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Don't be discouraged, you have a really good background, with exposure to all of the relevant fields. I would say that you should take a class in calculus-based probability, and if you have already done so, take stochastic processes. Why graduate in December? Try to stay an extra semester to take more math/stat classes. The most important requirement for these programs is mathematics, and I can assure you that you can gain working knowledge in probability-stochastic processes/calculus in 1 year, comfortably. Once you're done with that, you will be a very attractive candidate. You say that you minor in mathematics, so all of this would be doable, I think.My situation was very similar to you, except that you at this moment certainly know more computer science and finance than I did. Yet I got into the top programs. My biggest strength was math, and I proved that to them with the GRE subject test in math. Then I showed them that I was willing to learn all the necessary probability theory and C++ and finance before enrollment. Next I focused on the letters of recommendation.So believe me, if you spend enough time to learn probability and stochastic calculus this summer and next year, it would be surprising if you don't get in somewhere.
Don't be discouraged, you have a really good background, with exposure to all of the relevant fields. I would say that you should take a class in calculus-based probability, and if you have already done so, take stochastic processes. Why graduate in December? Try to stay an extra semester to take more math/stat classes. The most important requirement for these programs is mathematics, and I can assure you that you can gain working knowledge in probability-stochastic processes/calculus in 1 year, comfortably. Once you're done with that, you will be a very attractive candidate. You say that you minor in mathematics, so all of this would be doable, I think.
My situation was very similar to you, except that you at this moment certainly know more computer science and finance than I did. Yet I got into the top programs. My biggest strength was math, and I proved that to them with the GRE subject test in math. Then I showed them that I was willing to learn all the necessary probability theory and C++ and finance before enrollment. Next I focused on the letters of recommendation.
So believe me, if you spend enough time to learn probability and stochastic calculus this summer and next year, it would be surprising if you don't get in somewhere.
