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Hi all, let me start by thanking all the people who have already contributed to this forum. As an intentional student aiming at top schools its very hard for me to get solid advice, so i really appreciated the time and effort put into this website. That said i could use some help evaluating my chances at getting into a business PhD program. My main interest is sustainable development and the ways in which it can be promoted through the business sector (green growth strategies, sustainable consumption and production, business case for sustainability ext.). Profile Undergrad - a top local uni BC's nutrition - a vary broad since BA emphesiysing chemistry and psychology and GPA: 88/100 (Top 25% in Class) strong grades in chemistry and biochemistry (97 and 100) genetics (94) fundamental and descriptive statistics (92) calculus (93) and psychology (several courses all over 90) dean's honor list. Graduate School MA School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy ,Thesis track ( 4 students out of 200) GPA 92/100 (should be around 3.6, 3.7 no ?) not final. Thesis topic - cost benefit analysis for mandating green building standers GRE: 750 quantitative, 530 verbal (almost didn't study so might get higher quant if i do it again) Experience Research : 1 year - Milken Institute Fellow 2 years -research associate - Institute for Renewable Energy Policy 5 years with a privet company specializing in market research and public opinion poles,(Lead researcher and Project manager for the last 2 years) TA 3 years, various courses in government and public policy (internationally praised professor of ethics) 1 year , 2 MBA courses (Evaluating Environmental Performance of Corporations and Green Supply Chain Management) Professional 2 years Ministry of Environmental Protection, Planing and sustainable development division, worked mainly on : Green business strategy, Green building task force, sustainable consumption campaign, head speech writer for the minister Publications and Media 2 conference papers , Milken Institute publication, several newspaper columns, several TV interviews (including national news) as sustainability expert completing a paper for a peer reviewed journal ( but that might not be on time for the applications). LOR - all very strong my thesis adviser -a PhD from MIT, not a known scholar but one of time magazine's man of the year 2009... Director of Capital Studies at the Milken Institute, - has written several books on financial innovation and don't know who the 3ed should be from ? - could get a very strong letter from the Minister of environmental protection, or the Director general, on the other hand could get strong LOR from my MA dean (well known in political decision science), the professors i did TA for, what would be best ? Since this entire feild is somewhat new and multidisciplinary at core marketing, strategy, OB and public policy are all relevant depenting mostly on intrest of faculty members. Therefore I think I might have no choice but to apply to different specializations in different schools. ..... Could really use some advice on how my profile looks and what schools i have a good chance getting into. was thinking about Berkeley , UCLA, Stanford, Insead since they have an interest in sustainability. would love to go to Harvard and study under Paul Hawken but don't think its realistic. Thanks again for your time and help.. Tamara