Admission result 2009:

[longshot]

Program: Finance, corporate finance interest
GMAT Score: 730 (96%) - 47Q (81%), 44V (97%), 5.5 AWA (83%)
Undergrad GPA: 3.6 (The Citadel, BS Business Admin, minor in Applied Math)
Graduate GPA: n/a
Research experience: I showed the adcoms my a term paper from my advanced corp. fin. class, nothing incredible, but I did show a little experience w Compustat and a statistical package (StatDisk)
Professional experience: nothing, straight out of undergrad
Attending: Pitt
Admitted: Pitt
Interviews: Pitt
Rejected: Michigan State, Minnesota, GaTech, UNC, ASU
Withdrawn: Alabama, Rochester, Ohio State, Purdue, Indiana, Emory, UGA, Arizona, Illinois, VaTech, Oklahoma

Comments: Pitt was one of my top choices and I shot a professor I'm interested in working with an email after I submitted my application. He forwarded the email to the admissions director and I spoke with both of them at length over the phone that week. They flew me up for a visit and interview 2 weeks later. They stayed in touch afterwards and made an offer in December. I accepted right after Christmas. Go Panthers!

I think graduating from a military college helped, it's kind of a rare path to a PhD in business so I think it might have stood out a little, hopefully it answered any maturity questions too.

[UCSD_Rady_Phd]

Program: Corporate Finance + Innovation/Entrepreneurial Finance
GRE- 800Q, 710V
Undergrad - Big Ten school, top 15 economics... Majors: Finance - GPA 3.75/4, Math - 4.0/4.0, Economics - 3.9/4.0
Grad- No master's degree; but PhD courses in Micro theory, Metrics, Math for Economists and audited a PhD seminar in corporate finance ..
Research experience - nothing significant
Work experience - 4+ years in corporate finance

Applied/Admitted/Attending - UCSD Rady

[iliketopology]

Originally Posted by UCSD_Rady_Phd

Program: Corporate Finance + Innovation/Entrepreneurial Finance
GRE- 800Q, 710V
Undergrad - Big Ten school, top 15 economics... Majors: Finance - GPA 3.75/4, Math - 4.0/4.0, Economics - 3.9/4.0
Grad- No master's degree; but PhD courses in Micro theory, Metrics, Math for Economists and audited a PhD seminar in corporate finance ..
Research experience - nothing significant
Work experience - 4+ years in corporate finance

Applied/Admitted/Attending - UCSD Rady

Awesome! You had 3 majors in undergrad. That is super cool.

[UCSD_Rady_Phd]

Originally Posted by iliketopology

Awesome! You had 3 majors in undergrad. That is super cool.

I wish !! No, I got a finance degree 6 years back, went out and worked 4+ years, then decided I want to get into academia, returned for coursework in math and economics and in the process, will end up with the additional economics degree (for coursework in the last full year) .. i actually won't have a math degree (i'm 2 classes shy) because i was planning on taking those classes in the fall semester, but now I'm going to start the PhD ..

[iliketopology]

Originally Posted by UCSD_Rady_Phd

I wish !! No, I got a finance degree 6 years back, went out and worked 4+ years, then decided I want to get into academia, returned for coursework in math and economics and in the process, will end up with the additional economics degree (for coursework in the last full year) .. i actually won't have a math degree (i'm 2 classes shy) because i was planning on taking those classes in the fall semester, but now I'm going to start the PhD ..

Still pretty cool. Good luck. I like UCSD too but I did not apply this year there. If you have positive feedback, I shall consider applying next year. So how many students are joining you?

[UCSD_Rady_Phd]

Originally Posted by iliketopology

Still pretty cool. Good luck. I like UCSD too but I did not apply this year there. If you have positive feedback, I shall consider applying next year. So how many students are joining you?

I don't know who else accepted.. I'm flying out there this weekend so hopefully I'll find out.. They were targeting either 1 or 2 students per business discipline, so maybe one other person?

[doctoraldude]

Program: Macro-OB/Economic Sociology/Organizational Sociology
GRE Score: 800Q 710V 4.5AWA
Undergrad: Honors + Accelerated Masters in Chemical engineering;
Research experience:
-Thesis/Dissertation
-A couple of papers presented in conferences
Professional experience: Organizational Strategy Consulting; Small business owner
Attending: Stanford
Admitted: Stanford
Withdrawn before formal offer: Cornell, Michigan, Minnesota, Emory, Alberta, Pitt
Rejected: MIT Sloan, Chicago Booth, Northwestern

[Bloomsbury]

Originally Posted by doctoraldude

Program: Macro-OB/Economic Sociology/Organizational Sociology
GRE Score: 800Q 710V 4.5AWA
Undergrad: Honors + Accelerated Masters in Chemical engineering;
Research experience:
-Thesis/Dissertation
-A couple of papers presented in conferences
Professional experience: Organizational Strategy Consulting; Small business owner
Attending: Stanford
Admitted: Stanford
Withdrawn before formal offer: Cornell, Michigan, Minnesota, Emory, Alberta, Pitt
Rejected: MIT Sloan, Chicago Booth, Northwestern

Great profile !
What was your business ?

[doctoraldude]

logistics.

btw anyone else getting freaked out about privacy issues ? I think a lot of us have uniquely identified ourselves here

[iliketopology]

Originally Posted by UCSD_Rady_Phd

I don't know who else accepted.. I'm flying out there this weekend so hopefully I'll find out.. They were targeting either 1 or 2 students per business discipline, so maybe one other person?

Please keep me posted.