MS Finance Programs - (Not very Quantitative)
Hi,
I have a Graduation in Business studies and completed my MBA(finance) from Pune University India in 2006..decent ranked B-school in India.… after my MBA..Worked as a Consultant in a financial consulting firm for two years (did a lot of financial modeling and quite a bit of VBA)….After that I joined a BB research division…Working in their Eq research (Quant Strategy) team for more than 2.5 years..worked on some really good projects…Have cleared my CFA level II and would be writing level III this june…Apart from this I do have some writing experience…written few articles ..few of them have been published in business journals…Expect a gmat score of 700+..I would like to apply for MS Finance…I don’t have heavy mathematical background but have learned fair amount through my work…and yes ofcourse through CFA…I have pulled down a list of colleges that I am thinking of applying..I am not interested in a very quant course…as I don’t want to become a quant..yet I don’t necessarily have a problem with maths…as have done a lot of work involving stats .. ….I would prefer a school where they prefer/take students with work-experience…assuming it’ll be more discussion oriented and real-life case studies rather than just going through books (please correct me if I am wrong)..and what do you think would be my prospect of finding a job when I pass-out…would prefer in research either sell/buy side…and would be more than glad to work in a PE firm as I really believe in the business model
Thanks for your patience and time.
It would be great if you can provide me with your inputs…please feel free to disagree with me or my list or anything you seem relevant
I have striked out Princeton/BC/MIT as they are quite quantitative for me…
My List
First Pref
London Business School GWU University of Cambridge: Judge University of Oxford: Saïd Vanderbilt University: Owen
Second Pref
Rutgers Business School University of Rochester: Simon Duke - MMS programme
Career-Summary
• Graduation – Business Studies with First Class. • MBA (Finance) from India. • CFA Level III candidate (will be writing level III in June 2011). • Exp- 4 years in Financial Indutsry (two years as a Consultant in a Financial consulting firm) (2.5 years in Eq Research in a BB) (both the above Work-ex are in India) • Have a flair for writing
If you are considering GWU also check out Tulane. I go to Tulane. I am not sure what you want to do after your MSF, however at Tulane I picked the trading route and I can provide you with some info on that if you'd like. Unfortunately, I cannot provide too much color on our equity analysis/research program, but I do know they work kids rather hard in that program. Run a google search on Burkenroad reports and check that out.
Anyways there is a ton of information on MSF degrees throughout WSO. Good Luck.
HI..Thanks a lot for your inputs..How does Tulane ranks and more importantly how is your experience there...read the Burkenroad imp seems awesome...but I think it would be quite a tough job to find companies in small cap space in US...anyway its good to know.............and please forward me the info on trading desk you have...thanks again..
You aren't eligible for the Duke program
Thanks...sorry i didnt do much reserach on that...but yes thanks..you saved some of my time..
Some of Tulane's Rankings MBA program ranked 35th nationally by Bloomberg Businessweek (November 2010) MBA program ranked 35th nationally and 61st internationally by Financial Times (January 2010)
Finance program ranked top 15 nationally by the Princeton Review (April 2009)* Finance program ranked 10th internationally by Financial Times (January 2008)*
I was surprised with how many small cap companies there are within a 4hr radius of New Orleans - whatever they do its works. The fund has outperformed its benchmark for the past few years.
About New Orleans it is the most ridiculous city I have ever been to. I lived in NYC for a year, spent significant time in Chicago and Atl. New Orleans is by far one of my favorite places - for a year. School is demanding, however its awesome to be able to kick back and party in the French Quarter or go to one of the festivals/parades that happens regularly in Nola. Basically these are city sponsored excuses for adults to party - no open container laws mean people literally can party and drink in the streets.
More important than rankings and amazing lifestyle is placement.
Current trading desks that people from Tulane are currently working for or have offers from are: Citi, Deutsche Bank, GS, JPM, Wells Fargo. Plus energy trading firms.
Right now finance companies recruiting on campus are: Barclays,Citi,GE, GS, JPM, Lazard, and RBS
great post.. i was talking to a current student this morning heading to a BB
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