请问申请商学院的PHD需要学术背景吗? 比如需要学过线形代数，微积分等等吗？我本科学文，有可能申请到PHD吗？多谢各位指点，不胜感激！

 If the PhD program you're interested in is very quantitatively demanding, say, finance or operation research, it's almost a requirement to have had linear algebra, calculus. At the very minimum, several college level math classes will be needed. That's why many top programs actually admit students who have had a PhD in physics, math or engineering. These people are very good at building models. Check with the specific program to see if it is more math oriented.

As for academic background, I heard you better have had published scholarly work before applying.

说得很对！对于PhD， 工作经验并不重要，重要的是学术能力！事实上， 美国的顶尖商学院PhD program录取的中国人大多都是在美国已经拿到master degree的，大陆学生如果文科背景，又没有突出的科研论文，那么申请难度极大！

当然没有什么事是不可能的，只是你要多多做一些research，了解各个学校的偏好和往年录取中国学生的情况，再做决定！否则，将会白白浪费很多时间、精力和金钱

 MBA和PHD是两条路.

不仅仅是需要

而是太需要了！