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calikid

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So where I am at currently...

I just graduated from a little college in Pennsylvania called Saint Francis University.

I have 150 credits and majored in Accounting, Finance, and Management. The downside is my gpa was a 2.7 :(

It is a hindsight 20/20 scenario where I now realize i should have tried and done homework. So I am now at home in California pursuing a job. I am currently exploring taking classes at the local junior college and getting an AA in Computer Science and a A.S. in Mathematics then applying to UCLA for their MFE program. I have even contemplated fulfilling the AA requirements and transfering to a UC and redoing my undergrad essentially(though I feel that would be a waste).

I mean worst case I can do USC's online MSFE or MSME(they have two different ones) I dont quite know the difference.

What are your recommendations for what to do with the next year possibly 2 so that I can get into a MFE program... either Claremont Graduate School, UCLA, or USC.
 
calikid said:
So where I am at currently...

I just graduated from a little college in Pennsylvania called Saint Francis University.

I have 150 credits and majored in Accounting, Finance, and Management. The downside is my gpa was a 2.7 :(

It is a hindsight 20/20 scenario where I now realize i should have tried and done homework. So I am now at home in California pursuing a job. I am currently exploring taking classes at the local junior college and getting an AA in Computer Science and a A.S. in Mathematics then applying to UCLA for their MFE program. I have even contemplated fulfilling the AA requirements and transfering to a UC and redoing my undergrad essentially(though I feel that would be a waste).

I mean worst case I can do USC's online MSFE or MSME(they have two different ones) I dont quite know the difference.

What are your recommendations for what to do with the next year possibly 2 so that I can get into a MFE program... either Claremont Graduate School, UCLA, or USC.
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I'm not trying to be mean here, but your major was non-technical and you did poorly in it. Are you sure you want to do an MFE?
 
its cool. I did poorly because I was the prototypical jock in college. I played football did track. I would miss class consistantly and just not do hw. Also I would have been at roughly a 3.2 if I didnt keep my accounting major. I know it seems like excuses and such, but I know that I can.

So to be constructive... do you have any suggestions?
 
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