Math sub ranked at 77%, shall I do it again?

hellogo · 5/20/15

I am already 30+ with experience mostly in corporate finance and project investment and want to enroll in a top 10 MFE program. Given my math result in college is poor, I did a math sub test and got a 77%... I was thinking, if this can at least give me a chance for interview, I shall move on to learn more programming (nearly zero base...). Or, I could spend another five months to retake it and possibly get a high than 80% score. Then when the result comes out, it will be late November then. Can anyone give me some opinions?

Andy Nguyen · 5/20/15

Forget about subject math GRE. Do the general GRE well, take some programming courses. You can't do anything about your previous math courses.
Get an internship/part-time job that utilizes technical skills. Work on your application.

hellogo · 5/20/15

Andy Nguyen said:
Forget about subject math GRE. Do the general GRE well, take some programming courses. You can't do anything about your previous math courses.
Get an internship/part-time job that utilizes technical skills. Work on your application.

Many thanks for your advice.

twentyfifteen · 5/21/15

hellogo said:
I am already 30+ with experience mostly in corporate finance and project investment and want to enroll in a top 10 MFE program. Given my math result in college is poor, I did a math sub test and got a 77%... I was thinking, if this can at least give me a chance for interview, I shall move on to learn more programming (nearly zero base...). Or, I could spend another five months to retake it and possibly get a high than 80% score. Then when the result comes out, it will be late November then. Can anyone give me some opinions?

I think 77% is pretty good for MFE programs. The average Math Subject GRE score of admitted applicants to the PhD in Statistics program at Stanford is 82%.

source: https://statistics.stanford.edu/academics/ms-admissions-faq

hellogo · 5/21/15

twentyfifteen said:
I think 77% is pretty good for MFE programs. The average Math Subject GRE score of admitted applicants to the PhD in Statistics program at Stanford is 82%.

source: https://statistics.stanford.edu/academics/ms-admissions-faq

Hi Twentyfifeen, I really thank you for kind words. Now I feel much better to go on with my application. May you get admissions from your dream schools!