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The Department of Finance generally admits students each year in the fall semester. Students should have a natural curiosity about finance, excellent economic intuition, strong mathematical and analytical skills, and good communication skills. We base admissions on GMAT scores, academic background, academic and professional experience, academic and professional achievement, the student’s responses to narrative questions on the application, and on the information contained in professional recommendations. In rare cases we will substitute the GRE for the GMAT if a candidate is exceptionally strong in all other areas. We do not use an admission formula or place a specific weight on any one component. Rather, we look for a combination of attributes that suggest that an applicant will be successful in the program and as an academic. We do not pre-screen applicants or provide preliminary indications of the likelihood that a student will be accepted into the program. The two most recently accepted classes have a median GMAT of 690 and a median undergraduate GPA of 3.69 in the last two years of their academic studies. All accepted candidates received strong recommendations by academics. We invite interested and qualified applicants to apply. Candidates should submit applications online. For details on the application procedure, links to the online application form, deadlines, the application fee, TOEFL requirements for international applicants, and other administrative questions please go to the PhD Program website: http://robinson.gsu.edu/academic/doctoral/application/index.html. The College PhD Program Office handles administrative issues and applications. Please direct all inquiries regarding the application procedure and related administrative issues to Libby Crawley in the PhD Program Office, libby@gsu.edu (http://robinson.gsu.edu/academic/doctoral/contact.html) and not to the Finance Department. Direct questions about the program to the Finance Department Ph.D. coordinator, Chip Ryan (cryan@gsu.edu). 2008 Admissions are complete. The deadline for admission in the fall, 2009 is Feb 1, 2009.
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