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I have been looking at US News Rankings, QS, Times etc to get a sense of the overall prestige of business schools in Canada. I also look at the UTD rankings and the PhD placements of those Canadian schools. I think everyone would agree that Toronto is ranked 1, UBC is ranked 2, but the third spot becomes ambiguous. Alberta seems stronger for business research publications, but McGill is a very famous school overall (despite the more mediocre econ and business school). McGill business school is not even AACSB accredited yet (likewise for York). So how to compare Alberta and McGill for PhD Business? Here is my rank based on a combination of factors such as overall ranking/prestige, business school perceived prestige, business research publications (based on UTD), phd placements etc: 1) Toronto 2) UBC 3) McGill 4) Alberta (Alberta could be on the third spot too considering the fact that McGill is not AACSB and is not posting its PhD placements) 5) Western Ontario 6) The rest To be honest, I find it quite hard to rank Canadian schools after UT and UBC. What do you guys think?

@whatever123 Hi, may I ask you here what is the difference between quant marketing and marketing strategy? Did you apply for both quant and strategy and then end up going to a "strategy" program? Or did you just apply to only strategy programs from the beginning? Any advice to new PhD students entering a PhD Marketing program (more strategy track) and the job market later on? I am actually quite confused how do we differentiate ourselves from the quant students... Are we more "soft quant" students actually? Also, just curious, do you know how are other marketing faculty at Mizzou?

May I know when did you have interviews with them? I had interview with them last week for another concentration and now I am still anxiously waiting for the outcome :(

Hi, Woods, may I know what is the concentration of the UT Dallas PhD in Management Science?

May you tell us about your math background? Personally, i feel that Calculus, Linear Algebra, Calculus-based Stats/Probability, and Mathematical Analysis (Rudin or Apostol-level) are important for PhD Econ. And of coz, the more the merrier, if you have time to master Differential Equations, Topology, more advanced Stats, etc etc.