Does GMAT predict the amount of wasted time of people whining on this thread?
NO, but taking pigs on pasture Yes!
Official Accounting JM Thread 2022
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Choosing a good advisor is super important. Research is an art. Your PhD program is an apprenticeship. The right advisor will help you grow immensely. Connections, school, resources etc. all matter. But I think people here overemphasize them. At the end of the day, you and your mindset matter more than any other input into your training.
In my original post, I was more talking about within-program variation in adviser quality, essentially holding GMAT constant. Within programs, there is significant variation in adviser quality. Some help their advisees; others don't, which is what (in my opinion) contributes to within-program variation more than does GMAT or anything else.Why does the advisor matters? Placement or pipeline (pubs & RRs)? I would agree with you if you had to pick within the department but Gmat doesnt matter at that point. What they are talking about the Gmat is a step before that, a step that determines who you will be picking between someone from a HR school vs a MR school. We have seen every year the school matters for placement, nothing else. Having said that the future of a researcher in accounting depends on a silly thing like Gmat (aka bs business) which has nothing but absolutely nothing to do with accounting and the academia.
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Choosing a good advisor is super important. Research is an art. Your PhD program is an apprenticeship. The right advisor will help you grow immensely. Connections, school, resources etc. all matter. But I think people here overemphasize them. At the end of the day, you and your mindset matter more than any other input into your training.
In my original post, I was more talking about within-program variation in adviser quality, essentially holding GMAT constant. Within programs, there is significant variation in adviser quality. Some help their advisees; others don't, which is what (in my opinion) contributes to within-program variation more than does GMAT or anything else.Why does the advisor matters? Placement or pipeline (pubs & RRs)? I would agree with you if you had to pick within the department but Gmat doesnt matter at that point. What they are talking about the Gmat is a step before that, a step that determines who you will be picking between someone from a HR school vs a MR school. We have seen every year the school matters for placement, nothing else. Having said that the future of a researcher in accounting depends on a silly thing like Gmat (aka bs business) which has nothing but absolutely nothing to do with accounting and the academia.
Gmat and gre are solutions for verifying the candidate math and english knowledge, otherwise one would never be able to distinguish good students from bad students. Consider a student from a unknown place with perfect scores on her studies, would you pick her knowing the info cannot be verified? Thus, gmat and gre solves the problem by providing an universal metric schools can use for evaluation. That said, perhaps the problem with US schools is to put too much weight on those metrics while regarding little or not at all other aspects, such as previous research experience, that are potentially better predictors of the candidate success in the program.
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Choosing a good advisor is super important. Research is an art. Your PhD program is an apprenticeship. The right advisor will help you grow immensely. Connections, school, resources etc. all matter. But I think people here overemphasize them. At the end of the day, you and your mindset matter more than any other input into your training.
In my original post, I was more talking about within-program variation in adviser quality, essentially holding GMAT constant. Within programs, there is significant variation in adviser quality. Some help their advisees; others don't, which is what (in my opinion) contributes to within-program variation more than does GMAT or anything else.Why does the advisor matters? Placement or pipeline (pubs & RRs)? I would agree with you if you had to pick within the department but Gmat doesnt matter at that point. What they are talking about the Gmat is a step before that, a step that determines who you will be picking between someone from a HR school vs a MR school. We have seen every year the school matters for placement, nothing else. Having said that the future of a researcher in accounting depends on a silly thing like Gmat (aka bs business) which has nothing but absolutely nothing to do with accounting and the academia.
Gmat and gre are solutions for verifying the candidate math and english knowledge, otherwise one would never be able to distinguish good students from bad students. Consider a student from a unknown place with perfect scores on her studies, would you pick her knowing the info cannot be verified? Thus, gmat and gre solves the problem by providing an universal metric schools can use for evaluation. That said, perhaps the problem with US schools is to put too much weight on those metrics while regarding little or not at all other aspects, such as previous research experience, that are potentially better predictors of the candidate success in the program.
You want Gmat to verify through high school math someone with a masters degree, applied math and advanced stats knowledge just because he is coming from "somewhere" you dont know? What the fk are you talking about? Gmat is testing the materials they sell. Gmat doesnt know my math knowledge, nor my English level. Gmat is testing their tricks, just to make it difficult so you can retest and pay fees and again and again. Gmat also puts the same weigh for math and English which is unfair giving a huge advantage to the native English speakers. TOEFL score is the one you are looking for the English language test.
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Choosing a good advisor is super important. Research is an art. Your PhD program is an apprenticeship. The right advisor will help you grow immensely. Connections, school, resources etc. all matter. But I think people here overemphasize them. At the end of the day, you and your mindset matter more than any other input into your training.
In my original post, I was more talking about within-program variation in adviser quality, essentially holding GMAT constant. Within programs, there is significant variation in adviser quality. Some help their advisees; others don't, which is what (in my opinion) contributes to within-program variation more than does GMAT or anything else.Why does the advisor matters? Placement or pipeline (pubs & RRs)? I would agree with you if you had to pick within the department but Gmat doesnt matter at that point. What they are talking about the Gmat is a step before that, a step that determines who you will be picking between someone from a HR school vs a MR school. We have seen every year the school matters for placement, nothing else. Having said that the future of a researcher in accounting depends on a silly thing like Gmat (aka bs business) which has nothing but absolutely nothing to do with accounting and the academia.
Gmat and gre are solutions for verifying the candidate math and english knowledge, otherwise one would never be able to distinguish good students from bad students. Consider a student from a unknown place with perfect scores on her studies, would you pick her knowing the info cannot be verified? Thus, gmat and gre solves the problem by providing an universal metric schools can use for evaluation. That said, perhaps the problem with US schools is to put too much weight on those metrics while regarding little or not at all other aspects, such as previous research experience, that are potentially better predictors of the candidate success in the program.
...the info cannot be verified... List you but/fk. The university I came from is much more known than the one I am here in the US.
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Choosing a good advisor is super important. Research is an art. Your PhD program is an apprenticeship. The right advisor will help you grow immensely. Connections, school, resources etc. all matter. But I think people here overemphasize them. At the end of the day, you and your mindset matter more than any other input into your training.
In my original post, I was more talking about within-program variation in adviser quality, essentially holding GMAT constant. Within programs, there is significant variation in adviser quality. Some help their advisees; others don't, which is what (in my opinion) contributes to within-program variation more than does GMAT or anything else.Why does the advisor matters? Placement or pipeline (pubs & RRs)? I would agree with you if you had to pick within the department but Gmat doesnt matter at that point. What they are talking about the Gmat is a step before that, a step that determines who you will be picking between someone from a HR school vs a MR school. We have seen every year the school matters for placement, nothing else. Having said that the future of a researcher in accounting depends on a silly thing like Gmat (aka bs business) which has nothing but absolutely nothing to do with accounting and the academia.
Gmat and gre are solutions for verifying the candidate math and english knowledge, otherwise one would never be able to distinguish good students from bad students. Consider a student from a unknown place with perfect scores on her studies, would you pick her knowing the info cannot be verified? Thus, gmat and gre solves the problem by providing an universal metric schools can use for evaluation. That said, perhaps the problem with US schools is to put too much weight on those metrics while regarding little or not at all other aspects, such as previous research experience, that are potentially better predictors of the candidate success in the program.
...the info cannot be verified... List you but/fk. The university I came from is much more known than the one I am here in the US.
Really? Which uni is it?
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Choosing a good advisor is super important. Research is an art. Your PhD program is an apprenticeship. The right advisor will help you grow immensely. Connections, school, resources etc. all matter. But I think people here overemphasize them. At the end of the day, you and your mindset matter more than any other input into your training.
In my original post, I was more talking about within-program variation in adviser quality, essentially holding GMAT constant. Within programs, there is significant variation in adviser quality. Some help their advisees; others don't, which is what (in my opinion) contributes to within-program variation more than does GMAT or anything else.Why does the advisor matters? Placement or pipeline (pubs & RRs)? I would agree with you if you had to pick within the department but Gmat doesnt matter at that point. What they are talking about the Gmat is a step before that, a step that determines who you will be picking between someone from a HR school vs a MR school. We have seen every year the school matters for placement, nothing else. Having said that the future of a researcher in accounting depends on a silly thing like Gmat (aka bs business) which has nothing but absolutely nothing to do with accounting and the academia.
Gmat and gre are solutions for verifying the candidate math and english knowledge, otherwise one would never be able to distinguish good students from bad students. Consider a student from a unknown place with perfect scores on her studies, would you pick her knowing the info cannot be verified? Thus, gmat and gre solves the problem by providing an universal metric schools can use for evaluation. That said, perhaps the problem with US schools is to put too much weight on those metrics while regarding little or not at all other aspects, such as previous research experience, that are potentially better predictors of the candidate success in the program.
...the info cannot be verified... List you but/fk. The university I came from is much more known than the one I am here in the US.
If so, then you've made a bad choice not being home.
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I think GMAT probably knows your verbal skills pretty well.
Choosing a good advisor is super important. Research is an art. Your PhD program is an apprenticeship. The right advisor will help you grow immensely. Connections, school, resources etc. all matter. But I think people here overemphasize them. At the end of the day, you and your mindset matter more than any other input into your training.
In my original post, I was more talking about within-program variation in adviser quality, essentially holding GMAT constant. Within programs, there is significant variation in adviser quality. Some help their advisees; others don't, which is what (in my opinion) contributes to within-program variation more than does GMAT or anything else.Why does the advisor matters? Placement or pipeline (pubs & RRs)? I would agree with you if you had to pick within the department but Gmat doesnt matter at that point. What they are talking about the Gmat is a step before that, a step that determines who you will be picking between someone from a HR school vs a MR school. We have seen every year the school matters for placement, nothing else. Having said that the future of a researcher in accounting depends on a silly thing like Gmat (aka bs business) which has nothing but absolutely nothing to do with accounting and the academia.
Gmat and gre are solutions for verifying the candidate math and english knowledge, otherwise one would never be able to distinguish good students from bad students. Consider a student from a unknown place with perfect scores on her studies, would you pick her knowing the info cannot be verified? Thus, gmat and gre solves the problem by providing an universal metric schools can use for evaluation. That said, perhaps the problem with US schools is to put too much weight on those metrics while regarding little or not at all other aspects, such as previous research experience, that are potentially better predictors of the candidate success in the program.
You want Gmat to verify through high school math someone with a masters degree, applied math and advanced stats knowledge just because he is coming from "somewhere" you dont know? What the fk are you talking about? Gmat is testing the materials they sell. Gmat doesnt know my math knowledge, nor my English level. Gmat is testing their tricks, just to make it difficult so you can retest and pay fees and again and again. Gmat also puts the same weigh for math and English which is unfair giving a huge advantage to the native English speakers. TOEFL score is the one you are looking for the English language test.