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  1. eggington
    Oof, it looks like NYU marketing already started sending interview invites--hoping they're rolling them out rather than doing them all at once. Fingers crossed for getting one!
  2. eggington
    I was one of people that received an interview from Ross yesterday, so it's likely that they sent out most (if not all) of their interview invites already.
  3. eggington
    Looks like berkeley has started sending out interview for marketing according to grad cafe 😅 Trying hard not to get my hopes up for any single school but it’d be a big confidence boost just to hear back from one...
  4. eggington
    Nope! Nothing at all yet
  5. eggington
    Cb as well :) I'm 9 applications deep at the moment--8 more to go!
  6. eggington
    Hope everyone's applications are going well! Anyone else applying to marketing programs? I've also heard of a handful of top schools planning on only admitting 1-3 this year to mktg programs because of COVID, high enrollment in previous years, etc.
  7. eggington
    If you look at placements from almost any school, you often find that quite a few business phds (anywhere from 10-30+%) leave academia and choose an industry career. These are often well-paying jobs in some of the fields that you mentioned (data science, ML, tech), and the lucrative exit opportunities for business PhD's, I believe, is one of the main reasons why salaries are often higher in business schools. So yes, anything tech/business related should be quite receptive to hiring people with accounting, finance, marketing, etc. PhD's.
  8. eggington
    Hi, Currently applying for fall 2021 entry so take all of my words with a grain of salt. You seem like a strong applicant for T10/T20 schools, and I think your quant background is sufficient for being a CB candidate. In fact, you might have to do more motivating as to why you're motivated to pursue CB over quant in your SOP rather than trying to justify your quant background. IMO, the main area that you should focus on in your profile moving forward is ironing your research interests out. If you're applying in 2022 this isn't a major issue at the moment at all. The truth is though that many b-schools boast excellent funding, faculty, research opportunities, etc. and that one of the most nuanced ways you can convince a school you want to go there is if you mention a connection between your research interests and those of (hopefully multiple) professors. I'm unsure exactly what you mean about how marketing and society connect, and I don't really see many professors studying this exact topic; the trick is to explain how experts in, say, consumer emotion or social identity can help you answer potential questions you want to investigate. You also didn't mention anything about your recommenders, but since you're co-authoring papers with presumably business school profs (or someone closely related to the field), you should be good as well.
  9. eggington
    From my discussion with business school professors, contacting potential advisors is not important at all because, unlike in the life sciences and other fields, business PhD students do not work in a professor's lab as a PhD student. You can and should (briefly) identify professors you want to work with in your statement of purpose. I think your time is instead more valuable in raising your GRE, especially given your relatively low GPA for the school(s) you're interested in. Because your GPA is significantly below average, a high GRE is definitely necessary to be a competitive candidate at elite schools, but keep in mind that you do NOT need to apply only to elite schools to be a successful researcher.
  10. eggington
    Thanks for the clarification--these details put things into perspective significantly. I think that there's a difference between not knowing what your interests are yet (this seems to be what you're experiencing), vs. knowing that your research interests aren't what your professor is researching (what I thought you were experiencing initially). If your professor already offered an informal invitation for you to help with RA work, I think you shouldn't worry about that offer being revoked solely because your interests aren't the same as theirs, especially as a first year! Professors realize that undergrads probably don't have a clear idea of what they want to do in 4-8 years during grad school/beyond, so you're not expected to, especially as a first-year. In terms of what RA work entails, especially as a first-year, there probably won't be too high of expectations in terms of technical knowledge (e.g., programming knowledge, etc.) You should be fine. In my experience (albeit in Marketing, not the area of research you're pursuing), a lot of RA work, especially when you get started, is simple data cleaning in Excel, low-skilled tasks, reading and summarizing literature, etc. If more complex work is needed, your professor may ask you down the line, but I wouldn't sweat it.
  11. eggington
    I think there should be at least some match between your interests and the professor's. Otherwise, they likely will not think it's worth their time (or yours) to hire you as an RA, and they'd be partly correct. This is the worst case--and likely the only--scenario, as I don't know how you would even get a response to an email if the interests you express are wildly different from the ones of your professor. There are some slight exceptions, e.g. if you're a quant person emailing a behavioral professor and say that you're looking for additional experience in data analysis or something and you know that that's the kind of additional assistance the professor is looking for.
  12. eggington
    Re: applying to elite schools, I would say that grad admissions are pretty much a crapshoot already, so if a professor(s) research at a top university really interests you, I would definitely go for it. I also wouldn’t sweat being 1 or 2 points below average on GRE quant, as it really isn’t worth retaking with scores as good as yours already IMO; your efforts should be placed elsewhere.
  13. eggington
    Thanks for the reply! I forgot to mention: coursework I've taken under my psychology minor includes 2 senior psychology seminars (relating to judgement/decisions and obedience), behavioral economics, consumer behavior, and a couple introductory classes). The professors that I'm assisting currently are in behavioral marketing, and it's definitely what I want to do--areas that I'm interested in include the impact of emotions on consumer behavior, prosocial behavior, and how consumers interact with new technologies.
  14. eggington
    Test Scores (GMAT/GRE): Haven't taken yet, aiming for 165+ quant and verbal Undegrad GPA: 3.85 at an ivy in political science, minor in psychology Graduate GPA: N/A Research Experience: ~10 months of RA work with 3 professors at a top 5 business school. No relevant publications (only 1 in philosophy) Teaching Experience: 1 semester for a community service-based class Work Experience: summer internships at random schools, not really relevant Concentration Applying to: consumer behavior/behavioral marketing Number of programs planned to apply to: ~15 or so Dream Schools: Wharton (Penn), Stanford, Kellogg (Northwestern), Fuqua (Duke) Other Questions: What made you want to pursue a PhD? Love academia and interested in advancing general theories of human/consumer behavior. Hoping to frame my background in political science and TA experience for community service class as my motivation for possibly researching prosocial behavior Questions or concerns you have about your profile? Only formal stats experiences is a B in intro stats. Taking a PhD level marketing class in research methods next semester and have 3 computer science classes and 1 data science class under my belt (all A's), so hoping that can offset my lack of formal stats classes. Also concerned about not having any publications or co-authored papers in progress. I'm contributing significantly to the professors that I currently research with (e.g., helping formulate hypotheses, research methods, etc. in addition to lit reviews/data entry) so hopefully that should offset things via good LOR's? Any additional specific questions you may have:~
  15. eggington
    First off, thanks so much for creating this amazing resource! I definitely hope to contribute in the future (after this upcoming application cycle when I actually apply). One area in which I was hoping to gain insight was the degree to which co-authoring papers, being published, presenting at academic conferences, etc. matters. I noticed that most, if not all, of the CVs in the google drive had one or more of these traits present--are applicants who have these features significantly stronger than those with just research assistant experience? Thanks!
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