What are my chances at these programs??
Sex: Male Age: Will be 23 at matriculation Country: Pakistan GMAT: 770 GPA: 3.7(1st class) Undergrad: Top 50 UK, business Experience: Wealth Management internship at HSBC Pakistan, Investment Banking at Barclays Capital Pakistan, both were summer internships, one before(at HSBC) my junior year, the second before senior year, both were 8-9 weeks long, also worked at manpower contracting company in Saudi Arabia(outside my home country) for 2 months(7 and a half weeks) Recommendations: Vice President from Barclays, my professor, and finance manager from the manpower contracting company(an option for those requiring 3 recommendations) Extracurriculars: Volunteered for WWF and Save the Children, Pakistan Target area after graduation: IB in US Target programs: MIT MFin, Columbia MS Financial Economics, LSE MSF, Oxford MFE, Vanderbilt MSF, USC MSF, CMC MSF, Texas MSF, Duke, and LBS MiM, Imperial, and WUTL MSF(I know I'm crazy for applying to so many but many of these are "safeties" so if I don't get into my main programs, I'll still have other semi target options with good brand names, in other words, I won't have to settle for a total non target)
I haven't passed CFA but I do have great financial modeling skills and am an affiliate of world's largest accounting and finance body, soon to become a member(ACCA). I am, however, planning on taking level 1 during the 1 year master program(or before matriculation)
So, like the title says, what are my chances?
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Pretty good I'd say. Only "concern" (and I use that loosely) is if you're applying for financial aid. I've heard stories where admissions prefers students who can pay their way through with little to no assistance.
Your program choice is all over the place. MBAs, MSFs, MFEs...these are all completely different degrees. My advice would be to get another year or two of work experience (seems like you only have one) only apply to MBA programs only. You need to get into a large firm because smaller ones rarely sponsor.
Stupid to do MSF. Pure stupidity because you've got a UK undergrad already.
do MBA and you're international with big banks. Much easier, cheaper, and beneficial. if you get a solid story, you can look into the better half of top 50 MBAs
@TNA" ?? Thanks in advance!
Definitely competitive for LSE MFin and if you can convince Oxford that your quant skills are sufficient you'll also have a very good shot there (if they're not, you should maybe not even wanna do that programme).
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