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    2017 Fall
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    Marketing (PhD)

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  1. Hi Rich, I appreciate your helpful response! My ultimate goal is to absolutely go the PhD track, so I have decided to take the GRE again. I have discussed this with a couple professors I had in undergrad, and they both encouraged me to give it one last shot. The logic is that if the difference between a good and great career path is the difference between a good and great program, I should do everything I can to make it into that great program — even if it means forking over a couple extra dollars to do so. Altogether, I have decided to follow both of your pieces of advice. Not only am I going to take the test again, but I also plan on applying to less selective programs. Last application cycle, I made the critical mistake of applying almost exclusively to reach programs, failing to consider how competitive business school PhD programs actually are. I am currently compiling a list of schools more within my current GRE score range, and I have found that a 317 aggregate score isn't too far off from the average scores of accepted students at Tier-2 schools. Still, I definitely want to go for more security than that. My hope is to get at least a 320 on my next (and hopefully last) GRE. For my previous test, I studied (see also: crammed) for a solid month. I paid for a six-month Magoosh subscription and watched a majority of their math lessons, since the math section is what I struggled with most in the past. A lot of it was just reminding myself how to do high school-level math (e.g., exponent, permutations, probability). I was even doing consistently well on practice tests. I scored a V: 164, Q: 163 on a Magoosh practice test and even managed a V: 170, Q: 166 on an ETS Powerprep test. I felt super confident going into the exam, but maybe nerves just got in the way. So much for the 4-5 hours I spent studying every day for a month, I thought. Anyway, I'm going in for one last ditch effort at the marketing PhD program of my dreams. Here's hoping the last exam was a fluke and some extra months studying will give me scores closer to what I got in practice.
  2. Hi all, I wanted to tell my story and also seek some guidance about my grad school application situation. I am applying to marketing PhD programs in hopes of starting up a program in fall 2017. However, I am very nervous about my GRE scores, since it seems like literally every program I check claims that a majority of their accepted applicants have absurdly high scores between the 90th and 100th percentile. I noticed this when I applied to similar programs last year, and was predictably denied from all 10 of the programs I applied to. In my interview with Rutgers, the PhD coordinator told me I had a stellar application package, with the exception of my "lackluster" GRE scores (V: 158, Q: 153). Just last week, I retook the GREs in hopes of significantly increasing my scores. My verbal score stayed the same, but my quant score went up to a 159. Most sites I check say that these are, for all intents and purposes, respectably decent scores, but I feel like they still aren't super competitive, especially if they're pitted against these "90th percentile programs." I am afraid I will be denied again, despite all the hard work I put into improving my application package and my scores. I guess my major questions are: Should I retake the GRE again and see if maybe I can do a bit better? What marketing PhD programs would you recommend applying to with my current GRE scores? Am I doomed? Thank you all in advance for your help and words of wisdom. Applying to grad school is a really scary process (perhaps even more so the second time), and I guess I'm just looking for some small sense of security that I have a chance.
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