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Hi guys! Can somebody recommend a reliable source where I can find useful statistics relative to admission rates, GREs, GPAs, placements etc for PhDs in Business? I didn't find an aggregate source at this point, and I find very frustrating going on a scavenger's hunt in a school website everytime I want this piece of information. Thanks in advance!

@jeffster you're in a "traditional" econ PhD right? well my problem is not doing coursework that implies math - I will take math classes next year and I'm confident I can add sth by myself - as much as it is convincing an adcom that I'm capable of it. I'd be glad to hear your take on this particular matter - maybe some of your acquaintances/fellow PhD students have a poor math background @zapster I started browsing, here what I liked: Chicago Booth (of course), Duke Fuqua, Rady, INSEAD, Warwick Bschool (UK), of course Yale, Harvard, Stanford, MIT Sloan. Carnegie Mellon Behavioral Decision Research PhD would be ideal for my perspective and routinely accepts students from Psychology (although I don't know the math requirements, I suspect they are not nearly as high as requested in Econ programs). I should probably research more programs similar to CMU BDR. These programs, however, are highly ranked and very selective, so I am waiting for suggestions of lower ranked school which could constitute a viable plan B (or plan C). Thanks again everybody, speaking with somebody which went through (kind of ) the same stuff is really helpful!

What do you think of Marketing? I'm actually thinking I'd be better off applying to Marketing PhDs in most cases because DecSc mostly do things I'm not really interested in as opposed to study of JDM and general Behavioral Econ, e.g. Duke (Fuqua)

cool thx! do you think I have a shot at the above-mentioned programs if I get a very good GRE quant? I don't know if I'm gonna take the GRE math - seems like a LOT of work in a short time I need to sort everything else out, but I'll look into it.

don't you see my lack of mathematical knowledge as a major hurdle? will some of the B-school committee believe me when I say I'm gonna be acquiring useful mahematical knowledge next year, provided that they consider me fit despite my limited math knowledge?

Hi everybody! I'll post my profile here so you can tell me if I'm crazy/stupid or not. I studied undergrad Psychology in Italy and right now I'm taking a MSc in I/O Psychology, but I'm in Germany for an exchange year. I have grown found of Behavioural Economics and I'd like to do a Phd. However, to this moment I have little math background, if we exclude Statistics.I didn't take GRE or Toefl yet (although the latter won't be a problem). Here some facts Undergrad GPA (University of Turin): 3.75 (converted from Italian grades; Italian GPA 28.5, Degree Summa cum Laude) Possible relevant classes: Statistics I ( B +), Statistics II (B-), Social Psychology (A+) Grad GPA (University of Jena): 3.8 (converted from German grades; German GPA 1.7) Possible relevant grad classes: Advanced Psychological Statistics (A-) Will take/taking but not graded yet: Advanced Psychological Statistics II; Topics in Behavioral Economics; Money and Financial Markets; Project work in Social psychology (basically research work) Relevant facts: I have been admitted in a scolarship program in Turin which would require me to attend several extra classes next year, so I was obviously thinking Math (Analysis and some other stuff). However, I would not be completing these courses up to July 14. Are they relevant, since I intend to apply this fall for fall 14? Relevant (?) facts : I have a Bachelor's Degree in Piano (Italian grade 9.5/10, which could be sth like 3.9). Research experience: Developmental Psychology (internship/RA in Psych department) and Social Psychology (experimental Bachelor's Thesis) during undergrad; Psychological Statistics (experimental group work) and Social Psychology (idem) durnig MSc. LOR: My Bachelor's thesis advisor is gonna be available; here in Jena I found a senior faculty in Psychological Statistics; for the third one I was thinking about my professor of Behavioural Econ her, although he has little international profile. I was browsing for programs, and, besides Chicago GSB, Harvard etc I was impressed with INSEAD Decision Sciences PhD and Rady's (UCSD) B-school program. Any suggestions? Am I aiming to high? Thanks anybody for the attention and your tips ! Tante care cose (many sweet things)