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Hi everyone! I'm new to this site but it has been really helpful and interesting so far. I would really appreciate if anyone could provide me a profile evaluation. I'm mostly concerned about my age (I'm around the youngest I have seen on this site) and my lack of a grad degree. Program Applying to: Management/OB/HR Undergrad Degree/GPA: BS in Psychology from a high-ranked public school/3.9 (major GPA is 4.0) Age: 22 GRE: 327 (165 in Verbal; 162 in Quant; 4.5 Writing) Work experience: 2 years full time during undergrad (unrelated) and 2 years full time post-undergrad as a manager (I graduated at 20), 4 years volunteering, including 1 year running a non-profit Teaching experience: no real teaching experience, but I assisted in teaching elementary school students and have tutored 10+ college/grad students in Math/writing Research experience: 3 years undergrad (research assistant in 3 labs) and 2 years post-undergrad as a lab manager (all psychology), 6 months assisting OB professor in negotiations research Letters of recommendation: 3 from psychology professors currently conducting research (2 are big names, the other is head of psych dept but not well known) Research interests: OCB/prosocial behavior Schools:I'm applying to 15 schools (wide range of rankings) I have been in contact with some professors in the programs that I met through recruiting events and working with OB professors and current grad students, who all sounded very encouraging, but I really have no clue where I stand. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hello forum, I'm not the strongest applicant, but a year on the job hunt has me convinced finding a good position with only an Econ BA is tough. I'm looking to apply to an Econ PhD program, because of the potential for funding and a love of research. I would consider calling it quits after getting the complimentary Masters, but that's another conversation, maybe. My profile has flaws, but I am optimistic I have a shot at lowly ranked programs. 165Q, 161V no letter grades, moderate performance in Econ classes, Lin Alg, Diff EQ, calc 1&2, Real Analysis 1 wrote a decent senior honors thesis using SAS have worked non-Econ research assistant jobs since graduating undergrad inst. has moderate rep but good grad-placement (small, public liberal arts college in US, top 50) so, I am interested in the economic demography/labor/human resources and see myself working in the public/nonprofit sector, likely outside of academia. Can anyone recommend programs ranked, say, 50th or lower that have strengths in those fields? I'd be tremendously grateful. cheers, RC

Hi there, I'm considering applying for PhD programs in Organizational Behavior/Human Resources Management/Leadership and would like your honest opinions on my application strength: Me: 25 years old, female, single Undergrad: state flagship, double major in HRM and Finance, minors in Economics and Spanish GPA 3.9 Worked as TA for Economics professor Wrote undergraduate thesis on Women and the Double Standard in Business Leadership--this is my area of interest for research in graduate school too GMAT Score: 710, Verbal 96%, Wuant 58%, Analytical 81%, Total 92% GRE Score: Verbal 87%, Quant 71%, Writing 80% Work Experience: 3 years in a major Oil & Gas Company doing finance, auditing, and peer leadership positions within organization Observed quite the double standard in the workplace and difficulty of working women to manage work-life balance and still be viewed as reliable and credible. Would use this experience in my SOP to talk about corporate culture, work life balance, diversity, etc. Can get LORs from 2 prior professors, perhaps a third. Applications: I want to apply to Top10 and Top 20 programs. Do you think my application is strong? What else can I do to improve it? Thanks for your help!