jegan2388 wrote:
Hello there,
I understand that most of the posts here are related to MBA admits, however I was hoping if you could possibly offer an evaluation of my profile for Admits into a PhD program in Marketing (Consumer Behaviour Psychology)
General Info
Nationality - Indian
Gender - Male
Age - 25
GMAT - Exam is scheduled for November. I have got 680, 690 in my two diagnostic tests till date, confident of a score around 700
Academics -
Post-Graduation - University of Birmingham, UK - MSc International Business, Class of 2011
GPA - 3.55 (2.1 with Merit, Distinction in final dissertation)
Under-Graduation - Anna University, India - B.E Computer Science and Engineering, Class of 2010.
GPA - 3.66
Work Experience -
- 3 years in an Indian IT SME as Market Research and Social Media Analyst.
A gist of my work role -
- Generating Market Research insights on US based firms, mainly their IT landscape and environment.
- Administrating SalesForce for the organization
- Social Media Engagement on Linkedin and Twitter
- Assisting teams with White papers and presentations
I have also dabbled in a Start-up named "Bat n Pad". A cricket themed online retail store. I sold cricket themed t-shirts through facebook and twitter.
Extra-curricular -
- An Active teaching volunteer in a Chennai, India based NGO. Take English classes on weekends in children's homes and orphanages.
- Actively involved as a HR coordinator for the English teaching project of the NGO (2012-2013), which included conducting weekend recruitment drives for new volunteers, arranging and conducting training for them, etc.
- Currently the National PR coordinator / Social Media Analyst for the same NGO. Involves coordinating with PR teams across 8 cities, looking after the PR activities in Chennai and Social Media engagement on Facebook and Twitter.
- An avid blogger and have also written professionally for websites like FirstPost, Sportskeeda (Asia's largest Multi-sport website) etc.
- Have travelled quite a bit in the past 2 years, locally as well as a couple of international destinations.
Research Interest -
Social Media management & Impact on Consumer behaviour, specifically in e-commerce websites.
Post PhD Goal:
To be involved in research and teaching in a top 50 research institution.
I was wondering if you could help me with what schools will suit my profile. I have done my research and have thought of the following schools - Carnegie Mellon, University of Texas - Dallas, University of Oklahoma, Binghamton University (SUNY), INSEAD, etc among others. I have deliberately left out the top 10-15, as I am not sure if they will be within reach. Looking forward to your inputs.
Best
Jegan
Hey Jegan,
Well, to start off you seem to have a good career in the right industry, and good grades in both your degrees so far. You are probably right that the top 10-15 programs will be tough since you didn't attend top schools. But don't sell yourself short! You HAVE done well!
Now, are you good for a Phd? And where? Getting a better GMAT will always help, but the first question these schools will ask themselves is: What do we believe is his capacity to produce useful research? So, do you have any sort of experience with research or publication? What is your proposed areas of study? And your proposed thesis? What about teaching experience? This can be a nice bonus for a PhD program.
And all this stuff will need to go, of course, in your personal statement, with everything all tied together.
Best,
Jon
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07 Oct 2014, 02:37
