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Hello, could you all please evaluate my profile and give me some suggestions for schools to target? I'm planning to apply for MFE Fall 2025, and any honest opinions on where I should apply or what I should do to strengthen my application in the meantime would be greatly appreciated.
**One concern...I just took the GRE today and received a 165 Q / 152 V. Not the exact scores I wanted but a solid place to build off of. Aiming for a higher Quant > 167 and a Verbal closer to 160 when I take it again later this month. Kind of concerned a little about my GRE if I can't get it higher as my GPA is a little low. Additionally, do most programs allow you to submit GRE scores after applying?**
Experience: 2 summers interning at an exchange, first summer being client facing with some research, and second summer being full on market/company research, analytics, & strategy. Currently building a HFT algorithim in one of my courses with a group of 3 other students that will be finished by end of the semester. Have been involved in countless business/finance organizations throughout my time in college.
Coding: Python (Utilized it in many of my courses and at work for mainly data analytics), SQL (Used it at work this past summer)
Education: Top 5/10 US Undergrad Engineering School
Projected Undergrad GPA (Industrial Engineering): 3.57
Coursework: Algorithmic Market Microstructure, Financial Engineering, Numerical Methods, Deterministic Models in Optimization, Analysis of Data, Decision Analysis, Intermediate Microeconomics, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Multivariable Calculus, (Various other courses that satisfy probability/statistics)
Letters of Rec: I think they will be extremely strong from my work experience and a solid one from a professor who I am close to
Career Goals: I don't have a dream job, but something within Quant Research or maybe some support/analytical role for a trading firm. Realize a lot of my strengths are with interpersonal skills and building relationships, but I really enjoy the quantitative side as well. Still figuring out the specifics. From Chicagoland area and would want to go Chicago or west coast.
Current Colleges:
1. Cornell
2. GTech
3. UCLA
4. UChicago
5. UIUC
How far of a reach are these colleges? What are some other target/safety schools and the bests ways to approach choosing a school given my background? Complete honesty and transparency is greatly appreciated!
**One concern...I just took the GRE today and received a 165 Q / 152 V. Not the exact scores I wanted but a solid place to build off of. Aiming for a higher Quant > 167 and a Verbal closer to 160 when I take it again later this month. Kind of concerned a little about my GRE if I can't get it higher as my GPA is a little low. Additionally, do most programs allow you to submit GRE scores after applying?**
Experience: 2 summers interning at an exchange, first summer being client facing with some research, and second summer being full on market/company research, analytics, & strategy. Currently building a HFT algorithim in one of my courses with a group of 3 other students that will be finished by end of the semester. Have been involved in countless business/finance organizations throughout my time in college.
Coding: Python (Utilized it in many of my courses and at work for mainly data analytics), SQL (Used it at work this past summer)
Education: Top 5/10 US Undergrad Engineering School
Projected Undergrad GPA (Industrial Engineering): 3.57
Coursework: Algorithmic Market Microstructure, Financial Engineering, Numerical Methods, Deterministic Models in Optimization, Analysis of Data, Decision Analysis, Intermediate Microeconomics, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Multivariable Calculus, (Various other courses that satisfy probability/statistics)
Letters of Rec: I think they will be extremely strong from my work experience and a solid one from a professor who I am close to
Career Goals: I don't have a dream job, but something within Quant Research or maybe some support/analytical role for a trading firm. Realize a lot of my strengths are with interpersonal skills and building relationships, but I really enjoy the quantitative side as well. Still figuring out the specifics. From Chicagoland area and would want to go Chicago or west coast.
Current Colleges:
1. Cornell
2. GTech
3. UCLA
4. UChicago
5. UIUC
How far of a reach are these colleges? What are some other target/safety schools and the bests ways to approach choosing a school given my background? Complete honesty and transparency is greatly appreciated!
