i know some of you guys out there have expertise in admission. give me a fair score if ill make it or not, or theres a chance for either. feel free to mention if ill qualify for funding too.

im applying to a ms in market research in u texas-arlington and u georgia (terry).

my credentials are:
1. ma comm (ateneo) qpi B+/A.
2. 5 years in research; 1 in educational, 2.5 in opinoin polling, 1 in market research.
3. gre scores: verbal 670, quanti 670, analytical 610.
4. presented 2 papers at intl conferences abroad (usa and spain)
5. membership in intl orgs.
6. my ateneo undegrad (ab-sos) qpi is poor at C+/B average. which is why try to 'sanitize' it (i learned that in PEx) with the aforemetioned.

thanks.

My 2-cents worth:

1. Grad School GPA - outstanding, an asset to your application

2. Research Experience - very applicable to the program you're applying to

3. GRE Scores - sorry, can't tell since I'm not familiar with GRE scoring

4. Papers to Int'l Conference - about what? can be great nonetheless bec. this could be strong evidence of scholarly work

5. International Orgs - what kind of orgs? any relation to the field you're getting into? won't hurt to bring it up though

6. Undergrad GPA - can you avoid presenting this and show your grad school grades instead? no matter, it won't be so much of a pulldown if you spin your grad school GPA to prove intellectual advancement

Your "raw material" seems OK but the way you package yourself will factor into your application as well. Focus on and accentuate the areas where you are strong (ex, grad school GPA, work experience, paper delivery, etc.). BTW, are you targeting only 2 universities?

thanks.

your the first to remark. i hope the others could share their 2 cents din like victory_fils and maverick.

#4. the conferences were about research methods and findings in opinion reaseach (the 1st) and media research (the 2nd)

#5. the orgs on the dot din like the american marketing assoc and the world assoc for public opinion research. ay may aiesec din--for leadership, kuno

2 universities coz theyre the only ones with an expliclit ms-marketing research. i there are 2 more but they require a gmat and i want to exhaust the investment in the gre first.

U of Arizona has an MS in Retailing and Consumer Sciences program; U of Guelph has an MsC in Marketing and Consumer Studies program. Both take GRE scores. Not sure if this is related to your interests.

Some universities in the UK offer MSc in marketing/management programs that start with a broad/general marketing coverage that later allows students to focus on specific marketing fields such as market research, brand management or CRM. There might be MSc programs that don't require GMAT or will consider GRE as a substitute.

wow! howd you come about with the u guelph and u arizona? i certainly never saw that.
about the UK degrees, litong-lito na ako sa kakahanap. i remember looking at one school pero 1 subject lang yata in market research ang kasama. any suggestoins?

UK programs do not quite perfectly match the MS market research programs in terms of content. From the way I understood it (you can check this out yourself), they first pertain to a general field such as marketing and then let you choose w/c specific field to specialize in. Whereas MS market research programs in North America go straight to market research, a program in the UK might require you to take a few general marketing subjects such as "marketing 101" and "marketing strategy" and then take subjects in market research - which then becomes your concentration.

Take a look at universities that might be offering such programs at yahoo or gradschools.com

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ok. i will painstakingly try that again.

Hi, i'm an ME graduate working for one of the top investment banks in the country/asia. I have my sights on entering a top MBA program in the US (with a good finance program such as NYU). My problem is that my cumulative QPI is low (C+/B). I plan to work hard the next few years, as much as taking classes to compensate for my low grades and even a start a small business if time permits.

What are my chances of getting into a top 10 b-school in the US given my low GPA (do I still have a chance of getting into one)?
and if I still have a shot,
what should I do the next few years in order to get into the programs in the US top 15?

With each passing year, the applicant pool keeps getting stronger and stronger. It's not unusual to find applicants with all of high GPAs, high GMAT scores, excellent work experience, outstanding extra-curricular activities (the Israelis have a natural footing on this one bec. almost all of them have served in the military), etc. The only tangible and concrete 2-cent-worth I can give is to try to excel in the remaining factors that you can control like the GMAT, extra-curriculars, campus visits and work experience.

One more thing that admissions officers nowadays will be looking for is career focus. Usually this takes the form of essay questions regarding your long-term career plans and how an MBA from a specific b-school will help you with your plans. B-schools want to ensure that the students they admit are hirable after they graduate to avoid having alumni grumbling over how hard it is to look for work. The reason for this evaluation is that the post-MBA job market is getting more selective than in years past, with companies demanding that applicants already have pre-MBA functional experience in the fields they are applying to (which begs the question about the usefulness of an MBA as a factor in landing a choice job - something left for another discussion). There is less leeway for MBA grads to shift careers. For example, an applicant with only investment banking experience who says that he wants to get into consumer brand marketing after his MBA will raise a red flag with admissions officers - no matter how elaborate or plausible his explanation.

hey riddler, what SOS batch are you? Ako 2000

'97
sssh. dont tell ha =>