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Hey Everyone,
I noticed every once in a while you folks provide feedback for hopeful MFE admittees, and I've been pretty worried lately about my overall profile, so I guess any feedback would be great.
I'm in my penultimate year at UofT (Toronto) majoring in Statistics and Astrophysics.
Academics
UGPA: 3.5
This number looks better when I slice it differently, for example, math/stats gpa: 3.75, senior courses: 3.8
Discrepancies basically come from a poor first year, and the fact that I don't do as well in physics as I do in math/stats. Also, I didn't have that much motivation to do well in school when I was 18.
Relevant Courses: Within the Stats major there's a "stream" made for quantitative finance, which I'm in. It basically covers all the major topics I've seen required, from bond price calculations to copulas. The department head who oversees the stream is a guy who did a PhD in comp finance at Carnegie Mellon, and he TA'd the MSCF courses when he was there, so he's pretty solid on what future MFE kids should know.
Programming Experience: Solid R programming. Intermediate Python, I've taken two undergraduate courses, but have studied it on my own as well using the MIT online courses. I'm very very basic at C++, but once this semester is over I plan to enroll in an online course. I was thinking about the Baruch one advertised on this site, but I'm still doing some research to find the most cost effective course.
Work Experience
Macro Analyst Intern: 8 months under an investment advisor at top 5 Canadian bank, reporting on macroeconomic trends.
Sales & Trading Summer Analyst (4 months): Incoming intern for top 5 Canadian Bank trade floor, will be working on a CVA desk. I'm just really excited to be working on one of the more quanty desks.
GRE: So I haven't written this yet, but would love some insight on what scores are considered "bad", "good", and "very good".
Programs I'm interested in: I'm really interested in UCB, Cornell, and MIT.
I'll also def apply to the UofT program as well, but my top choices are the above.
I noticed every once in a while you folks provide feedback for hopeful MFE admittees, and I've been pretty worried lately about my overall profile, so I guess any feedback would be great.
I'm in my penultimate year at UofT (Toronto) majoring in Statistics and Astrophysics.
Academics
UGPA: 3.5
This number looks better when I slice it differently, for example, math/stats gpa: 3.75, senior courses: 3.8
Discrepancies basically come from a poor first year, and the fact that I don't do as well in physics as I do in math/stats. Also, I didn't have that much motivation to do well in school when I was 18.
Relevant Courses: Within the Stats major there's a "stream" made for quantitative finance, which I'm in. It basically covers all the major topics I've seen required, from bond price calculations to copulas. The department head who oversees the stream is a guy who did a PhD in comp finance at Carnegie Mellon, and he TA'd the MSCF courses when he was there, so he's pretty solid on what future MFE kids should know.
Programming Experience: Solid R programming. Intermediate Python, I've taken two undergraduate courses, but have studied it on my own as well using the MIT online courses. I'm very very basic at C++, but once this semester is over I plan to enroll in an online course. I was thinking about the Baruch one advertised on this site, but I'm still doing some research to find the most cost effective course.
Work Experience
Macro Analyst Intern: 8 months under an investment advisor at top 5 Canadian bank, reporting on macroeconomic trends.
Sales & Trading Summer Analyst (4 months): Incoming intern for top 5 Canadian Bank trade floor, will be working on a CVA desk. I'm just really excited to be working on one of the more quanty desks.
GRE: So I haven't written this yet, but would love some insight on what scores are considered "bad", "good", and "very good".
Programs I'm interested in: I'm really interested in UCB, Cornell, and MIT.
I'll also def apply to the UofT program as well, but my top choices are the above.
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