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My problem is that there aren't any CB professors who publish in these journals :/

Thank you for your reply! The problem is there really is nobody who publishes in JMR for CB, JCP, or JCR. There's only the one modelling professor who publishes in Marketing Science and JM. So I don't know. My whole plan with doing a second masters was connecting and doing research with a top professor and maybe they'd take me on for the PhD, worst case scenario I'd have experience with a top researcher in the field and it might help with othr T20 schools. Is that too naive?

Hey All! Here's my profile UGPA: WAS 3.17/4 now school in the process of changing GPA calculations to be more aligned with US so it'll be around 2.7. I'm extremely worried about this. Hopefully they won't but worst case scenario I'm considering it a 2.7. It's an international school. I graduated in 2013 in Marketing GradGPA: 3.9/4 US okay-ish school. Very competitive two year STEM program though with a very competitive cohort and quant heavy courses GRE: 320 (164Q 156V) TOEFL: 118 Research Experience: None TA: Experience None Question: Do I apply for a second masters in statistics or something related at an IvyLeague school /top 10 school or will a potential 2.7 in undergrad kill that*? Or do I wait and stay as an RA as my school for an extra year then apply to phd programs at top 50 or 100 schools? Also in the long run IF I get into a top masters program would two masters with high GPAs (with one from an ivy league ) cover a low undergrad? And can you get into CB with a masters in analytics or statistics? *I talked to a program manager at one of the schools I'm considering she said they'll mainly look at my masters courses since they're the most relevant and most recent. I don't know if I can be sure of that as while her job is very important she's mainly on the logistical side of things i.e. not the academic manager so don't know if she's in the room when the decision is made. Also I'm not sure that is true for all schools. A little more detail: Okay so here it goes I was really stupid and directionless during my undergrad and I got a 2.7*. I'm currently doing my masters in a large state school in the US in Analytics ,not really in the top 100 but there is some research going on and professors are nice to let students in. I'm in the top of my class and it is a fairly competitive program. Anyway I really want to do my PhD in Marketing (specifically consumer behavior) and I've reached out to a few professors, one doing CB work related to fmri, another in branding, and a third doing modelling who's been published in JM and Marketing Science, and also has ties to really important professors the others publish in second tier journals, and they were very welcoming but mainly all responded that I'd have to start after the break (though only the branding professor was concrete with a plan of "volunteering" for a month before applying for a paid RA, the others kind of just invited me to see a few of their projects). I'm kind of at a cross roads right now. My plan initially was to apply to a masters in statistics at any Ivy League school then reach out to professors there I currently have a 3.9 GPA and my GRE is a 320 164q 156 v but they're two years old so i'll have to retake them, also for the past year and a half i've been taking a huge load of quant heavy courses ranging from time series to game theory as opposed to my bachelors which was in marketing. But I'm not sure i'd be able to get in. I've been recently thinking of staying an extra year as a RA then applying to top 50 schools. I really don't have an exact topic in mind though outside of consumer behavior predictive analytics is the most appealing to me.