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Hello all, new member to these forums but I have been lurking for awhile now... Will definitely try to participate more in the future as opportunities arise.
Basically seeing if I could get any advice about which programs to apply to, I would prefer to begin a program in MFin or MFE as early as Spring of 2013, but would not mind waiting for the Fall 2013 as most schools don't seem to have a Spring start program (let me know if you know any that do, so far I know UCLA and USC have them).
Some background on me (some more relevant than others, but a lot probably not too useful):
- Been out of undergrad for almost 3 years, got my BS in Mathematics from a top 40 US after 2.5 years (not sure if that counts for something). GPA is in the low 3.7 range, major GPA in the mid 3.8 range. I was also about halfway done with my Economics major but decided to bail on that due to financial/family reasons.
- Rougly 1 year of accounting experience at a small firm
- 3 actuarial exams passed, may have 4 by the time I apply
- Basic programming experience with C, Matlab, and Python (looking to work on this a little bit over the next few months)
- Have played Poker at the professional level
- 1 year of capital markets trading experience on a serious personal hobby level, so quite knowledgeable about the field
- Amateur Chess player at the club level
- Rough background of my studies at the upper division level:
3 quarters of: real analysis
2 quarters of: linear algebra, statistics/probability, numerical analysis, quantitative economic theory
1 quarter of: group theory, topology, math modeling, linear programming, math finance, graph theory
Currently studying for the GREs, planning to take it in a few months with something like a score of 800Q/650V in mind. Definitely applying to UCLA and USC as outlined above, but any other programs to look into or what I could possibly do in the next few months to prop up my app?
Basically seeing if I could get any advice about which programs to apply to, I would prefer to begin a program in MFin or MFE as early as Spring of 2013, but would not mind waiting for the Fall 2013 as most schools don't seem to have a Spring start program (let me know if you know any that do, so far I know UCLA and USC have them).
Some background on me (some more relevant than others, but a lot probably not too useful):
- Been out of undergrad for almost 3 years, got my BS in Mathematics from a top 40 US after 2.5 years (not sure if that counts for something). GPA is in the low 3.7 range, major GPA in the mid 3.8 range. I was also about halfway done with my Economics major but decided to bail on that due to financial/family reasons.
- Rougly 1 year of accounting experience at a small firm
- 3 actuarial exams passed, may have 4 by the time I apply
- Basic programming experience with C, Matlab, and Python (looking to work on this a little bit over the next few months)
- Have played Poker at the professional level
- 1 year of capital markets trading experience on a serious personal hobby level, so quite knowledgeable about the field
- Amateur Chess player at the club level
- Rough background of my studies at the upper division level:
3 quarters of: real analysis
2 quarters of: linear algebra, statistics/probability, numerical analysis, quantitative economic theory
1 quarter of: group theory, topology, math modeling, linear programming, math finance, graph theory
Currently studying for the GREs, planning to take it in a few months with something like a score of 800Q/650V in mind. Definitely applying to UCLA and USC as outlined above, but any other programs to look into or what I could possibly do in the next few months to prop up my app?
