Khema

regarding locations, London is crazy expensive, and Fontainebleau offers the best of the French countryside living only 40 min from Paris. I lived in both, and I was to choose again, I'd choose FBL over London)))

2Zeno - may be, but not everyone is male here, you know (dowry is usually comes with the bride, right?). I liked rsaylors's reply very much. But then the question is, why all this endless talk about rankings and comparisons between programmes (just look at the past 10-15 threads).

I think this is a question that one should answer himself. It's totally personal. Like, should one wait to marry an ideal person or marry the one that comes along at a convenient time (and with funding)?

Congratulations!!

I also thought so until I attended an accounting reseach symposium and had a frank conversation with one of the professors there. Publishing research seems to be a key driver of an academic career, similar to target achievements and beating the competition in the industry. Besides, I am not sure there is less politics going on in an educational institution than in a company in the industry. It could be even more, given a relatively 'closed' community of academia and limited mobility of people between different educational establishments (vs changing jobs in the industry). Just read this, or similar forum, where 80% of discussions which are NOT about PhD admissions are about: producing publishable research, finding the right supervisor. May be this is the nature of this forum....

You (OP) sound just like a girl after the first date when the guy says "I'll call you" and she sits near the phone all day and he does not call. It looks to me that the general advice there applies here as well - if they want you, they will call! sorry, I couldn't help myself, the first post sounded so much like a typical post on some Girl Talk forums )))

Yes, I believe it was posted as reference for managerial accounting on the BYU Accounting PhD Prep website, so I found it already. Why do you highly recommend it? I am curious what you saw in there that made you to recommend it.

I wonder if there has been a discussion or a thread on Managerial Accounting. I am interested in learning more about -subdivisions (eg: incentives and performance measurement; use of accounting information by managers; capital allocation decisions;...- and this list is the product of my imagination, at least, this is what I hope will be discussed in Managerial Accounting research) -classic papers (I have already been sent towards Demski textbook as the starting point) -pre-requisites and useful background in order to be a good MA researcher. I think strong economics, especially micro; some behavioural science knowledge (since it's 'managerial', after all); not so much statistics but more of modelling skills perhaps? - finally, strong schools... including those outside the US. I am currently contemplating getting enrolled into some Masters programme, and I would like to know which one would be most useful for my future research activities. I already have CPA and MBA, and I am thinking between Economics and Applied Mathematics/Decision Sciences. thanks Khema

I voted Math. From what I can see, math is the foundation of everything. Next best thing for me would be Quant methods and modellng or Economics (not posted here) - that is what I am contemplating for myself. But I am interested in models and not interested in archival research - if you are targeting archival then cannot escape statistics and econometrics I guess.

Congratuations on having it over with! Regarding the last question, I think it perfectly normal to enquire (I'd do too, if I were the professor on the adcom). And at your age, anyone 5 years senior in age and position may sound sceptical ))) Don't worry, there is nothing you could do about your age now anyway, and if this is your only disadvangtage I'd say you are in a great position. There is no way of knowing what someone thinks when you cannot see their face (and even then!). So I'd say, relax and just wait for the outcome. PS I am on the interviewing committee for an MBA programme, and one of the objectives of the interview for us is to find out the applicant's English skill... and confirm that his answers are consistent with his application (ie he wrote it himself). So it may be as simple as that.

I don't dare to fire up this discussion here, since it will be hijacking someone's celebratory thread. But I do plan to open a thread to discuss non-US programmes (when I collect more information), you are welcome to it.

Myself I am considering studying in the UK but for different reasons from the OP, so even though I disagree with his reasoning, I can sympathise with his thinking. Congrats again to OP! Edinborough is a beautiful city and Scotland's natural landscapes are breathtaking. I simply never intend to work in the US, and I cannot bear the thought of living several years in a culture that I feel I have no affinity to. I am much comfortable living in the UK or even continental Europe. This is kind of self-awareness that comes with age and experience, yes, I am a mature applicant...

I don't disagree with your conclusion, rsaylors, I disagreed with your reasoning ;) Anyways, let's agree to disagree. i always enjoy reading your existentialists posts and pls keep them coming Can you explain the last comment "Every program is a top program"? I am not sure what you mean here. btw I have a close friend who was offered a place at LBS with 570 GMAT. This is just one case, I know, not the pattern, but I wanted to make a point )))

The calculation of the expected value so far seems to only shows cost - it is missing the more important part - the expected value of the benefit from attending the programme. Ie what career opportunties you will have when you graduate. May be you could take some finance classes to complement your excellent probability skills )))

Excuse me, but high GMAT score means much less for an MBA admission than it seems to mean for a PhD programme. 700 (or even 740) GMAT will not guarantee you admission to a top MBA programme simply because they focus mainly on your leadership potential, not your verbal and quant abilities which only should be sufficient to get you through the MBA classes which are not that rigourous anyway). I know because I am alumni-interviewer for an MBA programme and I understand very well the admission criteria. that just adds to my point that you cannot compare top MBA and PhD payoffs because of different objectives of the programmes and differend kinds of profiles involved. For a lower tier B-school, though, I cannot comment. When I was choosing my MBA programme 9 years ago, the matra was 'it is only worth the money if it is top MBA programme'.