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Thank you so much! This was really helpful.

Thanks for the responses, Some further information on me is that I am a 26 year old male; I am from the United States and attended St. Joseph's University for both my undergrad and MBA. St. Joseph’s University is a medium sized private school which is not ranked as a business school (as far as I know). I scored a 710 GMAT 49Q Of the three presentations/articles, two were co-authored with a PhD faculty member who is very established in the accounting community and has published in many top journals recently. This faculty member will be writing one of my LoRs. I am in the process of publishing these articles in a journal, although it will not be a top accounting journal. The other PhD faculty member, whom I worked on the third presentation with, will also be writing one of my LoRs. This professor is not very established/well known in the accounting world. I also worked with both of these professors during my graduate assistant-ship. I pursued the CMA instead of the CPA (after a lot of consideration) because I have been working in managerial accounting for the past 2 years and the CMA was more helpful for my current career. I could get my CPA if it comes down to that. I would have to say that I am more interested in behavioral accounting research than archival; although I know that archival research programs are more common (I would be open to either type of school). My dream school is Duke, but I know that this is probably out of reach for me. I would be content with acceptance at middle-tier schools and was wondering if you could name some schools you think I have a shot at getting accepted into. I know that top-tier schools are out of reach for me. I would really be content with acceptance to almost any middle-tier program. Any constructive criticism/advice is appreciated

Hello, I was wondering if I can get my profile evaluated by a current accounting phd and to get some advice on what schools I should be aiming for. 1. Undergrad: B.S. Chemistry-Business, Magna cum Laude 3.8 GPA Recipient of the Excellence in Chemistry-Business Award – highest GPA in major 1. Grad: M.B.A. with concentrations in accounting & finance G.P.A. 4.0 Recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Student Award – Economics/Finance Department 3. Test scores: 700+ GMAT 4. Research experience: 3 academic presentations; One of which was given at the International Academic Business Conference Co-author to all three research papers/presentations along with PhD faculty 5. Work experience 1 year Graduate Teaching Assistant 2 years staff accountant/assistant to the controller 6. Research interests: Accounting education, inefficiencies of SMEs, convergence of GAAP & IFRS 7. Other: - Great LoRs - Math courses: Calculus I & Statistics I -- definitely lacking in this department—hopefully GMAT score and chemistry background can negate this - Licensed CMA What tier of schools should I focus on? Will I be able to get into mid-tier schools? Is my profile competitive? Thank you so much! Any advice would be appreciated.