如果在美国读的master 申商科PHD需要什么如何准备呢，请前辈指点

kimiicebsb

将要去美国读master，读完想接着申PHD，我想问问本科大学的pga，还有托付，gmat啥的，是重点么，申PHD要提供么？因为在美国读master，推荐信肯定也是美国教授的了，当然research也是一方面，这几方面应该如何准备呢，问题比较傻。。。请前辈们多多指点

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将要去美国读master，读完想接着申PHD，我想问问本科大学的pga，还有托付，gmat啥的，是重点么，申PHD要提供么？因为在美国读master，推荐信肯定也是美国教授的了，当然research也是一方面，这几方面应该如何准备呢，问题比较傻。。。请前辈们多多指点

-- by 会员 kimiicebsb (2010/3/23 20:06:01)

Here's my advice based on my own experience, hope it will help
1.  Your undergrad GPA, your TOEFL, your GMAT are all very very important. They will be key factors determining whether you could pass through the screening process. At the same time, try your best to get the highest gpa you can for your master study. It will help if you do not have an outstanding undergrad GPA. Gmat should be at least over 700. For top 20 schools, an over 750 gmat score is very common among chinese applicants. TOEFL should be well above 100.
2. Work with professors on some research projects. It'll be better if your master degree requires a thesis. If not, get yourself involved in some serious research projects that your professors are doing, or expose yourself to as many research opportunities as you can.
3. Regarding referrence letters, although this time you may be able to get them from US professors, you have to make sure that these letters are not useless. Lots of professors in US universities will agree to write you referrence letter if you take their classes, but they will just simply write down their evaluation based on your performance in class. Don't forget that the admission committee is more interested in your research potential, so you'd better have at least one referrence letter emphasizing your research ability, which means you need to find out one professor who could evaluate your research ability.
4. Read more papers, get to know your research interests better before you apply for the phd and the people who are doing similar research as your interests in the field. Now that you've got a master's degree, people are expecting you to have a better sense on the kind of research you want to do than undergrad students.
5. Spend more time on writing your statement of purpose.
6. Do more research on the b-schools that you are going to apply for. Try to read through each professors' research interests, and at least some of their recent publications. One suggestion I got from my former advisor is that you should not only go for the big names, you should go for the most productive professors in the field.
7. Be optimistic and confident all the time.

Good luck! ;D

taotaoke

very useful!! Thanks~~

文字魔

to 1st floor:  What a comprehensive answer! It almost covers many of the crucial points.

kimiicebsb

谢谢前辈的详细回复。。。受用不尽。。。