PhD Profile Evaluation - Fall 2021

[jjoon]

PROFILE:

Type of Undergrad: BA Math and Economics, Ivy League (starts with P)

 

Cumulative GPA: 3.51 / 4.00

 

GRE: 169 Q/166 V/4.0 AWA

 

Math Courses:

Calc II-Multivariate (A), Calc III-ODE ©, Calc IV-PDE (A-), Linear Algebra (A), Math of Finance (A), Real Analysis I & II (C/A), Adv ODEs (A)

 

Stats Courses:

Probability (A), Regression (A), Time Series (A), Stochastics (A), Math Stat (A-), Bayes (A-), Machine Learning (A-)

 

Econ Courses:

Intermediate Micro/Macro (A-/A+), Game Theory (B-), Adv Micro (A), Adv Game Theory (A), Economic Development (A)

 

Letters of Recommendation:

- Prof

- Fed economist

- Current boss (was previously an Asst Prof at a top-5, well-known in finance)

[assume generally positive but maybe not superlative - all agreed to write without reservation. I honestly don't have a great sense]

 

Research Experience:

2 years at Federal Reserve

1.5 years of independent work with an Asst Prof at a top-25 (couple of presentations, still WIP stage)

 

Teaching Experience:

None

 

Work Experience:

Internship at top DC think tank - economic policy

2 years at Federal Reserve

3 years Data Scientist at Silicon Valley tech/finance company, currently senior level (~200K salary). Have a couple of mathy blog posts which can be adapted for writing sample.

 

Programming skills:

R, Python, Scala

Questions/Context: ​

Wondering how competitive I'll be at top 10. Also looking at business programs. Have low/mediocre GPA with some unfortunate Cs which I think is my biggest weakness. Should I do a Master's? I've saved enough (350K, no debt) that I can afford it easily. Honestly a PhD wasn't really on my radar until end of senior year, would have studied a bit harder had I known earlier

Edited November 9, 2020 by jjoon

[Zubrus]

String of really good grades, and a string of really bad grades. Good research exp and pedigree. Expectation of

[Snagret]

PhD Profile Evaluation - Fall 2021 for PhD in management/OB (micro)

PROFILE:

Type of Undergrad: BS Psychology from a solid private school

 

Cumulative GPA: 3.84 / 4.00GMAT: 720 (94%), V 41/51 (94%), Q 47/51 (60%), AW 5 (56%), IR 7 (81%)Research Courses:

- Psychological Stats (A), Research Design (A-), Psych Testing (A-), Writing in Psych (A-) + tons of other psych courses with research elements.

 

Math:

- Calc 1 and 2 (A), College Alg (A)

 

Research Tools:

- R, Qualtrics, STATA, advances database queries

 

Research Experience:

- Worked part-time for 2 years as an RA in undergrad for 3 different professors, Econ, Psych, and OB

- Varied between 0-20 hrs a weeks depending on needsLetters of Recommendation:

- Professor I was an RA for, OB

- Professor I was an RA for, Psych

- Professor I had 3 classes with and was a great mentor/friend, Psych

 

Teaching Experience:

- Was a TA in psych for one semester

 

Work Experience:

- 1 year in HR consulting/training as a project management.

 

Research Interest:

- Business and behavioral ethics

- Meaning in business and work

- Ethical Leadership

- Positive Org Scholarship

 

Questions/Context: ​

- I've applied to 9 schools, a mix of top 10, top 20, and top 40 (from TAMUGA rankings). I am wondering how competitive I'll be and if I should apply to more schools? And I'm wondering if my Quant is a little low, or if it matters that much going into micro OB programs? Plus any other advice y'all have. Sorry about the bold font, it won't let me change it :)