tm_associate Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Welcome to the PhD in Business Forum on urch! This forum is a rich resource of information regarding opinions and experiences of former and present applicants for doctoral programs under the umbrella of ‘Business’. A good opener may be found here, a guide about Business PhD Applications: A Guide to Business PhD Applications (Nagaraj 2010). Also, here is another good piece on competition in academic markets, specifically in the management field (Certo, et al. 2010), but likely generalizable to other business domains: Which Rankings to Use when Considering PhD Programs? Note: Please let a moderator know if any of the links are broken or you uncover any other relevant rankings for specific concentrations. Another question that often comes up is what ranking scales are used to assess business PhD programs. A common metric used is the publication productivity of department/business colleges in top tier journals. Below are links to some of these rankings (please note that these rankings are limited to their methodology, so take note of that when assessing the validity of them): Global Ranking UT Dallas Business School Ranking (note: recommend you also limit sorting 'By Journals', thus you can limit the search to relevant journals in your field) Accounting BYU Accounting Rankings Finance Arizona State University Finance Productivity Ranking Management Texas A&M Management Productivity Ranking Marketing DocSig (derivate of UTD, specific to marketing) Productivity Ranking What does a Successful Applicant Profile Look Like? The next section contains profiles of successful PhD applicants in their respective concentrations that have been kind enough to share their profiles online. NOTE that this is relatively small group of individuals and that there are MANY OTHERS whom (1) have successfully gained entrance to good doctoral programs, and (2) have very different applicant profiles than those that are posted here. Accounting Finance Information Systems / Tech Management Management Marketing Operations Relevant Applicant Threads by Year The year (i.e., 2015 Applicant thread) refers to the year applicants will begin their programs. Below are some of the most relevant threads from past years: 2021 Fall 2021 Start - PhD Sweat Thread 2020 PhD Business Sweat Thread 2019 PhD Business Administration Sweat Thread PhD Business Interview/Admission/Rejection Results 2018 PhD Business Administration Sweat Thread PhD Business Interview/Admission/Rejection Results 2017 PhD Business Administration Sweat Thread PhD Business Administration "Un-Sweat" Thread 2017 Business PhD Interview/Admission/Rejection Results 2016 Ask a Current Student Thread (2016) Applicant waiting/sweating thread On School Rankings An in-depth post about one applicant's "Lessons Learned" 2015 Ask a Current Student Thread (2015) Current PhD Student DAY IN LIFE (2015) Applicant waiting/sweating thread Admission/Interview/Rejection: Accounting Admission/Interview/Rejection: Management Admission/Interview/Rejection: Marketing 2014 Applicant waiting/sweating thread Admission/Interview/Rejections: Accounting Admission/Interview/Rejections: Management Admission/Interview/Rejections: Marketing Admission/Interview/Rejections: Operations An example regarding test score percentiles (note: n = 1) 2013 Applicant waiting/sweating thread 2012 Applicant waiting/sweating thread Thanks for stopping by the forum and best of luck to all future applicants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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