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Has anyone heard from the following Quant Marketing programs: UT Austin, Chicago Booth, NYU Stern, Univ of Washington, USC Marshall & UNC Kenan-Flagler? Thanks in advance.

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Hello Everyone, I am a 26-year old Indian male national looking to do a PhD from a leading US/European business school in preferably a quantitatively - inclined field. My profile for your reference: Class X: 94.00% (ICSE) Class XII: 96.25% (ISC), school topper; 100% in Maths. - Among the 110 candidates in India (out of 50K) to clear ISI's B.Stat admission test. - Ranked 9th in WBJEE (out of 100K) - Cleared IITJEE successfully. UG: B.E. Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering (Jadavpur University) - GPA: 9.0/10 - GRE: 330/340 (AWA: 5.5/6.0) - Among the top 5% of the graduating class - Published 1 international journal (SCOPUS indexed) and 9 IEEE/Springer conf papers on bio- inspired Machine Learning algorithms. - Summer internships: NTU Singapore & a highly ranked tech R&D firm based in India (got a PPO) - Got fully funded MS/PhD offers from Georgia Tech, Purdue, UPenn, Penn State, CMU .(rejected all). - Scored 99.87% in CAT & 99.97% in XAT =× Joined IIM A PGDM. Technical skills: C/C++, Java, MATLAB PG: GPA: 3.1/4 (top 30%) Focus - Finance, Data Science & Strategy Papers: - Reaction-Diffusion Equations with Applications to Economic Systems [book chapter] Econophysics and Sociophysics (Springer) - An Unbiased Critique of the Fluid Relationship between Happiness and Advertising. (IIM C research conf) - An eclectic demystification of Operation Barga (National Law Uni research conf) - Towards a model National IPR policy for India (independent SSRN submission), recommended for publication by Noam Chomski. Summer Internship: Quant Strategy at a US bulge bracket IB (final interview offer) Final placement: With a European bulge bracket IB. past 2 years: - Cleared both levels of the FRM exam - awaiting certification post completion of relevant work experience. - Quant Strategist/Analyst on the Synthetic Equity Trading desk of the bank (specifically, have a good understanding of how Prime Finance as a business works with a fair understanding of smart beta products & thematic/CROCI baskets). - Promoted to "Associate" in the first cycle. Skills picked up: Excel/VBA, postgreSQL, R, Bloomberg, Eikon Reuters and a whole list of trading risk management systems. GMAT: 750 (42 VA + 49 QA), 5/6 AWA & 8/8 IR. Could you please help me regarding how I can build my profile and the tracks/concentrations/areas I should apply to in order to get into the best schools? I intend to start in Fall 2019. Thanks,