How important is the work experience for applying for MFE program?

[JIKUN]

I am currently a day trader. Since I was majored in actuarial science and right now my friend's team has an actuarial analyst position available, I am thinking about swiching to that position so that I can have a better looking resume: a “real" job and stronger quantitative backgroud.​

I enjoy trading and am doing very well. In fact, I am mentoring a few students now. But getting a master's degree will open a door to become a trader for insitution or big fund in my home country. A better resume will certainly help me gett into a better university?​

Btw, I do have passed SOA actuarial exam P, FM, M,C. Will it help demonstrate my qutitative ability?​

GPA3.47/4; GRE: 650/800;​

Any suggestions？ Thanks!!!!!!​

 

[JIKUN]

Forgot to mention, I have a few months work expirence at Fidelity Investment as a pension spectialist. It probably won't help though....

 

[JIKUN]

Plus.. any one knows if any professor has algorithm programming backgroup?

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Will it help demonstrate my qutitative ability?
GRE: 650/800;

What is 650? Is that your Q or Verbal? If it's Q, then the answer is no.
Retake GRE and get perfect score on the Q.
If you are doing well trading and enjoy it, that can translate into a more focused essay.
Get more hands on technical skills.

 

[pruse]

much more likely it's 800 on Q. an 800 verbal is a rarity.

 

[JIKUN]

thanks for replying Andy,

Q800,V650, but AW 4.0..

thinking about taking GRE Math Subeject, will it help at all?

Also, would 3.47/4 gpa be a big disadvantage?

Not quite sure what "technical skill" you are talking about, could you please elaborate it?

Thank you!

 

[Andy Nguyen]

3.47 is not 4.0 so of course it's relatively bad but it's water under the bridge.
No need for GRE Math.
Technical means programming, specifically C++ and extend it to some other toolkit like SQL/Python/R.
If you can't beat them with the GPA, you have to beat them other fronts.