MS Finance - University of Rochester
Hi, request you to please evaluate my profile for University of Rochester MS Finance Program- GRE-306(Q 161) Qualified Chartered Accountant Cleared CFA Level 1 3yrs internship experience in EY 3yrs corporate finance work experience Any other University suggestion for MS Finance is most welcome :) Thanks
Msf programs are shit fam. Hit up HBS.
Great advice.
OP, welcome to WSO.
Good profile. Should be good for UR. What are your goals. UG university and GPA. Etc. Happy to help.
I'd say this. You have a good profile to get into school. At this point in your career I'd say why not look at an MBA?
Most corporate finance jobs will give equal weight to an MSF or MBA so I could see an argument towards doing the shorter and cheaper degree. Have you looked at a PT MBA or MSF? Where are you located?
UR is going to be tough for IB, but the school has a great network, especially in NYC. Also, you'd be taking classes with Simon MBA students.
I'd need to know more about your background to give really good advice though. Are you international? Why not an MBA? Where in the US are you currently (if you're not international). Etc.
Feel free to PM me. This thread has been hijacked unfortunately.
I'm not worried that you'll get accepted into MSFs, but your profile is overqualified for MSF. there are other unfortunate ones who did >=3 years of work before MSF, and it's a terrible outcome for them.
You have to quit your job for deep finance? You don't do deep enough of a job in 3 years? You don't wanna work hard enough for CFA or does CFA not count for deep finance?
You should thank me for pointers and quickly get your ass in line, not laying your ass here for spoonfeed, listening to TNA's rant and staying on path to be another a WSO legend (simultaneously a real life loser)
Understood?
Do you know the quality of the CF experience? Do you know if this person is international and wants to get into US corporate finance? Do you realize that having the CFA alone isn't enough to break into a different career?
You don't. Your advice is generic and unhelpful. If this person is in Boston, the BC MSF would be great. PT, focused education, cheaper and quicker than the MBA. If this person is in DC they could do the JHU program.
Or they could do Gtown remotely, keep working and have a great brand and education.
Or maybe a MBA is the best path.
But you can't know this without more info. Yet you spew your bad and unhelpful advice. So in reality you hurt this person.