Hi,
I am using this opportunity to discuss a small point regarding my candidature and I do know that assessing a candidate success in admission application is subjective and depends on the pool as well. However I just require a small feedback.
I am an Engineering graduate from one of the top 20 colleges of India majoring in production engineering.( NITs which come below the prestigious IITs). Currently I work with an American bulge bracket bank in their fixed income division as an analyst.
I have a GMAT of 710 but a GPA of only 6.96 / 10.
My poor GPA is a result of my poor performance during my first year of college due to my extreme health conditions. ( I HAD 6-7 F GRADES IN MY FIRST YEAR). I wasn't able to attend majority of classes apart from being able to deliver good performance due to my extremely poor mindset all because of my health condition as stated above. My college uses our first year performance to put across our final GPA in its heuristics hence the poor Final GPA.( MATHS ARE ONLY C & D GRADES).
My class topper had a GPA of 8.5 hence my class standing will be around 16/45.
I know that I am in a bad position to apply to MFE since they state a minimum of 8.5 ( and F grades are heavily shunned too!!) for Indian students.Actually in my class only the topper received a GA of 8.5/10 and this has been the tradition in my department for quite some years.
Now this is my only demerit as far as academics are concerned.
MY Advantages are :
1. My professors kinda knew my situation( Bad health-->read asthma attacks --> absenteeism) but since they had to follow protocol of the college board they gave me lower grades despite my performance during my 2nd,3rd & 4th year. However they are willing to write a good Recommendation letter of a high level note including citings from the dean and HOD highlighting my special case. My professors include a current IIM ( top B school India) Asst Professor & my faculty advisor who is a NUS post grad ( Australian and Singaporean government scholarship holder)can vehemently state my cause and condition in my LORs apart from giving a stellar recommendation, plus I can give in a medical certificate as well)
2. I have taken EXTENSION COURSES(3 MATH & 3 FIN) from UC Berkeley in maths and finance ( total 6) straight A's.
3. Have a good score in GRE SUBJECT MATHS( different from the General GRE)
4. 2 Thesis on Mathematical modelling of financial models using Linear Programming and Advanced Genetic Algorithm( modeled in R) respectively that is to be immediately published in an international journal. I am further planning to present this in a conference.
5. I am a CFA level 3 candidate and a FRM charter holder
6. Good Extracurricular ( Elected Campus ambassador(Micro Finance), Lead Fundraiser(Green Peace), appreciation certificates etc)
I sincerely request you to look into my case and candidature and give a suggestion from your side regarding this. I would be highly obliged if you could advise me on the probable schools i can target.
Carnegie Mellon University LSE Financial Mathematics
Computational Finance
Columbia University Oxford MFE
New York, NY Financial Engineering
Princeton University Imperial MFE
Princeton, NJ Master in Finance
Baruch College, City University of New York
New York, NY Financial Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA Financial Engineering
New York University
New York, NY Mathematics in Finance
Columbia University
New York, NY Mathematics of Finance
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA Master of Finance
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY MEng, FE concentration
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA Quantitative and Computational Finance
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA Financial Engineering
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ Mathematical Finance
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada Mathematical Finance
Boston University
Boston, MA Mathematical Finance
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL Financial Mathematics
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
Brooklyn, NY Financial Engineering
Rutgers University
Newark, NJ Quantitative Finance
Fordham University
New York, NY Quantitative Finance
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD Financial Mathematics
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL Financial Engineering
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI Financial Engineering
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN Financial Mathematics
University of Washington
Seattle, WA Computational Finance & Risk Management
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA Financial Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
James
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James--know that b-schools understands nobody is perfect, and overcoming a challenge from your past is good evidence of resiliency and determination. Since your grades improved and you have taken steps to prepare for the rigors of b-school, I don't think you will be hindered much by your checkered academic past. Your target list is good, but you should narrow it down through research, networking and in-person visits.
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