Applying to later rounds of MSc Finance programmes - Are my chances low?
I am currently in my final year of university hoping to study a MSc Finance programme at a top university (LBS, LSE, HEC, Bocconi etc etc) with the intention of working in London IB.
However, I am just now starting to study for the GMAT. Between balancing my study for final year exams, working part-time and other commitments, it is looking likely that I will only be ready to apply for the masters in the later rounds in February/March such as round 3 out of the 4 total rounds.
Am I at much of a disadvantage by waiting this long? Will the majority of spaces be taken up in round 1/2? If so, I don't want to waste my time and money studying for the GMAT and paying the application fees for each programme.
Really annoyed at myself and worried that I have left it too late.
Hey,
Some unis in London don’t require GMAT. I think Imperial, King’s, UCL and Warwick don’t and are pretty good (especially Imperial and UCL if you’re targeting IB).
How does UCL MSc rank when you compare it to the other 3 ones that you mentioned?
All of those schools are amongst the best of the world, and I’ve actually been told (again) yesterday that the school don’t matter that much anymore. However, if I had to rank the MSc, I would say:
1.UCL
2.Impérial
3.Warwick
4.King’s
UCL have a MSc in Finance which is pretty basic and similar to any MSc of that type, but they also have a MSc Banking and Digital Finance where you have all the corporate finance side as well as coding and machine learning/AI classes.
Could be a way to stand out amongst other applicants (if you want to target specific tech related groups for example).
Unfortunately out of the unis you mentioned, Imperial is the only one that would be considered a target/semi-target at the masters level. I won't be applying to any of those.
You can get into LSE without GMAT if you have a UK undergrad I believe
Can confirm, Imperial too
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