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I have a question for anyone who has any information on the subject. Why do the schools ask the waitlisted candidates to inform the school if the student receives any offer from another school?

UofHouston

Hello Urch Community, I would like to thank you all for taking your valuable time out in helping applicants. I have been going through the forum for quite some time now, though this post is my first one. Once I have gone through the admissions process, I would like to help other candidates in their applications. I want to pursue a PhD in finance from the 'best possible' university in US. I am interested in the area of International Finance, specifically, Foreign Exchange, and Market Micro-structure. I would request the Urch community to shed some light on my chances of admission to the top programs and also recommend few schools where they think that I have a good chance of admission. Here is my profile: 1. Graduated last year from M.Sc. in Management - International Business program from the No. 1 business school in Canada. GPA - 82% (above average) 2. Currently working (after graduation) in a famous Management Consulting firm (Not McKinsey but close) in Canada. 3. GMAT Score: 750 (Q51, V40) 4. Bachelors degree in Engineering - Computer Science from one of the top engineering schools in India (not IITs but close). Here is one of my concern, though my maths skills in general are very strong, my maths grades are average (even had to retake few courses which is very common in this institute but I was also going through tough times) and my (undergrad) GPA is also just above average. I do not know how the admission committe will view this. Any ideas on how I can explain this part? GPA - 69% (First Class); last 2 year GPA: 74%; WES converted GPA: 3.24 and WES GPA of last 2 years: 3.5. 5. Research experience: I have kept myself engaged in research in finance for past 6 years (since sophomore year). I have published 3 research papers in finance (1 in undergrad and 2 in grad school). Two of the papers (published during grad school) are sole author papers. All 3 papers have been published in well-regarded journals (nothing top but nothing obscure) published by major publishers in the field. I have also presented in a well-regarded finance conference (nothing top, again) and done about 3 research internships (in finance) during my undergrad as Research Assistant during summers. I worked on data collection, writing programs to fetch data, literature review, writing reports, etc) My goal is to become a research professor in finance and publish in the top journals in the field. My three recommendations are from professors who taught me during the M.Sc program. I am sure they will be good as I was the most enthusiastic student and contributed the most to class discussions. I look forward to hearing from the Urch community. I really appreciate each and every comment you make. Thank you very much. Thanks, Urch member