tm_associate Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Hello aspiring PhD applicants! People in prior years have used a thread such as this as a place to ask short questions, throw up their admission stats, give out information, or simply as a tool to write about all the stressors associated with the PhD application process! This seems as a good time as any to throw this thread up and offer a place for aspiring applicants to congregate around discussion of the application process! You can also view prior years 'Application Sweating' threads here http://www.www.urch.com/forums/phd-business/152661-welcome-forum-please-start-here-important-past-threads.html. Feel free to post any information you feel comfortable sharing, for example posts from prior years have included simple application information such as: Program Applying to: Age: GMAT Scores: Undegrad degree / GPA: Grad degree / GPA: Work Experience: Teaching Experience: Research Experience: LOR: Research Interests: Schools Considering to Apply to: An example from previous year is below: Program: Marketing (CB) Age: 28GMAT: 700 Q48 V 39 AWA 6 Undergrad: 2 degrees in the hard sciences unknown but accredited private college GPA: 3.4 (low, but graduated in top 10% of the class) Grad: M.S. in Marketing top 20 ranked well known private college GPA: 4.0 Work experience (as unimportant as it is): 5 years in Pharma various roles Teaching experience: TA for some undergrad science, math and marketing courses Research experience: 7 conference presentations from chemistry and math, 1 current R&R as first author, 1 submitted paper as first author, 2 submissions as third author (I also published a poem when I was in third grade, but I don't think adcoms care about that). Letter of recommendation: 3 extremely positive. All professors I've done marketing research with, all currently publishing Research interests: Consumer psychology, specifically judgement and decision making in relation to psychological factors Schools in consideration: I'm not particularly comfortable giving out all of the schools, but there is a smattering across all levels with strong research interests with specific professors at each. Some of highlights include CMU (which I realistically understand I won't get in to), Duke (see CMU), CU, Buffalo, Florida, Florida State, Wisconsin, and South Carolina. Feel free to share any information you are comfortable sharing or none at all. The strength of the community is when applicants help each other out in providing information (remember, this is all individual opinions, so take it for what its worth) about the application process! Best of luck to this years applicants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwai20 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Program Applying to: Operations Management Age: 26 GRE Scores: 327 (166 - Q, 161 - V, AWA - 4.5) Undegrad degree / GPA: B.Tech from NIT Kurukshetra, India (9.46 / 10) Grad degree / GPA: MBA from IIT Madras (8.99 / 10) Work Experience: 3.5 Years (2.5 years after MBA, 1 year after B.Tech) Teaching Experience: In my current professional role, I design & deliver training programs on basic statistical tools Research Experience: Nil. letter of recommendation: IIT profs Research Interests: Service Operations Delivery, Empirical OM, Supply Chain Mgmt Schools Considering to Apply to: [TABLE=width: 187] [TR] [TD]University of Texas @ Austin[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mays' Business School [TABLE=width: 187] [TR] [TD]Univ of Connecticut[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of North Carolina[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Minnesota [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Indiana University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Wharton[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]OSU - Fisher College of Business[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Univ of Colorado - Boulder[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Miami Business School[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kush82 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Program Applying to: Marketing Age: 32 GRE Scores: 337 (170 - Q, 167 - V, AWA - 5) Undegrad degree / GPA: B.I.T. from Delhi University (66%) Grad degree / GPA: MBA from IIM Calcutta (5.4 / 9) Work Experience: 9 Years (8 years after MBA, 1 year after B.I.T.) Teaching Experience: Nil Research Experience: Nil letter of recommendation: IIM profs Research Interests: Consumer Culture Theory Schools Considering to Apply to: 1 in top 10, 9 in top 50, 3 in top 100 Preferred Schools - Wisconsin, York, Arizona, Kellogg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmatdanger Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Hello aspirants.. Gosh! I can't believe I was on the other side just a few months back.. damn! Anyways.. all the best to applicants. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheetrockero Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Program Applying to: Marketing (CB) Age: 31 GMAT Scores: 740 (Q-49, V-42, AWA-4.5, IR-5) Undegrad degree / GPA: B.A. in German from a top tier public university / 3.3 Grad degree / GPA: MBA from a different top tier public university / 3.7 Work Experience: 9 Years in sales with a Fortune 500 building materials manufacturer Teaching Experience: Adjunct Marketing Instructor at a small private college Research Experience: RA for Prof at my MBA school Letters of Recommendation: 1 Prof (that I was RA for), 1 Dean (where I adjunct), 1 Manager (who knows how hard I work) Research Interests: Consumer Judgement and Decision Making Schools Considering to Apply to: 7 in top 10, 6 in top 25, 3 in top 50, 2 in top 100 Preferred Schools - INSEAD, Duke, Maryland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
med2015 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Program Applying to: Marketing (CB) Age: 22 GMAT Scores: 710 (Q44, V 42, IR-8, AWA- 6) Undergrad degree / GPA: 3.9 Grad degree / GPA: Marketing/SCM Work Experience: 1 Year Full-time Teaching Experience: N/A Research Experience: Honors thesis, RA (1 year) in behavioral lab, working paper, accepted to present at conference letter of recommendation: Assistant Professor (Thesis Director), Professor (Well known in field), Clinical Professor (Thesis Committee) Research Interests: Product perception/attributes Schools Considering to Apply to: 2 T10, 2 T20, 3 T30, 1 T50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eventualprof Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Program Applying to: Marketing (CB) Age: 31 GMAT Scores: 740 (Q-49, V-42, AWA-4.5, IR-5) Undegrad degree / GPA: B.A. in German from a top tier public university / 3.3 Grad degree / GPA: MBA from a different top tier public university / 3.7 Work Experience: 9 Years in sales with a Fortune 500 building materials manufacturer Teaching Experience: Adjunct Marketing Instructor at a small private college Research Experience: RA for Prof at my MBA school Letters of Recommendation: 1 Prof (that I was RA for), 1 Dean (where I adjunct), 1 Manager (who knows how hard I work) Research Interests: Consumer Judgement and Decision Making Schools Considering to Apply to: 7 in top 10, 6 in top 25, 3 in top 50, 2 in top 100 Preferred Schools - INSEAD, Duke, Maryland Go get 'em, you gypsum genius! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamzeh2014 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) Program Applying to: management and organization/ human resource Age:31 GRE Scores: V:160/M:169/W:4 Undegrad degree / GPA: 3.5 (No.1 student)/business administration Grad degree / GPA: MBA FROM BEST UNIVERSITY IN IRAN (RANK 15 BETWEEN MORE THAN 5000 IN ENTRANCE EXAM)/3.6 (TOP 10 ) Work Experience:5 YEARS/ banking- Teaching Experience: 3 years in college and top companies in Iran Research Experience: 3 years/ 4 research article letter of recommendation: 3 full recommend(3 professor- 1 dean) Research Interests: compensation - personnel economics - human resource management Schools Considering to Apply to: just top 10 preferred: Harvard-Wharton- MIT- Stanford Edited November 11, 2014 by hamzeh2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm_associate Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 So this is usually the time people start sweating about their applications.... How is everyone doing in getting all their apps in? Anyone stressed yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanthusARES Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Anyone stressed yet? I am, but I assume that the rest of my life will be waves of high and low stress forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enjoylife Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Program Applying to: Marketing (strategy): Age: 24 Undergrad - B.S in economics GPA: 3.55/4.00 Graduate - MBA, marketing concentration GPA: 3.93/4.00 GMAT - 750 (V40 Q51 IR7 AWA5) Research Experience - 1 conference paper submitted, and prepare 2 manuscripts for journals; Research assistant in a behavioral lab (6 months) Work Experience - Graduate teaching assistant of an undergraduate marketing research class (1.5 years); several years of experience being a mathematics instructor at a large education service provider. letter of recommendation - university distinguished professor (very well known in the field), research professor ( well known in the field), associate professor I GA for (she knows me well and is still my coauthor) Research interest - marketing-finance interface Schools considering to apply to: 4 in top 10, 4 in top 20, 4 in top 30, 3 in top 50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheetrockero Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 (edited) Go get 'em, you gypsum genius! Haha! Thanks Eventualprof! I'm trying to get all my apps finished by Thanksgiving so I can relax. I was so tense last week while trying to write my SOP that I couldn't eat for two days. Edited November 13, 2014 by Sheetrockero Forgot quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheetrockero Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Anyone stressed yet? I was on the edge of a nervous breakdown last week. Part of it was food poisoning, but I'm pretty sure the other part was nerves as I penned the first and second drafts of my master SOP. I feel a lot better this week. Now I'm working on tweaking my SOP for each school and updating my resume and converting it into a CV for a few schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanthusARES Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Good to see some new faces around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppInfo Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I see a lot of marketing folks already. I. think XanthusARES must have been out recruiting. [h=1][/h] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Program Applying to: Management/OB Age: 26 GRE Score: V:160 (84%) Q:166 (92%) Undegrad degree / GPA: BS Psychology (Management minor) from very well known private university 3.8/4.0 Work Experience: 1 year in senior healthcare industry Teaching Experience: n/a Research Experience: Will have ~2 years as research assistant by matriculation (6 months in psychology lab as an undergrad. Currently working as a research assistant at a major research university in the management department studying leadership) Letter of recommendation: 3 solid recs (1 research-active associate prof in psych dept that I worked with as RA, 1 research-active assistant prof in management dept that I am currently working with, 1 research-active prof [pretty big name] in management dept that I am currently working with) Research Interests: micro OB, leadership (development, traits, legacy), teams Schools Considering to Apply to: 6 T10, 6 T20 6 T50 2 T100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doingfine Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 don't do it, you guys. :pirate: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrated Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Program Applying to: Management and Organizational Behaviors Age: 28 GMAT Scores: 720 (Q-49, V-39, AWA-5, IR-8) Undegrad degree / GPA: BA from Engineering School in East Asia, Management Science 3.5/4.0 Grad degree / GPA: MS from Same institute, 3.8/4/0 (in progress) Work Experience: None Teaching Experience: TA for 2 courses Research Experience: 5 years as RA during undergrad & grad school 1 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology publication as 4th author 1 publication in MIS field as third author 1 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin under review as lead author 2 working papers as lead author to be submitted to Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1 working paper as second author to be submitted to somewhere 1 AOM presentation (2014) Letter of recommendation: 1 from my advisor, 1 from MIS prof who published a paper together, 1 from prof in my undergrad/grad institute Research Interests: Power/Status, Ethical behavior, Self-regulation, Moral judgement, Intergroup dynamics, etc. Schools Considering to Apply to: about 20 programs, Not just T20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanthusARES Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I see a lot of marketing folks already. I. think XanthusARES must have been out recruiting. That would not be a good decision for me. I need people to not be on the job market in the next few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manactuest Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 · ProgramApplying to: Marketing (Quant track) · Age:34 · GREScore: V:160 (84%) Q:167 (95%) AWA 4 · Undegraddegree: BS in Statistics and Actuarial Science - University of Rome (Italy) -GPA: top 20% · Graddegree: Research Master in Actuarial Sciences - University of Rome (Italy) -GPA:3.82/4 · Graddegree: Berkeley MBA - GPA: 3.5/4 · WorkExperience: 8 years, of which the last 3 in a top interantional managementconsulting firm · TeachingExperience: n/a · ResearchExperience: Master in Research (2 years - doctoral courses and thesis) at RomeUniversity · Letterof recommendation: 3 recs from Master inResearch professors and undergraduate professors (1 really good rec; 2 average) · ResearchInterests: pricing dynamics (in a very specific subsector of very dynamicmarkets such as IT or retail) · SchoolsConsidering to Apply to: 9 schools in the Top 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tradingplaces Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I am, but I assume that the rest of my life will be waves of high and low stress forever. The last two months were pretty bad. At least now I have some moments of lower stress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eventualprof Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Haha! Thanks Eventualprof! I'm trying to get all my apps finished by Thanksgiving so I can relax. I was so tense last week while trying to write my SOP that I couldn't eat for two days. Take it easy, dude. You're going to do fine. Be concerned enough to make a solid impression at each school, but not so worried that you make yourself unable to eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanthusARES Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Hey guys. Just a quick request from fellow Urchin. It's still early in the application season, so no stress, but I know that we have a lot of lurkers on this site. If you never want to post anything ever, that's totally fine, but if you do want to post something, I'd like to request that it be in this thread. By all means keep out whatever information you deem as too personal, but please post your profile here. Future applicants gain a lot of knowledge and stress relief from being able to quickly compare their profiles with successful applicants from previous years. Basically this is a call out to the hundreds of visitors we get on this site to please consider participating in this thread. I know when I was applying the more information I could get the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Halfway done with applications! These are definitely time-consuming little goons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
med2015 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Halfway done with applications! These are definitely time-consuming little goons... Same here! I'm really pushing to be done before Thanksgiving, but we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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