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Hi guys, I have been reached out by a full professor in a Top 10/15 program. He is a professor I have mentioned in my SOP. He had a look at my writing sample ( a solo-authored paper just got accepted by AIB, with no supervision) and directly told me he would be very happy to work with me. He also introduced another professor to me since he will be retiring next year. An interesting thing is the one who has been introduced is the track chair of my AMA competitive paper. I am an applicant for their marketing program this year. But I assume that the senior professor not on the admission committee(because of his age)? Do you guys think I need to update this information to the program coordinator? Thanks for your help in advance! P.S. In another post, somebody asked me whether they know my GRE score. They all know. For Wharton, I understand Q169+V156 is below their average:(.... For this school, they have an average of V158, Q166. I thought 2 points lower than the average V won't result in a direct rejection.....?

An HBS marketing(Behavioral) professor told me I should hear from their office one way or other soon. I had some informal discussion with him (about specific research questions, ideas, etc.) through email. But I assume it should be a bad news since I did not receive a formal interview :( Any idea?

V149....with Q169, and V156 with Q164... I found the average Verbal for some schools such as NYU Stern is around 157-159... I thought V156 is not a very good score, but won't be filtered out, so I sent the V156Q164 to most programs .....BTW, I applied CB/behavioral track for most programs, but for some programs, if I could choose a second track, I choose both. (I am interested in branding, global and cross-cultural marketing. My two conference papers are both in my favorite fields, but one on the econ side (quant), one about social psychology (behavioral).) I believe some top program such as Kellogg, Hass is definitely not the place for me. Schools that are accepted combined total scores (like NYU, Duke) may be approachable...

Thanks for your comments. I totally agree. That's why I did not apply for Hass and Booth, since I did not find any person I would like to work with.

Not exactly 25, I explore the program based research fit...but I mean...most of them are Top 25. I have also applied BU, GIT, Rochester,etc.... I plan to add OSU, USC, and UIUC....I think I have a pretty good SOP, I just worried about the GRE cut-off......

Thanks for your reply!

Thanks for your message. To clarify my question: As you know I already applied, but the deadline for some schools (not very top) is around Jan. 15th. I wonder if I need to add more, just to be conservative.

Sorry guys, I just solved the format problem. Thanks for the help!

Test Scores: GRE:Verbal 156 (73%) , Quantitative one is 164 (87%) the other is 169 (96%) Undegrad GPA:: Top 30 US University, major: economics, special coursework: mathematics, Overall GPA: 3.2, Econ Major GPA: 3.8, Math/statistics GPA: 3.8, Dean's research fellowship (1 out of 500+ students) Graduate GPA: Top 1/2 European Business School, EU grade scale: Very Good/ Excellent (US GPA: 3.9/4.0). Top 1 out of 100 on the master dissertation. Research Experience: 5 years. (Have been selected as Ph.D. in other department, but did not pursue that degree because of lacking appropriate supervision) RA for an internationally well-known professor (a professor of 4 departments) at Top 30 US University Research fellow in a sociology research team at Top 10 US University Collaboration with Top 2 European B-school professor One competitive paper(quant) on AMA and one interactive paper(behavioral) on AIB (both solo-authored), one co-authored book with Top 10 US university professors. Some other research papers and writing samples. Teaching Experience: have mentored MBA students in business school and drafted course note for them. Work Experience: Manager at Internationally well-known luxury group(HQ); part-time consultant for Top 3 consulting firms. Recommendations: one from master dissertation supervisor (chair of a department), one from another professor in my graduate school (we have a collaboration), one from Top 10 US university professor (we co-authored a book) Dream Schools: I already applied for most of the Top 25 marketing programs. Since the deadlines for some other schools are in Mid(15-20th). January, I expect to receive some suggestions for backup schools? Questions or concerns you have about your profile? 1. not sure V156 could pass the cutline in most B-schools. 2. I think my major GPA and math GPA should be fine, and I have provided a list of relevant courses for all the schools I've applied. But I am not sure whether a low overall GPA will be a big drawback ( I have lower grades in some courses that are completely irrelevant, such as Astrology, French cinema, etc.) 3. Yesterday, I received a long reply from a Wharton professor (who perfectly match with my research interests), he briefly discussed my research ideas, and then introduced me to the admission chair and coordinator, he also told me to talk to his previous student, is it a positive sign? 4. Where could be my backup choices? Thank you, guys.