Hi Andy,
I hope everything is going well for you. MFE has been my goal since my freshmen year in college. I hope you that you can give me some advices/comments about my profile and tell me whether i stand a chance to get admitted to a good MFE program.
Undergraduate: Math/Applied Science-Management and Accounting at UCLA, with a specialization in Computing (C++/Java...)
GPA:3.35(Cumulative)/3.48 Major Upper division Math
Math: 2 courses in real analysis, 2 courses in numerical analysis, linear algebra, combinatorics, probability theory, mathematical statistics, financial mathematics, Algorithms, PDE...
CFA Level 2 candidate for june 2011, FRM part 1 in May
Work Experience:14 months in IT Consulting at Accenture. 1/2 yr in telecommunication (Software QA), currently working for a financial services company (Software Engineer) on investment management for 401k.
My GPA is lower than the avg in most top MFE programs. I am most concerned with this...
I appreciate your help!