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Good GPA and research articles published but low GMAT. PhD Admissions 16 Oct 2014, 19:29
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I have an undergraduate GPA of 3.78 in Nepal.
I have a graduate GPA of 3.79 (AACSB accredited University in USA)
I am doing Master of Philosophy in Management and expect to graduate with 3.8 GPA or above.
I have four years of teaching experience at undergraduate and graduate students in Nepal (where I am from).
I have published a research article in national level journal and one of my research article is selected in international conference to be presented in Feb. 2015.
However, I believe GMAT is not my cup of tea. I believe why not spend time reading some research articles, or doing some research than waste time on GMAT. Last time I gave GMAT I only scored 550. On my worse day it might be 500 and at best might be 580.

I want to do a PhD in Management in USA. Can anyone suggest me where should I apply or what type of universities who most likely accept me?
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Good GPA and research articles published but low GMAT. PhD Admissions 25 Oct 2014, 10:45
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You must get at least 600 score in GMAT, and getting 30 to 50 plus score is not a very difficult task, this forum is all about getting good GMAT score from very poor situation, you have to work on your week areas because any thing under 600 puts you in a major disadvantage for being a PhD applicant. On the other hand, you must present your profile extremely carefully and write excellent SOP to convince admission committee, because GMAT score is one of few things they check for taking student but its not everything. their decision depend in your complete Profile.

Other important thing to know is, you must find schools according to your profile, and must not think about wasting time and money to apply in top 25 schools. There are hundreds of different schools in US offering PhD.
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Good GPA and research articles published but low GMAT. PhD Admissions 26 Nov 2014, 23:39
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I have an undergraduate GPA of 3.78 in Nepal.
I have a graduate GPA of 3.79 (AACSB accredited University in USA)
I am doing Master of Philosophy in Management and expect to graduate with 3.8 GPA or above.
I have four years of teaching experience at undergraduate and graduate students in Nepal (where I am from).
I have published a research article in national level journal and one of my research article is selected in international conference to be presented in Feb. 2015.
However, I believe GMAT is not my cup of tea. I believe why not spend time reading some research articles, or doing some research than waste time on GMAT. Last time I gave GMAT I only scored 550. On my worse day it might be 500 and at best might be 580.

I want to do a PhD in Management in USA. Can anyone suggest me where should I apply or what type of universities who most likely accept me?
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If you really want to get a PhD, and you know that they require a stellar GMAT for admission, then why would you put that goal at risk by writing a horrible GMAT? You might think that the 550 is OK because of your articles. An admission committee will think either (a) "we don't have much idea of whether this guy just took easy courses or if he just did well, but he must not be that good because the GMAT is the one comparable stat we have", or (b) "this guy seems good but if he doesn't want to do something he clearly doesn't put much effort into it and perhaps he is lazy." Both of those are deadly because even a PhD program you like will have lots of work that is unpleasant and miserable. If you don't work hard at the unpleasant stuff as well, you'll find trouble getting people to work with you.

My #1 suggestion: You need to study for the GMAT like your future career depended on it -- because it does. Then worry about where to apply.
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