Final 2 years or all 4 years

[Jeremy Trollope]

I recently made the decision to try to get into graduate school for Financial Mathematics but last year my marks in my program (Major in Financial Modelling) were not that great, but as of this year I am getting above 90% in most of my courses and in Canada this is a 4.0 GPA. Will I be hurt by my lack of grades last year or will I be able to make it up?

 

[Canuck]

https://www.quantnet.com/threads/do’s-and-don’ts-of-mfe-applications.12664/

Most applicants have very good grades for all their undergraduate coursework, mostly A and B, especially in the quantitative subjects. An occasional C in a subject not related to mathematical finance such as painting or music will not hurt the application. But the hard fact is that you are competing with applicants who have no C grades in any quantitative subject. Similar comments apply to graduate coursework for applicants who have a master’s degree.