弱问关于本科毕业生申请商科PhD的问题

ElementsAqua

以前一直认为商科PhD很难申，所以对PhD申请也一直不怎么了解。

看这个版面申请者也不少，不知道有多少人是本科应届毕业生呢？想问一下，作为本科应届毕业生，研究背景单薄，工作经历更是无，申请美国商学院的PhD是不是概率非常小？即使是大陆一流名校的学生，GPA3.9，是不是也申不到Top20的商学院？或者说某些program的PhD比较容易一些(运筹，决策什么的)，而某些就不可能（金融等）？

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-12-22 9:50:58编辑过]

calebxu

You should ask yourself about your research interest, not ask about the programs that are easy to get in.

The problem is not that you are an undergrad.  It's that you are the undergrad who doesn't know your field of interest.  You have to show your stong interest and motivation to the admissions committee as applying.

galluplinc

top 20的定位过高，毕竟你只是本科生，定位要切合实际，是不是国内名校毕业，自己不要那么在意，清华北大不是万能的

ElementsAqua

嗯，毕竟我不是学商也不太了解，只是想帮一个刚上大三的师妹问问PhD申请的情况。她是北大光华会计学专业的(GPA 3.8+)，不过目前还没有研究和实习经历。iBT 100上下，GMAT好像是700上下。这种情况定位多少比较实际？能申到奖么

duoduoju

我认为，本科与硕士的差异，不在于学位高低，而在于是否能够证明自己具有研究能力、研究精神和对于未来研究职业生涯的清晰认识。由于硕士的培养方式与本科生不同（实验室制或者看过很多学术文献，毕竟叫硕士是研究生嘛呵呵），硕士生往往能够比本科生在上述三点上提供清晰的见解，因此对了PhD的要求。

因此本科生需要解决的也恰恰是上述三点问题。好像版上有一个好人好贴，写得的本科申请phd要做的事情……楼主可以参考一下告诉你的师妹。

另外列举一个可以让你小小振奋的数字，Harvard Business School， Top1/2的了，根据2006年录取统计，全班21人，12名本科生，4名mba，还有5名其他研究生（可能是硕也可能博），你可以到它的网站上check一下。所以还是有很多学校prefer只有本科学历的，白纸一张呵呵。

因此，同意楼上的，最主要的是想好未来目标是不是研究或教学，因为只有真的认可这个人生规划，才可能为此做出积极的准备，在你的申请材料中才会有真实的流露，才会真的对phd项目的调调。

sm1

Undergraduates can apply PhD directly. There are, however, many disadvantages even though they can get accepted. The best way to pave an academic road is to do a research master in a university that focuses on Western research methods. Then a master graduate will have better chances to be chosen by top tier universities. Moreover, at the first year of PhD, he or she can start to do own research and can show a better CV when graduating.

joysource

不光是进不进得去的问题吧

你费了九牛二虎之力挤进去了一定读得出来吗？

一年后的资格考通得过吗？

jmxtf

harvard是招了很多本科生，不过大多是常青藤的本科，国内的基本没戏。

zhuxi1984

我也是本科,我也在申请PHD,不要考虑这么多浮躁的东西,just try,踏踏实实的做点事情,既然研究经历单薄那就想办法在剩下的时间里去弥补,不要觉得本科生就不可能做出paper,不可能在paper里有contribution,你要想在人海中outstanding,那必然是要有3倍于常人的努力,至于program的问题,我个人觉得不要太在意ranking,找到你最适合的program才是上上的选择,商学院的ranking受MBA左右,并不能完全的说明问题,清华北大的学生固然是有plus,不过不是决定性因素,你的成功与否的决定因素是录取委员会对你整个人的印象.

Bless all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

stokowski

In terms of chances to get admitted, there is no different between a top student in top 3 program in home country.and a good graduate students.

The application in finance phd is indeed extra competitive.

Therefore, I suggest those undergrads who think they're qualified to try it first.

The application itself is a process of discovery.
One would not ask herself so many question about career if she even not think about application.
Don't be scared by the fact that it's so tough to get an offer then give up without even trying to think about it.
Surely you could be more naive since you're a under, however, you don't want to be as naive after you finished graduate study.
The best way to get rid of naiveness is to think early and hard.
It's a good thing even if you figure out that academic career is NOT what you looking for after considering application for a while.