InspiredSoul wrote:
Hi Friends,
I wish to understand how good/bad is my profile presently to get into PhD Marketing (CB) in top IIMs (India) or top 50 universities in US.
10th - 82%
12th with Science (Physics Chem Bio) - 85%
(Wanted to be a surgeon but met with an accident that resulted in right hand fingers' amputation - was forced to change my field and ended up changing my field completely and graduating in Economics, Psychology, English - however with a very poor score in graduation of 55% because of multiple medical issues and multiple surgeries post accident for the following 2.5 yrs)
Cleared CAT with a 90 percentile and got through MBA program at one of the top 20 in India and one of the best schools for marketing.
Performed pretty well inside the college and even topped college with scholarship in first year in Marketing
MBA- 3.14/4.00 CGPA, Topped Marketing in 1st year : Specialised in Advertising and Marketing Research
Worked in one of world's best advertising agency for a year and in one of the top Market Research Agency as a Qualitative Researcher for 2 years
I will giving my GMAT soon.
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1. What is the minimum GMAT score I should be aiming at?
2. What other research experiences I can get in order to enhance my profile?
3. My undergrad marks are especially low but it is for a very genuine reason that I can support with documents, other than that I have ben a good student always. Would that lower my chances of getting through the top IIMs?
Following up on previous posts. Please take these observations as constructive criticisms.
The other poster has also made number of important points.
The main concern I have is you do not appear to know the purpose of a PhD in business. You mentioned a number of industry-related activities and made references to GMAT and CAT.
Please note that PhD programs do not care much about industry experience or so-called extra-curricular activities. Those are things that MBA applications ask.
PhD programs do not admit people because they happened to score "big" on the GMAT (or other test), or that they excelled in carefully managing their industry experience or undertook token extra-curricular stuff. The PhD application is in an entirely different category. You must demonstrate that you understand the purposes of a PhD and what the program requires of people after the program is completed.
Your application will be evaluated by researchers in academia. They are the least bit interested in the above elements. You run the risk of alienating admission committees by talking about industry, test scores and the like.
Your description suggests that you are in the dark about many of these things. Also, your description suggests that you have near zero experience in research that academics do on daily basis.
I recommend that you first take the time to understand the program requirements of this degree. Then, take the time to develop a suitably strong application that is geared to the PhD program, instead of towards Masters', MBA and other such professional programs. GL!
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18 Sep 2019, 21:30
