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2012 PhD Business Admissions/Waiting Thread
1500hopeful replied to doingfine's topic in PhD in Business
Harvard Business School has sent an email to admitted candidates for the PhD in Business Economics program. Congratulations to all admits, and see you all March 8th. -
2012 PhD Business Admissions/Waiting Thread
1500hopeful replied to doingfine's topic in PhD in Business
I was flown out to interview with the finance department, and all candidates were clearly told that the earliest BizEc interview candidates would hear was Feb. 24th. There are no post on posts on GradCafe, and I was told by the director on thursday to expect a phone call on friday. I think they just fell behind schedule, largely because the economics department was notifying their admits also on Friday. -
2012 PhD Business Admissions/Waiting Thread
1500hopeful replied to doingfine's topic in PhD in Business
HBS Business Economics was supposed to contact people today, however it seems no one was contacted. :blue: -
2012 PhD Business Admissions/Waiting Thread
1500hopeful replied to doingfine's topic in PhD in Business
Has anyone been rejected by Chicago Booth Finance PhD yet? Also has anyone heard anything from Columbia GSB Finance PhD? -
2012 PhD Business Admissions/Waiting Thread
1500hopeful replied to doingfine's topic in PhD in Business
Has anyone heard anything from Columbia or Chicago for PhD in Finance? I called both and they said that they are only in the first rounds, but I think Columbia invites people for interviews so it seems pretty late. Thanks for the help -
Rochester sent their admission letters today if anyone cares to know.
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2012 PhD Business Admissions/Waiting Thread
1500hopeful replied to doingfine's topic in PhD in Business
Just in case anyone wanted to know about HBS Business Economics with regards to Interviews. They called and emailed everyone who was given an interview yesterday and today(1/26 & 1/27). They said they are interviewing only 10 people, but are in no way obligated to accept 10 people as it seems they normally do. Does anyone know what to expect in the interview? Apparently it is a committee type interview with multiple professors interviewing one candidate at a time and there are other festivities planned. Again does anyone know what I should expect in the HBS BusEcon interview? I read a few older posts about a few economics theory questions, projects that have been completed, why you are a good fit for the department, and what are your current research interests? Does this sound like a likely complete list of questions to be asked? Thanks, 1500hopeful -
Hello, What Operations Research/Industrial Engineering departments(Ph.D. Programs) would be good to study Financial Engineering at? I have found that University of Florida and Princeton both have specialized programs but am having problems identifying other schools. Any help would be much appreciated
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Hello, I have performed searches and looked through many posts, but am still unable to find answers to my questions. I would really appreciate it if someone could answer some of my questions. Please 1500hopeful
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Hello All, To being a short introduction: I come from a quantitative background, and am applying to Ph.D. and Masters programs in a few fields of interest. In December of 2010 I took the GRE cold turkey(in other words I did not ever open a prep book, had no idea that you could not use a calculator on the GRE, and was not even aware of the "test format"--never heard of quantitative comparisons) needless to say my scores were dismal at 730 Quant, 540 Verbal, and 4.5 Writing. I should have cancelled the scores, but I was reluctant due to the prohibitively high cost of the exam and sheer indifference at that time. Nonetheless I am starting anew, and have begun studying for the GRE over the past two weeks. I feel overwhelmed with the amount of resources at hand: Vocabulary: TPR Word Smart for the GRE, and Barron's Essential Words for the GRE. General: PowerPrep, 800 Scores, Barrons, Kaplan, McGraw-Hill, Peterson's, and Dummies Guide. Verbal: BigBook(27 Real GRE tests) Quantitative: 1014 GRE Questions, and Barrons Math Workbook. I will be taking the GRE probably twice: at the end of June, and at the end of July. For the programs I am applying to the GRE cutoffs are 800 Quant, 600 Verbal, and 5 Writing. What most concerns me is the Quantitative section, as my arithmetic is in extreme desuetude(disuse) and I am prone to making careless errors, is that it is pretty much 800 or bust. Questions: 1. Which Vocabulary book is better WordSmart or Barrons? I am already on the P's in WordSmart, and Barron's Vocabulary book is arriving on Thursday. 2. At the end of the Peterson's book there is a section that many of the words on hot lists and even comprehensive vocabulary books may not be used as frequently as they once were, and that new words have come to supplant them. Can anyone confirm this? 3. At what level do I need to know the vocabulary in your opinion? Just a general sense of the word(i.e. synonym with a somewhat precise definition)? Or a very detailed definition? For instance sometimes I might forget in the definition that the action had to be done deliberately, or might confuse contempt/ridicule with criticize. Should these errors not be occurring? 4. What list of roots should I study? The ones in Barron's and WordSmart? Are they comprehensive enough? I printed a list of 500 roots/prefixes/suffixes from prefixsuffix.com, and am having quite some trouble memorizing them. Anyone have any tips for memorizing roots etc? 5. I am extremely prone to making silly/stupid/careless errors on both the Quant and Verbal parts of the exam. For instance calculation errors or accidentally missing a word or two in the hypothesis part of a quant problem. Or on the Verbal section, sometimes I accidentally pick the synonym, or on the analogies I might no read all the answers. Would practice remedy these careless errors? If not what would you suggest? 6. What other quantitative section resources do you know of? 7. How many practice tests come on PowerPrep and 800score? (I have been unwilling to install them since I want to at least get the hang of the test before I start doing CAT practices, also I need to install Windows--only have ArchLinux right now.) 8. The GRE will not be changing one bit until August 1, 2011? Or have they modified the test a little bit already? 9. Should I learn basic grammar for the writing section? If so do you know of any resources that start from the ground up(as I have no idea what a predicate or preposition etc. is)? Thank You for your Assistance and Comments, 1500hopeful