20 yr old needing words of wisdom!!

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uzzy724: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 7; Joined: Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:50 pm

by uzzy724 » Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:03 pm

Hi!!!!

I'm a final year undergraduate student studing BSc Mathematics at University College London (UCL) and planning to apply to LSE, Princeton and MIT to their Masters in finance programs.

I have one internship at a small investment bank in Dubai and I am a part-time mathematics tutor. I'm only 20 years of age so my work experiences are limited

I do various extra curricular activities, probably my most outstanding acheivement would be that i'v played cricket at an international level.

My A level grades were 'A' maths, 'A' further maths, 'B' economics and 'B' Biology. I'm currently achieving a high second class degree 69% and am on course to acheive a first class degree. That probably would be translated as a 3.5-4.0 GPA

I recently took my GMAT and got a 670 49Q/32V and 5.0 for AWA. I was very dissapointed with my score and am going to retake it in the near future.

I'd really appreciate any feed back from current M.Fin students, prospective students and consultants.

Some of the questions on my mind are:

How gd is my GMAT score?
Do I need more work experience?
What are my chances of getting in so far?
Since recently my university was ranked higher than the ones i'm applying, will this give me an advantage?

Thanks alot for reading my post, hope to hear back from all of you soon !!

USMAN

Source: Beat The GMAT — Ask Stacy Blackman | Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:03 pm

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by Lisa Anderson » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:00 am

Dear USMAN,

MS admissions is different from MBA admissions, so you have to look your profile differently from most of the other folks on this site. Generally speaking, MS programs do not usually require work experience, although there are some MS programs that might. Your internship/part-time experience will be helpful in your applications though and you should be sure to leverage that experience to your advantage. MS programs, like MBA programs, do look for high academic achievement, evident by your GMAT/GPA, and a solid rationale for why you want the degree. I would say you are probably competitive with your current profile, but would agree that a higher GMAT score will strengthen your application. Your 670 is a good score and demonstrates you have the ability to succeed academically though. The strength of your university is factored into the evaluation, but it is not going to necessarily raise your application to the top of the stack. If you have a solid rationale for doing the MS program and entering directly from your bachelor's degree, then you should apply and see what happens.

Good luck,
Lisa

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