Profile Evaluation-Strategy

[morganzhang]

Test Scores (GMAT/GRE): 710 (91%) Q49(77%) V38(85%) will retake

Undegrad GPA: 3.35 Accountancy Minor in Statistics Flagship state school in midwest

Graduate GPA:

Research Experience:

- Working paper (M&A) coauthored with a chair professor and an assistant professor, prepare to submit to SMS/AOM

- Research assistant for two accountancy professors and two finance professors before I entered strategy; Data entry, literature review, run regressions with STATA, etc. 6 months each.

Teaching Experience: None

Work Experience:I founded a start-up but I already quitted; two internships in commercial banks in China

 

Concentration Applying to: Strategy

Number of programs planned to apply to: 18

Dream Schools: Maryland, Michigan, Wharton, UNC

 

LORs:Chair professor in strategy (co-author and PhD course instructor, should be very good), Chair professor in OT (PhD course instructor, should be good), Associate Professor in strategy ( PhD course instructor, should be good), Assistant professor in strategy ( co-author and PhD course instructor, should be very good)

 

I also attended 5 PhD seminars; get good letters from all of the instructors.

 

My questions:

1. How much will my GPA hurt me? I got depression in my freshman year and I hate accountancy...I got A+ in every finance/management/marketing course.

2. Do I have some chances in schools like Maryland, MIchigan, Duke, UNC or any top 20 programs?

3. I am also interested in OT. However, I noticed that OT programs are more interested in taking sociology students rather than business students. Which tier of schools should I focus on if I apply to OT programs at the same time?

 

 

Edited November 23, 2016 by morganzhang