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Hi! I'd greatly appreciate any assessment of my chances of admission to an OB program. I have defined research interests (that are in the qualitative realm) and believe I can craft a cohesive narrative about my background. That said, I am curious as to how much my lack of direct experience in OB and/or quantitative research methods may hinder my odds. Undergrad GPA: Summa cum laude at top 30 university Undergrad major: History (received research awards and 1 publication). GRE: 164Q, 169V, 6AWA Work experience: I've spent the past 5+ years working in a sector directly related to the type of research I hope to do. My role provided significant exposure to relevant subject matter and involved thought leadership and conference presentations, but was not primarily a research role. LORS would be from undergraduate history professors and current manager.

Long time reader who is finally taking the plunge to apply for schools for 2019.Test Scores: GMAT: 710 (91%), Verbal 42 (96%), Quant 46 (60%), IR 6 (70%), AWA 6.0 (89%) GRE: Verbal 159 (83%), Quant 161 (78%)Undegrad GPA: 3.76 (Economics - Honors Thesis - Large State School) Graduate GPA: 3.5 (Data Science - part time at smaller public school) Research Experience: 2 years as undergrad RA with 3 non peer reviewed publications (research conducted by think tank) Teaching Experience: N/A Work Experience: 3 years in analytics role at large bank while pursing part time masters degree Concentration Applying to: Strategy or Management & OB Number of programs planned to apply to: 5 Dream Schools: Duke, Washington, Wisconsin, UNC, UT-Austin Other Questions: Should I even send my GRE score? How do I communicate that I want to make a career switch from a more technical role to one whose focuses is closer to psychological research? Will my low quant scores be offset by a STEM masters and that I have been working in a technical role? Any schools that might be better fits? What made you want to pursue a PhD? Enjoyed my time as an RA and was originally planning on pursuing my PhD in Economics but did not due to low quant scores, and inability to do proof based mathematics. Time in corporate America has led to a number of questions about how and why we conduct work the way we do and how things are organized, fascinated with the idea about testing how things like how executives respond to new information and how email impacts our ability to do real work.