Plotinus

Thanks tm_associate. I'm learning a lot about the strategy literature right now - and plan to talk to some professors about it today and tomorrow. I was planning to go into Economics, but recently discovered what I thought was OB (and what turned out to be strategic management) and am very interested in the field. I know that research fit is considered more important than rankings (though the top 10 schools should be considered separately), but there are still general degrees of admissions standards that different schools tend to adhere to. In Economics it's a lot easier to figure out what schools you can apply to, and whether it is worth it to RA or do a masters degree. From reading I have a solid understanding of what the elite schools are (Kellogg, HBS, Sloan, Fuqua etc) but looking outside of that, I don't know where I'm even a competitive applicant. Business schools seem to be a lot more competitive than Econ schools. At least, I want to ask if my lack of business courses, lack of work experience, and lack of business-school activities (i.e. joining a business student group, fraternity, or business related internship) will hurt me much. This will help me figure out how far behind I am the other applicants, and what schools on my personal list I should cross off.

Thanks. I am sorry everybody, I am doing more research on business school faculty and it seems that I underestimated how psychological OB research was. I think that I would be more interested in Strategy now, but let me explain further why I am even applying. I want to study questions like "Why do firms form, how do firm motives differ from profit maximization, and how do market structures change" all within a formal microeconomic (individual-theoretic) framework. It seems unlikely that I will be able to do this in an econ department since these questions, to my knowledge, have been the concern of business school faculty. Econ faculty are excessively empirical these days. I also like the interdisciplinary nature of b-schools. What schools do I want to apply to? Well I already know I cant get into a school like Berkeley or Kellogg. Perhaps I could work with someone like JJ at UCI. I have read a lot of econ literature and am starting to get into the topics I mentioned so I will have more to say later.

Age: 22 Gre: 168q 163v 4.5w Gpa: 3.75 at top 50 ug, top 20 utd ranking Math courses: Calc 1, 2, 3 (As), Linear algebra 1 (A), ODE (A), PDE(A), Mathematical modeling (A), Probability (A-, A), Intro stat theory (A), Honors Analysis (A-, A-, A), Linear Algebra 2 (A), Nonparametric Stats (A-), Topology (A) Econ Courses: Inter micro (A) Inter macro (A), Adv macro (A) Adv Micro (B+), Econometrics 1 (A), Econometrics 2 (A) Grad micro in progress Reaearch Experience: Honors thesis Teaching Experience: None Work Experience: None Concentration: Org Behavior Not sure what else to add. Can anyone tell me the relative difficulty of getting in as an org applicant versus other applicanta?