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  1. Hello I am a 2nd year PhD student looking to transfer to another school. In this round of application, I'd like to have better GRE scores to apply. Last time I applied, my applications were presumably all desk-rejected due to my embarassingly low GRE scores (below 50th, one is even in the 30th percentile) However, given that I only spent about 3 or 4 weeks studying and not studying at it very hard, I am hoping I can drastically improve my scores. Has anyone drastically improved their GRE or GMAT scores? Did you work while studying for the GREs too? I would like to increase that percentile to the 70th or 75th. What tips do you have for studying for the GREs? I am looking at online prep courses and hoping they would be helpful. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
  2. Apparently. But my advisor is in psychology from a small university. Maybe accepting and then declining offers is not so common in business schools... Who knows.
  3. Also.. just received a rejection from Kellogg... Wooooot
  4. Hello I'm glad someone brought up the topic of accepting an offer, and then possibly declining it when dream school decides to interview/accept you later. I have an offer from School A but am still waiting to hear back from some schools (Cornell, UCLA, INSEAD)... I HIGHLY doubt I will get an interview or offer at this point (my GRE scores are crazy low). But I should still wait until I hear an official rejection before accepting School A, right? I have emailed the phd coordinators at those schools but no response. School A gave me about a week and a half to make the decision...I just hate the thought of keeping my POI at School A waiting (maybe I'm too empathetic?). My advisor said it's common for people to accept offers and then decline it after when there's a better offer.. but like someone else said, academia is a small world..
  5. Wow- what an extremely interesting article. Thanks for sharing. The finding did not surprise me, as when I sifted through the CVs of PhD students (in OB) from both top and low ranked b schools, I also noticed this trend. However this does beg the question: When it comes to hiring PhD graduates, do top b schools put more weight on the reputation of the school the graduate attended or his/her research productivity? I.e., say if Jim has 2 publications in a T10 range school, but Andrew has 15 publications in a university not even on the UTD top 100... who would get hired? I'd say Jim would get hired (the reputation of the school matters more here). But am open to what you guys think.
  6. My current scores are painfully low (below 50th percentile) I am just debating whether I should take an offer I have now (rather lower ranked Canadian school but great advisor/prolific researcher) or take an extra year in my current masters program to study hard for the GRE and try to raise my scores to what the US schools need. Any input would be much appreciated. I am very torn. Would you take that risk?
  7. Hi there I need to improve on my GRE scores to apply to b schools. Just wondering: have any of you significantly improved on your GRE scores the second time you did the test? If so, by how much? I need to make almost a 50-60 percentile increase.. not sure if this is a reasonable improvement range. I reckon we are all different and learn in different rates but I suppose I need some real encouragement that this could happen if I tried hard and studied for longer. Thanks,
  8. What does that even mean? An Asian who is Americanized? I wonder why they specifically want a PhD student like that. What school was this? I am surprised he said that! I can see how the interview can get very awkward after that, especially if you're neither an American or Chinese.
  9. Feel happy! Being waitlisted > being rejected. What school? Feel free to PM me
  10. Wow! the PhD coordinator definitely handled it well. Glad you made the right choice.
  11. Yes I was very conflicted when writing my SOP: whether I should be broad or specific with my research interests. In hindsight, I wish I kept it more broad. Being more specific is certainly risky (though if correct and very insightful, high reward). Also XanthusARES, once again, great advice: Thanks a ton!
  12. Is anyone who is currently in school right now studying something other than what they want to pursue in their PhD studies? In an interview, how would you handle the question: so why change streams and why now? Granted my streams are pretty related (-ish) but my reasoning (I just became interested in it after reading about it) seems kind of dull. What do y'all say when this q comes up in an interview? Is there some sort of creative, interesting way to answer this?
  13. Hi Lexi, By any chance, do you know what kind of 'prior research experience' these applicants have? How extensive are these research experiences? Also when you say GA you mean Georgia right? Just confirming.
  14. Hi there Would you be able to share the link on grad cafe where you are getting this info? I can't seem to find it. Not sure if there is a specific results page just for PhD Business. Anyhow, wouldn't hurt to post it on here so people can access
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