MFE/GPA
I will be applying to MFE programs in 2011. Chicago MFM is my target. My undergraduate GPA was very low, but I am currently an MBA student (top 20 program) with a 3.8 GPA. I am also in the process of gaining all quantitative and programming prereqs and will earn in the A range in all. Test scores in the top 90%. How limiting will my de minimis (think 2.3!) undergraduate performance be? Thank you.
It will hurt. If you have a lot of industry experience and strong references (particularly on the academic front), however, that will go a long way towards attenuating the impact of your academic history. If you have a technical undergrad degree that is known for having a lot of work and a tough curve (IE: engineering), the 2.3 isn't quite as damaging as it would otherwise be.
A great resource for finding out what your odds of getting into an MFE program is the application tracker on quantnet:
http://www.quantnet.com/tracker/?updated=a&programid=11&type=all&hadint…
IlliniProgrammer- thanks for the great resource and your input.
You got into a top 20 mba program with a 2.3 gpa ....riiiiiiight
Obviously, or I wouldn't have wrote it. Like I said, I have an alternative transcript (and building) with all A's and test scores above 90%. MBA GPA is over 3.8.
Can you explain why you want to get a MFE masters even though you are finishing up an MBA at a top 20 school?
I was sort of wondering the same thing. MBA and MFE are generally for two different disciplines (Quant work/ quant trading vs. more traditional finance.) Unless you want to run your own investment bank or are having a mid-life crisis about going into general finance, there's no real need to get both.
Delectus officiis eum officiis dolores cumque voluptates distinctio. Qui quo ipsam et reiciendis.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...