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11 Jun 2017, 07:40
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WE: 34 Months of Work upon Application Submission
24 Months of Work in Asian Country
- Industry: Food Import & Export; Food Production; Retail & Sales
- Duties: Purchasing & Billing, Shipping & Logistics, Human Resources
- Supervision: Supervised by Senior Administrative Clerk & General Manager; Supervise 3 Stocking Assistants & 2 Delivery Teams
10 Months of Work in the U.S.
- Industry: Business Consulting
- Duties: Marketing Research & Planning, Web Development, Instructional Design
- Supervision: Supervised by Manager; Supervised 1 Summer Intern)
- Awards: Completion of Internship Program and Promotion to Business Coordinator
GMAT 700
Cumulative GPA 2.55
Major GPA 2.76
Graduated from Top 100 U.S. University
(Completed honors program in community college; lost of 2 family members causing me to spend a great deal of time for recovery)
Following are my desired schools and its PhD Program:
Boston University
UMass Amherst
UConn
Bentley University
University at Buffalo
UMass Boston
Research Experience: None
Research Interest: Database Management, Business Analytics
Anyone please kindly advise my chances of getting accepted in any of the above school. Thanks for your help.
24 Months of Work in Asian Country
- Industry: Food Import & Export; Food Production; Retail & Sales
- Duties: Purchasing & Billing, Shipping & Logistics, Human Resources
- Supervision: Supervised by Senior Administrative Clerk & General Manager; Supervise 3 Stocking Assistants & 2 Delivery Teams
10 Months of Work in the U.S.
- Industry: Business Consulting
- Duties: Marketing Research & Planning, Web Development, Instructional Design
- Supervision: Supervised by Manager; Supervised 1 Summer Intern)
- Awards: Completion of Internship Program and Promotion to Business Coordinator
GMAT 700
Cumulative GPA 2.55
Major GPA 2.76
Graduated from Top 100 U.S. University
(Completed honors program in community college; lost of 2 family members causing me to spend a great deal of time for recovery)
Following are my desired schools and its PhD Program:
Boston University
UMass Amherst
UConn
Bentley University
University at Buffalo
UMass Boston
Research Experience: None
Research Interest: Database Management, Business Analytics
Anyone please kindly advise my chances of getting accepted in any of the above school. Thanks for your help.
11 Jun 2017, 10:48
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Bentley, Buffalo and UConn are going to be the easier schools for you to get into. Ph.D programs like to see that you have academic and philosophical interest in the area you are targeting, and the profile as you have laid it out doesn't demonstrate that.
Working 10 months as a business consultant in the U.S. is also not very strong, and you have no published papers, patents, or highly competitive internships under your belt. Your college GPA is also extremely low. I understand you went through some trials in school losing two family members, but the schools will want to see that you can do the work.
Your GMAT score though is high -- is there a reason you're not applying to an MBA program at a smaller school? Given your background as you have presented it, that seems like a more likely way to gain acceptance somewhere.
I do often help Ph.D applicants, but usually at the more competitive programs. Hope that helps!
Working 10 months as a business consultant in the U.S. is also not very strong, and you have no published papers, patents, or highly competitive internships under your belt. Your college GPA is also extremely low. I understand you went through some trials in school losing two family members, but the schools will want to see that you can do the work.
Your GMAT score though is high -- is there a reason you're not applying to an MBA program at a smaller school? Given your background as you have presented it, that seems like a more likely way to gain acceptance somewhere.
I do often help Ph.D applicants, but usually at the more competitive programs. Hope that helps!
12 Jun 2017, 10:56
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Well, really very little on your profile of importance for a PhD application.
Ok, your GMAT should be enough since you're not targetting top schools. But that's all.
Work experience is usually not really relevant for PhD, and yours do not seem that great.
No teaching experience, no research experience, that's really bad.
Very low GPA.
I don't know how you'd be able to get strong letters of recommendation. For a PhD, such letters must attest to your potential as a researcher. From what you've written, does not look like it's going to be easy to get them.
Even your research interests are extremely vague.
I wonder why you want to do a PhD, since your path does not seem to lead to that. If you really want a PhD, I think you should find some way to get research experience and results to show. I think a Masters with research would be better. If you do really well during your masters, you'll have a better GPA to show, some experience with research, and professors willing to write recommendations.
Ok, your GMAT should be enough since you're not targetting top schools. But that's all.
Work experience is usually not really relevant for PhD, and yours do not seem that great.
No teaching experience, no research experience, that's really bad.
Very low GPA.
I don't know how you'd be able to get strong letters of recommendation. For a PhD, such letters must attest to your potential as a researcher. From what you've written, does not look like it's going to be easy to get them.
Even your research interests are extremely vague.
I wonder why you want to do a PhD, since your path does not seem to lead to that. If you really want a PhD, I think you should find some way to get research experience and results to show. I think a Masters with research would be better. If you do really well during your masters, you'll have a better GPA to show, some experience with research, and professors willing to write recommendations.
