MFE profile review

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Hi everyone,
I am a rising senior in undergrad and am thinking about applying to a few MFE programs and I was wondering how competitive you think I would be? Thanks in advance for the responses.

College: A top US public university with ok Math and CS dept (usually ranked 50-70)


Major: I am a Applied Math and CS double major, with a 3.83 GPA (my major GPAs are only slightly higher)

Coursework: Calc 1-3 (A, A, A), Linear Algebra (A), Discrete Math (B), Deterministic Models (A-), Applied Prob & Stats (A), ODE (A), Quantum Computing (A-), Real Analysis (A-), Probability Theory (A), Financial Math (A), Stochastic Models (A-), Math Stats (A), Intro Programming (A), Data Structures (A-), Soft dev (A-), Algorithms (A-), Comp Org (A-), Theory of Programming Languages (A), Machine Learning (A), Edge Computing (A), Operating Systems (A)

I will be taking a course on option pricing next semester.
My GPA started out a bit lower 3.6, but I have done exceedingly well in my upper-level classes and am overall very happy (except for Discrete Math which I took freshman year).


Extracurriculars: I am a Division 1 athlete and represent my team in our Athletic Dept's student-athlete council.
I am curious to hear how you think my being a D1 athlete affects my resume, as a CS and Math double major and D1 athlete, I am pretty swamped so I think my extra-curriculars are weak


Intern Experience: 2 internships, 1 as a SWE for a FSI company and 1 in risk analytics at a Big 4


Projects: I have 5 projects, 1 is a relatively large mobile app that we added to and refactored for school, 2 are quant finance related smaller ML projects, 1 is a project on V2V communication, and the last is a ML project relating to Hidden Markov Models


I dont plan on taking the GRE

Schools: Chicago, GT, NC ST, Oxford, ICL, Illinois, Upenn (CS), Washington

PLs: Java, C, C++, Python

If you guys need anything else to make an informed opinion let me know
Thanks

 

[kombuchalover]

You will have 0 problems getting into all of the American schools if you have good letters and essay. IDK anything about UK Programs or UPenn CS though. Best of luck!

 

[MikeLawrence]

It is unlikely that you will get into all of the American schools.

You have a great profile and it is possible you get into all of the schools, but you will almost certainly not get into all the schools you apply for. That said, top 3-4 should be your target.

Start learning numerical mathematics, you know, dense/sparse LA solvers, numerical differentiation/integration, interpolation. And bulk up on interview prep. Buy the green book, as well as Dr. Stefanica's pre-me books from fepress.org. Priority for the fepress books goes to Primer for the Mathematics of FE and the LA primer.