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Does anyone have any advice?

Shah

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I have AA in business admin from a CC. Just finished my junior year in BS Technology and Information Management at UC Santa Cruz with 3.68. Relavent experience: job as a tech support specialist and a research position in information retrieval. Will be taking my GREs this summer. I am interested in MS in product development engineering, MS operations research, MS financial engineering,or MS information systems. What are my chances realistically at USC (my first choice), UCLA, NYU, CMU for grad school? I would also appreciate any other school suggestions for "reach schools" and "saftey schools."

Thanks for replying.
 
No one can reasonably tell you your chances. Your admission depends on more than your 3.68 GPA. Things like the applicanant pool at the time of your application matter alot. One thing I can say is that you don't seem to have a strong Math, Finance or Programming background. However, students accepted to strong MFE programs usually have 2 of the 3, if not all!
 
I agree I do not have a strong finance or programming background. However I think I have taken a fair amount of math, here's a list

Calculus 1,2
Multivariable calculus
Discrete math
Statistics
Linear algebra
Ordinary and differential equations


Are these enough?
 
I am going to take introduction to probability theory my senior year. What can I do to make myself a better applicant?
 
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