Radcliffe

I like to think of it as karma. I had two offers, and I was also on the wait-list. So I turned down one of my original two offers in the hopes that someone would do the same for me at the other schools. I was in the same position as the guy who wants to hold onto all of his offers, just out of being risk averse. But I can tell you, that is all irrational. Even though I didn't want to turn down one of my offers, I knew one offer dominated the other. If you can't decide on an offer right now, how is it going to be different waiting several days from now? All you have to do is make a campus visit, ask some questions, and then compare them. Turns out karma worked out for me. I turned down a top 100 program, and the week after that I got an interview and offer at a top 25 program (according to UT Dallas). To make it more interesting, there were 10 schools I applied to between 25-100 that rejected me.

How much of an impact does research experience have on an application? Can RA experience, and professors who supervised you in a research capacity write for you, how much can it make up for a GMAT/GRE score? Or do you think that research experience is the least important out of the all the other criteria? thanks

My specific questions are: What are some middle ranked schools that do marketing strategy? How much math preparation is needed for marketing strategy? (The linked thread did talk about math but it looks like that got disputed) thanks

It looks like consumer behavior and quant are pretty big fields. What about Strategy? What are the qualifications that marketing strategy admissions look for? How much math should one take? What are some middle ranked schools that specialize in strategy? thanks