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Just a quick question: which school would you want to go if you are admitted to all the following programs?) (in regards with the program, put priority on the quantitative based ones) U of Mississippi Syracuse University U of South Florida U of Nebraska U of Kentucky Queen's University (Canada) Houston University Louisiana State University Or, are all the above schools more or less the same?

Hi Urchers, As said on the topic, I got an offer of University of Florida with $22k financial support (but there will be around $2k of other fees I have to pay). Is this amount sufficient to live there? I'm not a big spender by the way. Thanks you all in advance.

[TABLE=width: 500] [TR] [TD]A+[/TD] [TD]A[/TD] [TD]A-[/TD] [TD]B+[/TD] [TD]B[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][TABLE=width: 285] [TR] [TD]Columbia University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Cornell University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Duke University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of California at Berkeley[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Chicago[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Pennsylvania[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Carnegie Mellon University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Harvard University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Massachusetts Institute of Technology[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]New York University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Yale University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Stanford University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of California at Los Angeles[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Southern California[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Washington University at St. Louis[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE=width: 342] [TR] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD][TABLE=width: 342] [TR] [TD]Ohio State University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Pennsylvania State University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Pittsburgh[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Texas at Austin[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Emory University (Quant only)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Indiana University at Bloomington[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Texas A&M University at College Station[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of British Columbia[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Colorado at Boulder[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Florida[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Rochester (Quant only)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Maryland at College Park[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Michigan at Ann Arbor[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Minnesota at Twin Cities[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Toronto[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Wisconsin at Madison University of Washington[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD][TABLE=width: 324] [TR] [TD]Boston College[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Baruch College[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Florida State University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Michigan State University(Quant only)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Purdue University(Quant only)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Alberta[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Arizona[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Connecticut[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Iowa[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Miami[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Arizona State University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Missouri at Columbia[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Oregon[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of South Carolina at Columbia[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Virginia Tech[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Georgia Institute of Technology[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Georgia State University(Quant only)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of California at Irvine[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of California at San Diego[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Houston[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Texas at Dallas(Quant only)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Western Ontario University[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD][TABLE=width: 306] [TR] [TD] McGill University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Temple University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Arkansas[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Calgary[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of California at Riverside[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Central Florida[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Cincinnati[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Georgia[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Kentucky[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Kansas[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Nebraska at Lincoln[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Utah[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Rutgers University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Syracuse University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]University of Texas at San Antonio[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] York University SUNY at Buffalo University of Tennnesse[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD][TABLE=width: 326] [TR] [TD] Colorado State University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Drexel University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Florida International University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Iowa State University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Oklahoma State University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Simon Fraser University[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Illinois at Chicago[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Louisville[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Mississippi[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Oklahoma[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of South Florida[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Texas at Arlington[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Louisiana State University[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] PhD in Marketing | Georgia Tech Source: Georgia Tech University- Marketing Department My purpose of ranking is not to compare which one is better than others. The ranking is good for later applicants who want to increase the chance of admission by sending applications from group A to B. The competitiveness is equally measured by GMAT, GPA, undergrad university. 70% The rigor of curriculum is measured by level of Quantitative(Econ, Math) and Psychology, Sociology. 30% I tried to take into account the strength of 3 track in Marketing: Strategy, Modelling, and Consumer Behavior which varies by schools. Therefore, Between the neighbor group like A+, A or A- etc, there are overlapping elements like Toronto may be in A+ for Quant and Strategy, but can be A for consumer. The same for Duke, CMU, Michigan... Some programs are very picky and admit only one student per year. Grouping is not 100% correctly, some overlapping schools between groups exists. My Ranking criteria are based on the difficulty on admission ( competitiveness) and the rigor of curriculum. Quant only is the program that does not have Consumer Behavior track. If the schools are in the same group, they are nearly equal in term of reputation, admission rate, rigor of curriculum, and placement. The schools in the A+ group are more likely to hire the students from other schools within group, sometimes hire from group A, hardly or never from group A- or B and so on. Group A hires from A+, within A, sometime A- , hardly B+( depend on student ability and advisor reputation) If the programs are within the same group, it very hard to say which one is better than other. The choices of school within group are often based on research interest, adviser reputation. Thus, the variance within group is small, but variance between groups is higher. In group A+ and A: Degree Requirement for Quant-Track: Series of graduate Micreconomics and Econometrics in ECON dept, Marketing Seminars, 3-6 courses in Statistics Dept. Therefore, the schools tend to admit the students who have strong quantitative background similar to students in ECON Dept in the same school. The qualifying exam is very rigorous. Degree Requirement for CB-Track: Series of Psychology courses or Sociology, Marketing Seminars, 3-6 courses in Statistics Dept. In group A- and below: Degree Requirement is less rigorous: Marketing seminars, ECON and Statistics are elective. Some exceptional programs such as Houston, Texas Dallas, Georgia State, Temple, South Carolina are on the up trend of research activities, they have many influential professors in Marketing field. Therefore, some years, we can see the placement on A school, but again it depends much on student performance in the program and adviser reputation. If you have many offers, you can use following criteria to make a wise decision: 1.Look at the curriculum of each program. 2.Know the content of course work, and who will teach the class. 3.Who will be the mentor for your research, the most important thing. 4. Know the research activity of professors in the program. 5. Location 6. Stipend 7. Marketing research Center and research facillity 8. Opinion from current students. 9. Placement records 10. Your plan after graduation: teaching or research schools, or balanced ones 11. Assistantship duties: too many teaching duties may affect academic performance Please feel free to remind me programs that are not in the ranking, so that I can add up, OR you can consider the universities in the list Phd Programs in Marketing To be continued...

I am a Florida resident with an undergraduate from a local university and thinking about maybe applying to UM. Does anyone have any comments about the program? I understand the program is small but I see that their faculty come from highly ranked schools and some of them have impressive CVs (at least to me). Any comments from UM alumni would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot!

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