughts on this in general, or with regard to their own specialties like Finance/Mkting/OB/etc?