School Selection for MS Finance/Quantitative Finance/MFE

Hey people!

I'm applying for MS Finance/MS Quantitative Finance/MFE programs for the next year fall session. It will be quite helpful if the monkeys could help me regarding target schools

About myself:

-BS & MS in Economics from an elite school (Top 5 IIT) in India with strong math/stats exposure -A credit risk modelling intern; a quantitative intern role in a political economy project at a German university both in university summers -Have a good GPA in Bachelors & Masters (both converted to 4/4 in US). Among top 5 in a 35-40 batch -1.5 years of gap after university during which I wrote lengthy exam for Foreign Service. Couldn't get into -Quantitative researcher for 6 months at the Central Bank of India -A lead business role (can be called co-founder) at an early stage start-up which has been witnessing strong growth -GRE 330, 168Q -Around 2.5 years out of university. Have profs and employer who can write good recommendations

My aim is to work in the US at least for a couple of years after the grad school preferably in the corporate finance, transaction advisory and consulting but I am quite okay with the quant finance roles too because beggars don't choose :)

Help of any sort is much appreciated

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