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Originally Posted by longshot
I think it's important for future applicants to look at the range of schools you considered. You are obviously shooting for a top 10ish marketing PhD, and that's great, but let's not give the impression that your application was subpar for the great majority of schools.
I feel that most would agree that you could have gotten into a top 50 program had you applied widely over that range.
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Originally Posted by NewBoston
I agree with longshot. One thing I saw in several profiles is an almost obligatory application to many (if not all) of the top 20ish programs and then disappointment when the applications were rejected far more often than not.
... If there is one take away from this last year, the most strategic approach would be to spread a wide net; much wider than you might think. It is hard to sell yourself short in the sense that it is hard to be over qualified for any program. If you happen to be at the top of the application pool, you simply get better funding offers.
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The list of schools is a fair inclusion, though admittedly I was hoping to avoid outing myself so directly.
Probably far too late for that, haha.
You're right, as a PhD applicant in consumer behavior, I was going for broke with my selection of schools, Top 20ish or back to the drawing board. I would caution against "casting a wide net" simply for the sake of "admission insurance", however. Sure, a doctoral graduate from Florida has the same title as a doctoral graduate from, say, Clemson**. But if you are applying for the Florida PhD, I would argue that you're wasting your time applying to a Clemson. Factors such as research intensity (what journals? how much?), teaching expectations (you want to teach? or is it an obligation?), general stress (more prestige = more pressure), salary (related directly to research output), & general lifestyle (jetsetting to conferences? consulting? living quietly around an LAC?). The schools you choose to apply to communicate as much info to the adcoms about your aspirations as the rest of your profile. Then again, if you want a PhD regardless the career path, then you know what you've got to do.
** Clemson does not even have a PhD program in marketing, & so will not be offended at my hypothetical comparison.