PhD with GMAT

bfarooq

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Posted Sep 30, 2013 18:06

Hello,

Here is a snapshot of my professional experience and degree:

1. MBA from Concordia University Wisconsin (HR and Management), GPA 3.7, graduate last year 2012 August

2. 3 years of work exp as a Graduate Assistant: duties included, administrative work, HR (w-4, I-9's etc) and basically acted as an academic advisor for a good chunk of my tenure.

3. Hired right away as an HR Specialist and then was took an internship at Aurora in the benefits department and now working at a company as a benefits specialist.

My question to you is now my OPT (work visa granted to F-1 students during studies) has now or is coming to end this October 23rd.

I am looking to get into a PhD program and must take the GMAT. I am hoping someone could guide me into the right direction as my goals are to become an educator/professor at some point and a PhD will help. What schools should I be looking at that dont require a stringent GMAT score, around the 600 area. But I am willing to do whats neccessary to get a higher score as well. I am fast approaching deadlines I would think. Any help appreciated.

Bilal

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Duncan

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Posted Sep 30, 2013 18:25

THis is certainly not the right website for questions about PhDs.

Are you looking for entry in 2014?

Take a look at https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=PhD+%22human+resources%22+%22GMAT+over+600%22+site%3A.edu&oq=PhD+%22human+resources%22+%22GMAT+over+600%22+site%3A.edu&aqs=chrome..69i57.13681j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=PhD+%22human+resources%22+GMAT+600+site%3A.edu&safe=off

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bfarooq

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Posted Sep 30, 2013 21:56

Thanks Duncan! Your search criteria brought up alot of results that I am looking for.

Yes, I am looking to get admission into Fall 2014. I primarily did come to this website to get tips on GMAT which I have found and are quite useful. I do however have a couple of follow up questions:

1. Is there a website like this to help me look for PhD programs that would meet my search criteria?

2. I have just started preparing for the GMAT just yesterday and have given myself 60 days to prep for it. These are the current books I have:
- GMAT offcial Guide
- Kaplan 2013 edition without Integrated reasoning portion
- Manhattan SC
Is there any additional books that I need to get a desired score of 600+ or will this suffice?

3. Shall I do the SC portion on the Kaplan book before I look up the SC on manhattan?

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Duncan

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Posted Oct 01, 2013 01:07

I'm not sure that the GMAT is the main thing for a PhD. The GMAT is test of management aptitude that's a very good predictor of success on MBA programmes. I think you should speak with a professor with a PhD at a college near you to get a better idea of what PhD programmes look for. There's so many books and websites out there.... they are innumerable. However, the number of PhD students is so small that you won't find a site like this.

Take a look at http://www.findaphd.com/ and in Europe http://www.phdportal.eu/

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bfarooq

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Posted Oct 01, 2013 15:48

Actually all PhD programmes (more than 95%) requires the candidate to take the GMAT/GRE examinations! The ones that dont are probably not accredited institutions.

But your previous post with those parameters was a big help. I guess if you could just guide me in the right direction towards the prep for gmat that would be great.

1. For example should I start with the Kaplan book and do the Sentence Correction or start the SC with the manhattan book?

2. Kaplan, Official Guide and Manhattan SC.. would that be sufficient to get atleast a score of 600 or higher?

Thanks!

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