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Hello everyone, I am in this bizarre dilemma of choosing between MBA and PhD in Business. I recently got into a top MBA program in Canada. Since I am an international student, MBA is very expensive option for me especially with a high interest paying student loan that I am taking. My purpose of the MBA: to build a network, to get a high-paying job to kickstart my life in a foreign country and to know about the Financial service industry. However, my ultimate desire lies in academia. My undergrad is in Business from a local university (South Asian). (I do have 3.9 GPA in my majors and a decent GRE Score (90th percentile in quant)). Now I am exploring the following options: 1. Get enrolled in the MBA. Start networking with professors of the B-school already and get involved in their research project while in school. After finishing the 1-year MBA, get some experience and pay-off debt and come back to school (with better financial health I believe I can aim at good PhD programs in both Canada ad US). 2. Reject the MBA offer. Apply to MSc programs in Canada and get into a PhD after that. (Upside: Very minimal expenses, Downside: Job prospect is minimal in case PhD does not work out) 3. Apply to PhDs right now with this profile. I would be very much grateful, if I could get some insights about my situation! Thanks in Advance!!

Will December 24 be too late to take the GRE for Catching January 15, 2016 deadline? I'm retaking the GRE and already working on LOR and SOP; hopefully these will be completed by October/ November 1st week. Any help on this would be much appreciated.