Hey fsez and smiguel, I am an Indian student and planning to do MS Finance from USA or UK (MIT is my dream place). I would like you to just take a look at my profile below and comment if I have any chances for an admit at MIT MSFin or not. Also if possible which universities I have good chances?
Nationality : Indian
Age : 21
Undergrad : Computer Engineering from NIT Surat (a top 25 University in India) (highly selective)
GPA : 8.7/10 (4.0/4.0 as per WES) and top 15% of class (Relative grading using bell curve)
GRE : 335 (170 Q / 165 V) (GMAT Equivalent 760~770)
IELTS : 115/120
Obtained all India rank of 4621 out of 1.5 million students in an engineering entrance exam (for undergrad programs), which results in top 1200 rank as per US population
Internships:
1. Finance Research Internship at an Indian Institute of Management (Top 5 B School in India)
2. Data Analytics (in marketing) Research internship at the same Indian Institute of Management (Did this simultaneously with the first internship)
3. Equity research internship at a middle market firm (Winter internship)
4. Summer analyst (Investment banking) at Royal Bank of Scotland.
CFA : Level 1 will be cleared this December
MOOCs:
Datacamp Datascientist using R, Spreadsheets Skilltrack, Wharton Accounting 1 and 2 (Coursera),Wharton Corporate finance (Coursera), Financial modelling Specialisation (Coursera), M&A Coursera and many other certifications related to finance.
Extracurricular activities and volunteering :
1. College Football team captain.
2. Traded Stocks and Derivatives for 3 years during undergrad (Passionate about capital markets and investments)
3. Swimmer and weight lifter (Fitness enthusiast)
4. NSS (National social service body having its presence in multiple universities ) leader for university and organized various blood donation camps, eye checkups.
5. Made significant efforts to create self sustainability and health in local villages by giving them trainings and support from corporate and medical institutions for free
6. Taught to local community kids for 3 consecutive years
I would really appreciate if you can let me know which universities I have good chance for MS Finance
(Note:I dont want to join Financial engineering or computational finance type of course but I am fine with financial economics type of courses)
