Hi Gurus out there.
I am interested in applying to Finance Phd program.
I would like gurus here to provide me some insights/ideas on my chances getting into these programs listed below:
Uni. of Michigan, UCLA, Duke, USC, Cornell, Boston College, University of Florida, Rutgers.
To provide info on my background/stats:
Domestic student; UGPA: 3.45 & GPGA: 3.5. Studied EE during undergrad and Comp. Engr as major and econ as minor studies during grad school w/ full fellowship & stipend. I received my BS & MS from top 5 engineering school.
GRE V 156 GRE Q 170 AWA 4... I know i bombed my verbal
1.5 yrs of research experience & winning IEEE research fellowship/scholarship for my research.
2 yrs of working @ High tech firm (think apple or google) by the time i enroll to phd program..
I am particularly worried about my gpa since it is not 3.8 or 3.9 as advertised on many phd program website...thou I do have good grades on quant courses A+ & As, probably one or two B's thou; and for both undergrad & grad I finished my course work in shorter period of time with 10~20% more courses taken than required...
Do you gurus think if I have a reasonable chance to get into one of the programs I listed above? And is there any particular area I should improve or work on, say GRE verbal for example?
Any advice or comment will be appreciated
I am interested in applying to Finance Phd program.
I would like gurus here to provide me some insights/ideas on my chances getting into these programs listed below:
Uni. of Michigan, UCLA, Duke, USC, Cornell, Boston College, University of Florida, Rutgers.
To provide info on my background/stats:
Domestic student; UGPA: 3.45 & GPGA: 3.5. Studied EE during undergrad and Comp. Engr as major and econ as minor studies during grad school w/ full fellowship & stipend. I received my BS & MS from top 5 engineering school.
GRE V 156 GRE Q 170 AWA 4... I know i bombed my verbal
1.5 yrs of research experience & winning IEEE research fellowship/scholarship for my research.
2 yrs of working @ High tech firm (think apple or google) by the time i enroll to phd program..
I am particularly worried about my gpa since it is not 3.8 or 3.9 as advertised on many phd program website...thou I do have good grades on quant courses A+ & As, probably one or two B's thou; and for both undergrad & grad I finished my course work in shorter period of time with 10~20% more courses taken than required...
Do you gurus think if I have a reasonable chance to get into one of the programs I listed above? And is there any particular area I should improve or work on, say GRE verbal for example?
Any advice or comment will be appreciated
