wangjsuccess

I need some advice. Thanks everyone.

Profile evaluation for Accounting PHD Fall 2018 Seeking advice on a proper range of schools for me. Thank you for reviewing my profile. Test Scores (GMAT/GRE): GMAT 720 TOEFL 105 Undegrad GPA: Accounting major in a university in China, 82/100 Graduate GPA: Master of Applied Psychology at Top2 University in China, GPA:B+(85-89/100) LOR: 1st, accounting professor, from my undergraduate study, doesn’t involve much in the academic research. 2, Psychology professor from my graduate school. 3, Social science professor from my graduate school. I took some of his research oriented PHD courses in social science and higher statistics courses. I want to use his LOR to prove that I have very strong statistical and programming background. Research Experience: Master’s dissertation about organizational behaviors. RA for the psychology professor about workplace stress and creativity research. Some PHD research seminar courses in management, social science and psychology. Some individual and group research projects about decision making and management. Courses: Maths and statistics: 2 Calculus course, 1 Linear Algebra, 1 probability theory and 1 statistics during undergraduate study. Higher statistics, data analytics, some data science and programming courses in R and Python at Graduate school. Work Experience: I have four years working experience as an accountant. My job included preparing the financial report and annual budget and general financial management such as internal control, management of fixed assets and internal audit. Concentration Applying to: Behavioral/Experimental Accounting I am interested in Behavioral/Experimental Accounting research, which draws not only on the accounting literature for both theory and methods, but also on the broader applied and social psychology literature. I think my background in psychology and accounting fits well in this research area. Dream Schools: Maybe...... University of Massachusetts Amherst Emory University Queens ........ I am not sure what range of schools I should target. Questions or concerns you have about your profile? 1st, I don't have research experience in accounting. My research experience is all about psychology and management. 2nd, Combination of Accounting and Psychology is a little wield background. Is my educational background proper for the PHD accounting program? 3rd, Since I don't have educational experience in US, I don't think I can target high. But there are not too many behavioral accounting phd programs and it is very difficult to select school. 4, Seeking advice on a proper range of schools for me. Thanks!

I hope someone here can help me by analysing the profile below. Thanks。 Test Scores (GMAT/GRE): GMAT:710 TOEFL:105 Undegrad GPA: 82/100 major in management specialization in accounting ; from an ordinary university in China mainland. Graduate GPA: B＋（85-89） major in applied psychology, Tsinghua university in China mainland (the best in China), I do not receive my master degree now ,but I will graduate next June. Research Experience: 1,research assistant : just data collection and cleaning. 2, independent study: I selected some PHD level courses about research method and advanced statistics, and in those courses I finished two papers under the guidance of the professors. 3, Graduation thesis： about micro organizational behaviors Weakness: 1,I don’t publish any paper yet. 2, I don’t have any working or studying experience in US. 3,GPA is a little low. Work Experience: Data analyst and accountant for three years in China. Concentration Applying to: organizational behavior Number of programs planned to apply to: 10 What tier of schools should I be looking at? Please give me some suggestions. Thanks . What about my research experience, do I need to do something else to have better research experience?