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  1. Hi, I will also be attending UTSA this Fall (2014) as a new Doctoral student. My area of concentration will be Organization and Management studies. What about yourself?
  2. Hi, I will also be attending UTSA this Fall (2014) as a new Doctoral student. My area of concentration will be Organization and Management studies. What about yourself?
  3. My feeling that the programs I applied to tend to admit more foreign students was not based on me looking at the current PhD student profiles. This is just something that I was told by a Marketing Professor. It is no secret that a lot of schools are facing unprecedented budget constraints/cuts. Unfortunately, this has led to smaller than normal class sizes. Universities are using whatever measures they can to assure the continuation of their various business programs. What my professor was trying to convey is the fact that foreign students are blessed in the fact that their countries/families/businesses back them 100% financially. This, in turn, allows schools to admit students into their classes and not have to spend a dime. Can you blame them? I certainly can't. One of the schools I applied to (Rice) decided not to admit anyone because of budget constraints. Please do not think I am generalizing my belief/perception of a harsh reality of a great deal of American students seeking to gain admittance into a business school. In the economy we are in right now, it is just a little harder to get into a decent school. Again, I am not trying to belittle, talk about, take a cheap shot at, or anything to foreign students. I only wish America took such an interest in the education of its citizens that sought to pursue such an advanced degree such as a PhD. I can guarantee you, if I would seek acceptance into a foreign university, the good USA would NOT back me financially. I was just upset and was venting. Finally, I apologize to any foreign student I may have offended, upset, or whatever. Again, it WAS NOT my intent!!!!!!! I am very sorry!
  4. Perhaps my original post came off wrong. I certainly WAS NOT trying to take a potshot at foreign students. Again, I was going off what I have seen with my own eyes, and heard with my own ears. It is just apparently the way it is in the field. Am I mad at foreign students??? Absolutely not! I have nothing against them...never have...never will. Getting, yet, another rejection was just devastating to me. I probably should have taken a moment before I posted anything on here. It was/is not my intention to "attack" foreign students at all!!!! As far as asking how to improve my application, well, I have asked the programs where I was rejected how I can move forward and improve my application for the next time. I feel the advice of the individuals that actually reviewed my application is very valuable and I am taking what they said and running with it. I have already received the information on how to improve my application from actual Marketing Professors, so I did not see a reason to ask the same question again on a public internet board. I did; however, ask (on this forum) how I can go about getting the research experience I keep being told I need to get in order to really improve my application. Again, I did not come here to cry for sympathy. I was only venting just like lots of other folks have done on here. Nothing more...nothing less.
  5. First of all, let's get a few things straight... 1. I am not looking for sympathy from anyone; especially not you! 2. My remarks about foreign students were not snide...they were simply facts! I have looked at the profiles of current Marketing PhD students at various programs, and a vast majority of the students are simply foreign. Not to mention, after seeking some advice from a Marketing professor, without me even mentioning foreign students, he even said a lot of Business Schools are electing to admit more and more foreign students because they pretty much come with their own means of financial support. That equates to less money the schools have to dish out. I was not putting foreign students down, but I was mentioning what is blatantly obvious! Also, I, in no way, fear foreign students...what the hell is there to fear? That was just a dumbass comment from an obviously dumbass individual. Sorry! I didn't really want to go there, but you kind of brought it upon yourself!!! Adios, Ciao, Au revoir, good bye....
  6. Everyone keeps saying I need to get some research experience, but I have no idea how to go about doing so. I am a 35 year old male who is the sole provider for my wife and 3 children. I am stuck in a piss ass Law Enforcement job that I can't stand and so desperately want out of this career. No one is hiring and the marketing jobs that do see want you to have tons I experience. I did graduate with my MBA in 2007 within that top 5-10%, but that doesn't mean shit! Since research experience is so important to these schools, I really don't see the need to even waste my time or money reapplying to something that obviously will never accept me!!!!
  7. Updated my signature! Now off to find a really tall building!!!
  8. Looks like I have been rejected from every school. I am so angry and depressed. I don't know what I am going to do. Don't even know if I am going to even waste my time or money reapplying next year. Looking at the previous classes, seems most universities are only interested in foreign students for the program I was hoping to get into. To be perfectly honest, it is a little disheartening to not even be able to get into a school, in my own country, for a Marketing PhD. I am so through with this whole process. Guess I need to start looking for a job now! Whatever! F it!!! --Out
  9. To answer my own question...I would like to think I would go anyways, but then I think about all the traveling I could do instead of enduring the stresses of school!
  10. One question... Would you continue your quest to get into graduate school????
  11. Has anyone heard anything from University of Houston's Bauer School of Business? The application deadline was February 01, 2012! Thanks, MarketingPhD2012
  12. Thanks folks for the replies. After reading what you all had to say, I decided not to send the email. I am to the point now where I need to start getting a plan B together. I still hope to get into a grad school, and I have not given up hope. However, I also desperately need to leave my current job. This job is not conducive to my well-being. I was wanting to know my status on the waiting list in hopes of judging my likelihood of coming off of it. The last thing I want is to wait around to hear back from these schools, and miss golden opportunities in the job market. Guess I'll continue to wait! At this point, I have either been rejected or wait listed (haven't interviewed at any of the schools I am waiting on). Either way, I wish these schools would just make a decision...one way or the other!
  13. So I emailed one of the schools that I applied to 22 days ago and found out that I was on the waiting list. I was told that I would be contacted if the department decided to bring in additional candidates. Now, I want to send one more email in an attempt to find out where I stand on the waiting list, and I want the school to know that if extended an offer I would indeed attend. The email is composed and just sitting on my computer. I don't know if I should send it or not. What do you all think?
  14. Do you know if Business Schools place potential students on the waiting list without interviewing them first?
  15. I am seeking admission into a Business School for work towards a PhD. My question is, how does the waiting list procedure work? Are you placed on a waiting list only after you have interviewed, or are you placed on a waiting list and then interviewed if your name is pulled off the waiting list? I was placed on a waiting list without an interview, but that particular school is my alma mater (not sure if that had anything to do with it). I was just wondering.
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