Hello Everybody, Well, I want to prepare for attending school to earn my Ph.D degree in Business Administration. I looked at the school in the United States, and I put some schools as consideration. 1. University of Southern California 2. Standford University 3. University of Utah The top two schools are too selective, according to what I read. They normally accept only 20 to 25 students out of 500 applicants per year. I don't see a good percentage in acceptance. Therefore, I am wondering if anybody has any advice in admission to these schools. Also, should I consider less competitive schools as backup? BTW, these school offers FREE tuition, health insurance, and stipend. I want to attend full-time to receive full MGI BIll plus Housing Allowance.
good read... While I cannot give you direct advice, as I am not applying to schools you listed, I can provide you good reference materials: A Is for Admission: The Insider's Guide to Getting into the Ivy League and Other Top Colleges Get Into Graduate School: A Strategic Approach for Master's and Doctoral Candidates Couple of friends that I worked with, who got accepted into Brown used those materials. In my opinion, and you'll see that in the first book, you should always have a good state school as a backup when applying to top schools. How long do you have left in the SMU program? Regards, Sebastian
Thanks, Sebastian. Well, I intend to graduate by the end of Summer 2009. Then going to full-time Ph.D in Fall 2010. I am not sure yet, maybe doing an MBA or JD as a terminal degree. However, I have no interest in practicing law at all.
Other So. Cal. schools that are perhaps just as prestigous as USC and Stanford include UCI, UCLA, UCR, UCSD, and UCSB. No free tuition as far as I know.
Yeah, I checked out those schools as well. They don't have free tuition and stipend. I would list UC schools as the top of the list. Therefore, I choose..... top 2, middle 2, and bottom 2 includes Northcentral University as a supper backup. Here is my list: TOP 2: 1. University of Southern California 2. Stanford University MIDDLE 2: 1. University of Utah 2. Still Searching BOTTOM 2: 1. Still Searching 2. Northcentral University The reason I choose USC over Stanford because I like to live in Los Angeles more than NoCAL, Besides...I don't really like the quarter system.
Hahaha, don't take it as a negative way. It is just a list that I consider that I feel the high level of acceptance. I would choose NCU over Capella, Colorado Tech U, Jones International, UoP, Columbia Southern, and Pacific State.
Not true, nearly every traditional PhD program has full financial support (they don't call it "free tuition" but rather tuition waivers, teaching and research assistantships, fellowships and scholarships, etc.). You have many options in SoCal. Also, check out this place for more information on traditional grad school life.