MFE Admissions advice

[EdwardP]

Hi Everyone,
I am currently in my final year for my undergrad, hanging around a 3.1 GPA, majoring in Statistics.
I am planning on taking the GRE in the first half of 2019.

I am not too proud of my GPA, and would like advice. I was planning on taking Columbia's Quantitative Finance Certificate in order to have any prerequisites completed as well as having another opportunity to boost my options for a graduate program.

Again, I am planning on attending an MFE program (Hopefully) either in 2020 or 2021.
I would like to know if that is a good idea or if there are other paths I can take?

Work experience is minimum.
Economic Research Assistant at Haver Analytics ~ Current position
Business developer at Bowtie.Ai ~ NLP development startup (Summer 2018)
Financing specialist intern at PMF Capital ~ Summer 2017

Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[Wang Shuwen]

I think it's good for you to study Financial Engineering, because majoring in Statistics already offers you some advantages to apply to MFE programs. And your internships and research experience seem quite enough. I believe you should have a try

 

[Michsund]

Hi Everyone,
I am currently in my final year for my undergrad, hanging around a 3.1 GPA, majoring in Statistics.
I am planning on taking the GRE in the first half of 2019.

I am not too proud of my GPA, and would like advice. I was planning on taking Columbia's Quantitative Finance Certificate in order to have any prerequisites completed as well as having another opportunity to boost my options for a graduate program.

Again, I am planning on attending an MFE program (Hopefully) either in 2020 or 2021.
I would like to know if that is a good idea or if there are other paths I can take?

Work experience is minimum.
Economic Research Assistant at Haver Analytics ~ Current position
Business developer at Bowtie.Ai ~ NLP development startup (Summer 2018)
Financing specialist intern at PMF Capital ~ Summer 2017

Any help is greatly appreciated!

I have a 3.4 gpa and applied this year. I am also a stats major so we’re pretty similar. First I would get your gpa high as possible right now because you can. My last two semesters I got 3.8 which shows your trending in the right direction. Second show how your undergrad supports your goals to complete your goals. I would also go ahead and get the quantnet c++ certificate as it will build your coding skills and shows initiative in your studies.