BNemeth Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Hi everyone :) I am seeking a profile evaluation for a Marketing PhD- Consumer Behaviour track - your response is greatly appreciated :) Test Scores (GMAT/GRE): GMAT 710, Q49, V39, AWA6 Undegrad GPA: finished in the UK, as top of the class, best dissertation, in a top UK university, field: Business and Management, have been awarded 3 awards for academic and quantitative excellence and one for the dissertation (probably would account to 3.95/4.00 GPA Graduate GPA: Masters from Imperial College, my masters specialisation was ranked no. 2 worldwide, finished with distinction in top 1% with an honorary scholarship award and a dean's excellence award. (GPA would probably be around 3.85/4.00) Research Experience: Research paper published in a top Slovak academic marketing journal (the research was on Slovak consumer decision-making styles) Research assistantship experience - will be more than a year by start of programme in 2019 + several research based courseworks with high firsts (equivalent of A+), best dissertation that was multi-method research based Teaching Experience: 1 year teaching experience as mentor for students, won the best mentor award Work Experience: 2 years consulting experience in digital marketing Concentration Applying to: Marketing- Consumer Behaviour track Number of programs planned to apply to: 7-8 Dream Schools: Harvard Business School, London Business School, Wharton, MIT, Insead Planning to apply to top 10 business schools in the US and Europe Thank you for your response :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrazilianPhD Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Your profile seems very, very strong. Good GMAT score, excellent GPA, big universities (that can probably get you strong letters of recommendation), awards, a paper published, research and teaching experience. I don't know how you made your list of schools, but 7-8 schools and only top ones look very risky to me, even with a strong profile like yours. You probably would need luck to be on your side too, with that strategy. And every time I see only big names, I wonder if the applicant based the choices on general reputation (often a bad idea) or on research fit (extremely important). If you do a good job while selecting schools, you should certainly get an offer from a good school given your profile. The only thing that made me curious about your profile is why CB? You didn't talk about things like motivation, and I see a lot of things here that made me think about Quant Marketing (e.g., a relatively high quant score, a quantitative excellence award, some experience with digital marketing, MIT as dream school). I'm not saying it's wrong to apply to CB, you sure have your reasons. But if I had to guess, I would have thought you were planning to apply to Quant, not CB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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