重新拜求定位，很重要，谢谢大家了

shufexlm

WHY PHD in finance?
其实，年青的学者容易出成果，最近几个中国人，CHEN HUI, Zhiguo He.
所以申请的时候，有些学校的确会考虑年龄的问题。

aqalex

LZ要读博士可要想好了，主要有几个原因，
1。 LZ已经拖家带口，PHD要5年，时间上和将来就业都会有年龄的问题。如果已经有个不错的CAREER，想换成RESEARCH一定要想清楚。最近PLACEMENT都一般，如果你想出来做PROF，即使UT/UBC的话，也很难担保。
2。不知道LZ的数学背景，但是因为要过COMPREHENSIVE，所以无论研究领域，数学都一定要到足够的量才可以。觉得LZ好象是文科BG，况且远离学校有些时间了，所以自己要衡量一下。

-- by 会员 jasonhaha (2011/4/28 12:06:05)

谢谢你的建议，很中肯。
1. 我没想过placement的问题，现在career还算不错吧，但是我还是处于要做自己喜欢做的事情立场考虑，不会考虑就业的问题。实在不行就再回consulting，或者做培训。我和朋友一起开发了一个课程，目前刚在国内推广。我想以后实在不行就开发课程在国内卖吧。
2. 我考虑过这个问题。我确实数学很差。所以我选corporate finance，还有banking的internal mgmt，现在的数据分析能力应该够了。因为工作中涉及到这些问题还是能够解决的。
请继续指示明路啊！

aqalex

WHY PHD in finance?
其实，年青的学者容易出成果，最近几个中国人，CHEN HUI, Zhiguo He.
所以申请的时候，有些学校的确会考虑年龄的问题。

-- by 会员 shufexlm (2011/4/28 16:06:49)

工作了之后，做了很多consulting的项目，遇到很多topic和实践中的问题。有的时候会去看一些比较先进的文献，看问题是怎么处理的。但是实践中的处理呢，还是有很多变化的。实践久了，就会感觉自己对某些问题（corporate finance和banking industry的一些issue）也有一些看法。我想静下来把这些东西写写，完善一下。我的理想就是写本专业的书，上面写上一大堆感谢的人的名字：）

jasonhaha

LZ要读博士可要想好了，主要有几个原因，
1。 LZ已经拖家带口，PHD要5年，时间上和将来就业都会有年龄的问题。如果已经有个不错的CAREER，想换成RESEARCH一定要想清楚。最近PLACEMENT都一般，如果你想出来做PROF，即使UT/UBC的话，也很难担保。
2。不知道LZ的数学背景，但是因为要过COMPREHENSIVE，所以无论研究领域，数学都一定要到足够的量才可以。觉得LZ好象是文科BG，况且远离学校有些时间了，所以自己要衡量一下。

-- by 会员 jasonhaha (2011/4/28 12:06:05)

谢谢你的建议，很中肯。
1. 我没想过placement的问题，现在career还算不错吧，但是我还是处于要做自己喜欢做的事情立场考虑，不会考虑就业的问题。实在不行就再回consulting，或者做培训。我和朋友一起开发了一个课程，目前刚在国内推广。我想以后实在不行就开发课程在国内卖吧。
2. 我考虑过这个问题。我确实数学很差。所以我选corporate finance，还有banking的internal mgmt，现在的数据分析能力应该够了。因为工作中涉及到这些问题还是能够解决的。
请继续指示明路啊！

-- by 会员 aqalex (2011/4/28 23:20:49)

不敢不敢~ corporate finance有很多牵涉到game theory的东西，也就是说良好的微观经济学基础不可以缺少。不过我觉得LZ既有这个心，就去尝试下，又没有什么损失的 ：）

aqalex

我这种情况，申请美国的学校，多少名以后的有准啊？

Tripleg

我这种情况，申请美国的学校，多少名以后的有准啊？

-- by 会员 aqalex (2011/4/29 23:31:45)

You need to obtain a GMAT score of 700 plus before you really delve into the application process. The bottomline is 720 if you apply for finance programs.

Do you have a masters from the U.S.? If so, what about your chances of securing recommendation letter from your U.S. professors?

How old are you? I think you should be fine as long as you are under forty.

I would suggest that you also try some strategy programs, for which age is conceivably much less a liability than for finance programs. As far as I know the Ph.D. Management Progam of the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve Univ. prefers older applicants. The age range of the current students in the program is 30-50.

Do not be overly concerned about the rankings of Ph.D. programs. After all, there are only about 100 universities in the U.S. that offer Ph.D. programs for all concentrations. For a complete list, check out phdproject.org. Thus, I am very confused when I hear people in this website talking about the uselessless of attending finance Ph.D. programs that do not make the top 100. Such finance programs do not exist actually.

All in all, you need to be well prepared if you really want to apply. Business Ph.D. programs are truly competitive--probably the most competitive thing in the world. Sounds you do not already have an idea of this.

maysnowfly

这么喜欢学术么？
为什么不是MBA？

alipay

我和楼主情况有一点相似，也是从工作中开始喜欢research的。不过我不申finance，定位上帮不到你，精神上鼓励一下！

aqalex

我这种情况，申请美国的学校，多少名以后的有准啊？

-- by 会员 aqalex (2011/4/29 23:31:45)

You need to obtain a GMAT score of 700 plus before you really delve into the application process. The bottomline is 720 if you apply for finance programs.

Do you have a masters from the U.S.? If so, what about your chances of securing recommendation letter from your U.S. professors?

How old are you? I think you should be fine as long as you are under forty.

I would suggest that you also try some strategy programs, for which age is conceivably much less a liability than for finance programs. As far as I know the Ph.D. Management Progam of the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve Univ. prefers older applicants. The age range of the current students in the program is 30-50.

Do not be overly concerned about the rankings of Ph.D. programs. After all, there are only about 100 universities in the U.S. that offer Ph.D. programs for all concentrations. For a complete list, check out phdproject.org. Thus, I am very confused when I hear people in this website talking about the uselessless of attending finance Ph.D. programs that do not make the top 100. Such finance programs do not exist actually.

All in all, you need to be well prepared if you really want to apply. Business Ph.D. programs are truly competitive--probably the most competitive thing in the world. Sounds you do not already have an idea of this.

-- by 会员 Tripleg (2011/4/30 0:27:49)

谢谢你，你提的这个strategy方向我已经开始在看了。另外，我知道申这个商学院灰常难，要是申MBA我就不啰啰嗦嗦发帖问定位了。我甚至想，不行我就去读个master然后再申phd了。俺读完了还没到40呢，现在30出头哈，不是太大龄吧。

lshlcc

如果你是美国的学士，这背景直接申phd应该就够了。其实MBA也可以是一个跳板，你拿个TOP30左右带奖的MBAoffer， 读完再选择是否读博亦可。我一个跟你差不多背景的朋友选择的就是这条路。