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Hi Everyone,
I am a new member of the Forum, first of all, it is nice to meet you all. Here is my current situation:
* Sr. Systems Engineer in Modeling/Simulation/Analysis at Raytheon (1 year)
* U.S. Citizen
* Education/GPA:
> U.C. Berkeley - Bioengineering (2.3 cumulative B.S., 3.2 major), 2003
> Texas Tech - Math (4.00, M.S.), 2006
> U. of Washington - Applied Math (3.80 M.S., 3.78 Ph.D.), 2009
* Other experience: Interned at Microsoft and a small financial planning firm
I am actively seeking a quantitative modeling, model validation position in the banking/finance industry, and despite a very strong background in math/programming, and an extensive experience with model development, simulation, analysis, and validation, my college GPA from 7 years ago still concerns me. Here are my questions:
(1) Would the 2.3 GPA from 7 yrs ago scare recruiters away, given my other accomplishments?
(2) Is there a need to pro-actively justify the 2.3 on my cover letter?
(3) What are ways to market myself to get around the 2.3 and other weaknesses?
Thank you very much for your inputs and feedbacks.
I am a new member of the Forum, first of all, it is nice to meet you all. Here is my current situation:
* Sr. Systems Engineer in Modeling/Simulation/Analysis at Raytheon (1 year)
* U.S. Citizen
* Education/GPA:
> U.C. Berkeley - Bioengineering (2.3 cumulative B.S., 3.2 major), 2003
> Texas Tech - Math (4.00, M.S.), 2006
> U. of Washington - Applied Math (3.80 M.S., 3.78 Ph.D.), 2009
* Other experience: Interned at Microsoft and a small financial planning firm
I am actively seeking a quantitative modeling, model validation position in the banking/finance industry, and despite a very strong background in math/programming, and an extensive experience with model development, simulation, analysis, and validation, my college GPA from 7 years ago still concerns me. Here are my questions:
(1) Would the 2.3 GPA from 7 yrs ago scare recruiters away, given my other accomplishments?
(2) Is there a need to pro-actively justify the 2.3 on my cover letter?
(3) What are ways to market myself to get around the 2.3 and other weaknesses?
Thank you very much for your inputs and feedbacks.