pstu24
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I went through the process (unsuccessfully) about 2 years ago to try and get into a Finance PhD program.
My profile is (hopefully) competitive, in that I scored a 700 GMAT, already have an MBA. My undergrad GPA was low (still above 3.0), but the Graduate GPA was a bit better (3.5). I can also argue that I was active, in that I was a full time student athlete and worked a full time job during my undergrad career.
The point is that I applied to a mix of some top programs, some middle of the pack ones, and a few "lesser" caliber schools just to keep my options open. This was back in the fall/winter of 2011.
I didn't even hear back from those schools. I mean, I received rejection notices (went 0 for 8), but I never was even contacted about my background, never contacted about visiting the school for a recruitment weekend or even an interview.
I could understand that maybe with the higher ups I was one of the first cut. But for some of the lower schools, I wasn't even contacted let alone waitlisted....
This time around I am trying to be a LOT more prepared. I want to be as proactive as possible. So ... do I contact them? Do I (nicely) insist that I come visit and meet them? Do I ask them about recruitment weekends and essentially just show up or invite myself?
I am moving forward with all aspects of the applications, and have added more experience to make myself more attractable as a candidate. But, I'm worried that if I don't get some face time and (hopefully) have them fall in love with me, I'll see the same results as the last time through.
Any thoughts (or suggestions?)
Thanks!
Average GMATs Listed?
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I know that the GMAT is only one of a variety of factors when it comes to admission. However, it is also a pretty big one.
Rather than researching roughly 75 schools or so in a first evaluation (to slim down the schools I want to look at), is there an actual listing of which schools have what for the average GMAT for PhD programs?
I suppose it's just hard to decipher which school is "top 10", "top 30" , "Ranked" and "unranked" when I don't even know for sure which schools have which average incoming GMAT?
Any help would be appreciated!