MSF chances and advice please

Hi all! I'm aiming to enter grad school next year and want to pursue a MSF/MMS.

Some background info:
-non-target school in Northwest, econ major
-GPA 3.78/4.00
-GRE 4/158v/157q (first time), x/157v/157q (today)
-work experience: Big 4 Advisory (Deals) mostly doing economic advisory but I'm trying to get my hands on finance-related projects. Would have about 2 years of experience by middle of next year.
-2 years leadership posts + volunteering during undergrad

Purpose of doing MSF is to gain knowledge of finance, switch to corporate finance, rebrand and have another shot at recruiting (I'm an international). The issue is my GRE score which did not improve despite 3 more months of hardcore studying. I don't plan to retake for the third time.

Any advice on which schools I should apply to? I was thinking of JHU MSF, USC MSF, Duke MMS, NUS MQF, and Imperial MSF.

Anthony, your expertise is needed.
Please be gentle (:

 

Don't have my gre conversion tool with me, but your profile looks good. I'd say you'll be solid at all schools with the exception of USC. I'd need to know what your gre is relative to the class as USC was very selective as of last year. I still think you'll be competitive as you have a strong gpa and good work experience.

 

That's a horrible math score with an otherwise great profile. Spark Notes actually covered the quantitative section very well when I took it, better than the prep books. You need to get the concepts down so you can quickly recognize them when you see a problem. I took the old exam, thought I had an 800, but ended up with a 790. The first practice exam I took before any studying I was in the low 700s, mostly because I wasn't fast enough. When I took the actual exam I had 15 minutes or so to spare. So you can substantially improve your score if you practice the right thing.

 

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