Rahul Gaikwad Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Hello, I'm an Indian and I'm interested in doing Ph.D in finance from top 10 universities(USA).My dream college is Stern Business school.I'm currently pursuing my MBA(first Year). Profile: Undergrad: NIT Raipur - IT (8.00/10) Grad - IIM Trichy (3.2/4.33 till 2nd term- Top 25% of the batch(180 students)) Macroeconomic - 4.09, Microeconomic - 3.57, Probability(QM-1) - 3.77, Corporate Finance - 3.57 CAT 2015 - 99.06 percentille (170,000 applicants) I'm targetting a GRE score of 330+. Currently engaged with two finance professors in my college. Working as an RA with one prof and trying to publish paper in a conference or journal with the other prof. I'm thinking of joining ISB(CAF) for one year after completing MBA. Please provide me with suggestions on how I can improve my profile and better my chances of getting admission in top 5-10 Phd programs. Thank you for giving your valuable time to read/suggest . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 seems like more math is needed perhaps? finance programs operate similarly to econ. so mathematical analysis, linear algebra etc :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahul Gaikwad Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 Thank you very much for your suggestion. I appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finninja Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Join ISB. Make sure you build good contacts with the professors. Start applying early whenever you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finninja Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 PM me. I'll try to help you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb29 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Second this ^. Do an RA stint at ISB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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