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I received a few admissions offers for PhD in management. I have rejected all but two (so I have 2 in hand offers). It's a tough choice: one school has better location and stipend, the other has a better ranking and shorter program. I am considering whether it might make sense to enrol in both, rather than choose. In a sense they are complementary. In terms of coursework, there are synergies - both have similar required curriculum, so there won't be a ton of extra work that I'd need to put in. In terms of the actual research output, based on my ongoing work, I feel confident that I should be able to produce 2 separate, different and competent pieces of PhD theses. Any thoughts/perspectives on this idea? Is this legal? Esp. in terms of immigration rules. Any thoughts on what the universities may say about this? (I don't want to bring this up with either, if it means I would piss them off and get my offer rescinded) Possibly relevant details: Both are in Europe (one in EU), and I am a third country national. The funding at both is via so-called assistantship "jobs" (which are taxed as such), not true stipends. The locations of the universities/countries are such that it is practical, at least financially to attend both for the coursework...even if that means round trips every week.
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Who sent/signed the invitation to interview? Whom did you have a chat with? If you don't feel comfortable posting the info here, please feel free to PM me...
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Depends on the school. Many MIT departments send out rejections late Jan-early Feb. On the other extreme are schools such as INSEAD which send out rejections in early April. You would think that once the school has shortlisted candidates to interview, and they usually interview 2X to 3X the number that they plan to hire, they would send out rejections to those not shortlisted. Unfortunately, it doesn't usually work that way. After they have sent out offers, and in many cases, after the offer has been informally accepted, they let the grad school know that the process is closed. And that's when the grad school sends out formal rejects, usually through the application portal.
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Congratulations! Not a bad problem to have :-)
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Duke and Northwestern, the latter. LBS, both. Northwestern and LBS have already extended offers. I don't know what stage of the process Duke is at.
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Anybody know what's up at Columbia Management, NYU Management and Yale O&M?
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Rejections are coming in thick and fast now: LBS OB, Duke M&O, Northwestern M&O.
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Congratulations! And good luck! Depends on the school. To the best of my knowledge, at the top schools, the odds (of rejection) would be between 50% and 67%.
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I am waiting for some of the same schools/programs (also got rejects from Wharton Management and Berkeley Management). I've given up on Harvard and Chicago - if they were interested, they would have sent interview invites by now...Harvard's deadline was 1 Dec! Wonder where NYU, Columbia, Duke, UWA are in their process.
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I am in the same boat. Schools usually interview 2X the people they are going to admit. So, at the same moment that they have their shortlist/interview list, they should let everyone else know that they are out. No notification is a torture of sorts.
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Very interesting! Just "touching base" as opposed to "we are happy to invite you to the next stage of the process..." Hmmm...do keep us posted if you do ask about or otherwise find any process-related information.
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Has anyone heard from Harvard Management, Columbia Management, NYU Management, Northwestern M&O, Berkeley MORS, Yale Org & Mgmt or Duke Mgmt & Org?
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I have the same question
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Really? The max possible score on GMAT quant is 51. Is 50 really so bad? At the Indian schools, they provided numerical scores. At the US MBA, they just disclosed P S, HP or DS - Pass, High Pass or Distinction. It is quite common among US MBAs not to disclose grades. Since academic letters are needed, I am getting my professors from the MBA program to write the letters. It's not that - but the the type of research I want to do falls under different areas at different schools. Yeah, though that's not how I made the decision. Wharton seems to top in research productivity in this area as well as nurturing from faculty. Stanford's location provides great opportunities for research at tech cos. Harvard is essentially due to one particular professor that i really worship.
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Exactly