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emgi · 06-07-2003, 11:53 PM

My stats are following:

GRE
V: 560 (76%)
Q: 780 (89%)
AWA: 6 (94%)

GPA: 3.77 (undergrad), Bus. Admin - EU school, unknown internationally, very competitive locally.
3.8 (grad) - MA Finance, Int. Business - same school

Math courses: 2 calculus, 1 algebra, 1 statistics (3.75 GPA)

Based on these stats, what are the schools I should be shooting for? I am thinking about applying to either Economics or Business PhDs.
I appreciate your insights.

Emgi

myun · 06-08-2003, 10:46 PM

I think you have potential to get into internationally competitive schools. But of course it depends on too many things--what specialty you are shooting for, how strong your recommendation letters are, or even whether you are shooting for economics dept or B-schools. My impression was that econ depts are very competitive, and top econ schools routinely require strong econ background plus strong mathematics including real analysis. I could be mistaken though. You may have a fair chance at top business schools, but it may depend on what specialty you want to do.

My feeling is that if you raise your gre score on verbal to 90th percentile, then you definitely have a good chance to get into toptier Bschools (meaning that the top Bschools will not have obvious reason to reject you up front based on your stats), assuming there is no other red flag in the other aspect of your application package. Ideally, all your gre scores should be at or above 90th percentile. If you are from an EU school, you may have a much better chance at INSEAD or LBS than US schools of comparable quality.

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06-07-2003, 11:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
emgi Trying to make mom and pop proud Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 10	My stats are following: GRE V: 560 (76%) Q: 780 (89%) AWA: 6 (94%) GPA: 3.77 (undergrad), Bus. Admin - EU school, unknown internationally, very competitive locally. 3.8 (grad) - MA Finance, Int. Business - same school Math courses: 2 calculus, 1 algebra, 1 statistics (3.75 GPA) Based on these stats, what are the schools I should be shooting for? I am thinking about applying to either Economics or Business PhDs. I appreciate your insights. Emgi

06-08-2003, 10:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
myun Eager! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: USA Posts: 71	I think you have potential to get into internationally competitive schools. But of course it depends on too many things--what specialty you are shooting for, how strong your recommendation letters are, or even whether you are shooting for economics dept or B-schools. My impression was that econ depts are very competitive, and top econ schools routinely require strong econ background plus strong mathematics including real analysis. I could be mistaken though. You may have a fair chance at top business schools, but it may depend on what specialty you want to do. My feeling is that if you raise your gre score on verbal to 90th percentile, then you definitely have a good chance to get into toptier Bschools (meaning that the top Bschools will not have obvious reason to reject you up front based on your stats), assuming there is no other red flag in the other aspect of your application package. Ideally, all your gre scores should be at or above 90th percentile. If you are from an EU school, you may have a much better chance at INSEAD or LBS than US schools of comparable quality.

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