Forum: PhD in Business

I want to apply for the PhD Finance programs in London. London School of Economics, London Business School are pretty good choices. I am also considering Imperial College London and Cass Business School. Does anyone here know about these schools? Is it difficult to get accepted? I am just an...

We are two international students, who are applying for the Ph.D. program in Business. We have finished our Purpose of Statement, however, we need a native speaker who is good at writing to help us edit our Purpose of Statement in the following 2-3 days. We will be grateful, if you could help...

I applied for PhD (Strategy) last year and ended up with just a couple of waiting list out of many programs that I applied for. Do you think if I make some improvement in GMAT score and SOP (I'm going to use other materials that I used last year) I will get higher chance to get an admission from...

Hi, I am a 29 year old professional and have been working for 6 years, 4.5 years in the banking industry and 1.5 year in a Human Capital consulting role. I decided recently to go further with my studies and pursue a PhD in Organizational Behavior (concentration of Management most of the...

I took two PhD courses in my univeristy, Micro and Math. Sadly I don't think I did well in it. Actually i think I may even have failed in at least one of them. Do professors usually rescale the scores? So getting a 6.2 will be a D even if the average is like this? What does your school do? I...

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Hi, (sorry for cross-posting) I would like to ask, if anybody could recommend me a good PhD program, where research in the area of e-commerce, Internet marketing could be done. And, of course, where I would get accepted :) funding is extremely important. GRE v:540/q:690/awa:4.5 TOEFL iBT...

Hi , I've got 600 in GMAT and my TOEFL is 112 and my GPA is 3.7 , do I have any chance for PhD in strategy in some universities in USA?

Does anyone know anything about the program? How do they rank and how do they place? What is their rate of attrition? I heard scary things about Rochester econ, but I don't know about the business school. Their program course requirements look good, but I just never heard much about the program.

Hey guys, I'm an undergrad student looking to one day go into a finance or financial economics Phd program, and I'd like to read some books just to expand my knowledge base (and because I find it very interesting). But there are so many books out there I'm not sure which ones to read, especially...

Hey guys, I'm facing a bit of a dilemma and will appreciate any insightful input... I've got an okay profile, some of you may have seen it on the "Applicants for 2009 thread" : GMAT (730/ 79% math / 97% verbal), GPA (3.6, BS Finance, minor in math) and everything else are above average, but I...

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and am looking for some advice. I graduate in May 09 and plan on working a couple yrs before I apply. Id like to enter straight into a PhD program if possible. Do I have a good shot of getting into a top 20,30, 50 program in Organizational Behavior? -BS in finance...

I am hoping to apply for Operation Management Program, however most of the top universities only have it as a PHD Program. Can you rate my chance and what I need to improve to increase my chance? (I am a junior so 1 more year left!) Major: Computer Science with Secondary Concentration in...

Type of Undergrad: Top Economics School in China. Undergrad GPA: 3.74/4.0 Type of Grad: the same school Grad GPA: 3.74/4.0 GRE: 790Q/550V/3.5AW Math Courses: UnderGrad:Calculus I,II, Linear Algebra, Probability, statistics Grad: Most of the math subjects in Math department Econ Courses: ...

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I'm thinking of applying to PhD in finance programs next year and looking for your evaluation on my credentials below. Program: Finance Sex: Male Nationality: international, currently at US GRE: Quant: 800(94%)/Verbal: 730 (99%)/AWA: 4.5(54%)

Hello Everyone, I am looking to apply to an Accounting Phd program in the near future, but I do have a dilemma. My undergrad GPA was 2.98 and was not from a top tier school. I currently hold my CPA certification. Below is a listing of my background. I am looking for suggestions on what to do...

Ok. So I want to study something along the lines of financial econometrics and time series econometrics... something of the like at least. But I don't know which PhD program to apply to. I could do an Econ PhD, but virtually all the required cores besides econometrics would be...

Hey, guys. I have a question about SOP. I am working on application(Ph. D in Finance). Most of graduate schools do not specify the length of SOP. How long should SOP be? My friend(econ Ph. D) told me econ Ph. D SOP should be not more than 1500 words. However, he has no idea about Finance. ...

Hi, I am in the process of applying to the following PhD programs in accounting: Chicago, Wharton, Kellogg, Columbia, NYU, Michigan, UCLA, USC, LBS, MIT, Yale. In programs that require three letters of recommendations, should I get all of the three from professors or should I get one of...