Course dilemma!

[Naveen Ravishankar]

Hello guys,

Having finished my undergrad here in India, I joined a prop desk firm as a fixed income trader (Eurodollar, US Bonds and TED spread). I currently have an experience of two and a half years trading these products. I am now looking at applying to a few finance programs in the US.
1) With a low GRE score of 306 (Q-159,V-147), I am quite confused as to whether I can even get an admit into the 15-25 ranked colleges such as NYU poly, IIT Chicago and Fordham for their MS quantitative finance programs. Should I apply and just hope for the best? My other credentials are quite good, hoping they can compensate for the low gre quant score.
2) I was also considering Purdue and Fordham's MS in global finance program as I would prefer a course curriculum with very little computer programming or no programming at all. I know these programs are more management related than technical and I do not mind the math. Are there any other similar course structures in other colleges that are as good as Purdue's? Will a course like MS global finance or Mfin be a better choice for someone like me who wouldn't prefer programming?

Thanks in advance for your honest replies!

 

[TehRaio]

if you don't want to do programming, then financial engineering is not for you.
in that case a forum such as wallstreet oasis would be a better place for you to ask those questions since more people there are interested in these career paths.