Advice Needed for MFA

So. I am not exactly sure how I should be writing this and what info I should provide.. I guess I’ll start with what info I am looking for. I plan to go into an MSF program immediately after my undergrad which I graduate Fall ‘24 so in about a year and change. However, I have very little information regarding what schools I should look into, what would be considered a reach/locked, etc.

Basic Info:

I graduated High School 4 years early and will be graduating with my Bachelor’s in Finance at 18 and as such I have very limited work experience at the moment. I do have a semi-guaranteed internship in the summer next year at a medium sized insurance firm and I worked in my universities finance department for a semester. My current GPA is a 3.67 with a majority of my grade being pushed down due to a C in Statistics and Business Communication. This was due to some personal issues and I plan to retake them next semester and most likely replace it with A’s. I also plan on taking the GMAT next year which I am not sure what I will get but based on practice tests, it looks like it would be around a  650-680 at this current point but I plan to study more and potentially get a tutor.

Current schools i’m interested in (not in any specific order):

(Main) UT Austin/McCombs

Rice University

Indiana University

USC

Texas A&M

ASU

Vanderbilt

Villanova

UCLA

NYU

I realize there are a lot of options there but I simply want to get a general idea of what to expect going forward and where I should put the most effort into/what I should do.

If I am missing anything, please let me know!

3 Comments
 

What about MIT? And what does an MSF have to do with an MFA?

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

I mean MSF, must have gotten the acronyms confused in my head while writing. MIT is definitely an option, but that’s more of a program that I would prefer to endeavor with some work experience.

 

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