Profile and Results 2007

[hillies717]

I completely agree, the comment was out of line in my opinion. Where people ask for opinions about schools you can give them to them (for instance is someone wanted some general rankings) but this is a results thread meant to display your achievements. Tilburg is a great school and getting into any PhD Finance program as stated many times before is quite an achievement.

[rjgthoya]

[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']PROFILE:[/FONT][FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']
Type of Undergrad: Georgetown University (Washington DC)
Undergrad GPA: 3.95 (Summa Cum Laude)
Type of Grad: None
Grad GPA:N/A
GRE: Did not take GRE. 740 GMAT (Forget breakdown, but my verbal was a bit higher than math, 6 on writing)
Math Courses: Calc 1, Calc 2, Multivariable Calc, Linear Algebra, Stats (relatively weak math background)
Econ Courses: (Econ Minor)Micro Principles, Macro Principles, Micro Theory H, Macro Theory H, Econometrics, International Finance, International Trade, Game Theory[/FONT][FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'](Finance Major) – Corp Finc, Adv Corp Finc, Investments, Derivatives, Finc Acct, International Finance, Global Finc Markets & Institutions, etc.
Other Courses: Received Bachelors of Science in Business Administration so took many business related courses…
Letters of Recommendation: One from an assistant professor of finance I had worked for as a Research Assistant, two others from finance professors who classes I had taken (and aced) and who I kept in touch with and had discussed research interestes.
Research Experience: Worked as a research assistant for a professor
Teaching Experience: None really…
Research Interests: Empirical Asset Pricing
SOP:
Other:

RESULTS:
Acceptances: Emory (accepted), Ohio State, Penn State
Waitlists: Rochester
Rejections: Chicago, UCLA, NYU, Wharton, Duke, Yale, Northwestern Cornell, Michigan, Maryland, Boston College

What would you have done differently?[/FONT]

[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']Taken more math classes. The professor I worked for had gone to NYU and was friendly with the director of the PhD program there. He asked why I was not accepted and was told that it was because of my relatively weak undergrad training in math (in particular no real analysis and no differential equations). I just didn’t realize I wanted to do a PhD (was planning on going into industry) until my junior year so there wasn’t much time to take more math classes.[/FONT]

[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']Being familiar with statistical computer programming (e.g. SAS or Stata) also would have made the first year in my program easier.[/FONT]

[Prawler]

I wonder why you chose Emory over Ohio State? What's attracting for you in school?

[rjgthoya]

Yes, it was a tough decision. I think overall OSU is better, their corporate finance program is much stronger.

However, I knew I wanted to do something empirical asset pricing related, and I think the two schools are of pretty similar quality in that area. Jay and Jegadeesh are both great researchers and Jay, in particular, has had a lot of success placing students (e.g. Jonathan Lewellen). Since I thought my placement potential was pretty similar at both schools, non-academic factors made me lean towards Emory. I liked the city of Atlanta more than Columbus and especially like the warm weather. I liked their campus and the PhD facilities and the stipend was also a bit more generous.

[shahram29]

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad:Mechanical Eng.
Undergrad GPA:3
Type of Grad:MBA
Grad GPA:3.8
GMAT: 600
Letters of Recommendation: 3 very good (2%)
Research Experience:4 years
Teaching Experience:
Work Experience: 8 years
Research Interests:Strategy , Marketing
SOP: very good


RESULTS:
Acceptances:
Waitlists: Boston College , UIC , Amherst, Bentley , Rhode Island
Rejections: