Imperial College London - MSc Mathematics and Finance

2025  Enrolled Imperial College London

MSc Mathematics and Finance
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Enrollment Status
Enrolled
Credits
Full-time
Submission Date
11/22/24
Interview Date
2/6/25
Result Date
2/12/25
Days to result
82
Avg. processing time
46
UGPA
Nationality
South Korea 🇰🇷
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2025-02-26: Accepted the offer and got my academic credentials cleared. I withdrew all other applications.

:Education
School: US undergrad.
Degree: BSc. Applied Mathematics.
GPA: 3.6 on a 4.0 scale.

:Professional Experience
Machine Learning Engineer in the bay area, US.
Consultant in AI projects in KR, including an executive role.

:Projects
Open-source: Contribution to TensorFlow, an auto-diff library developed by Google.
Research-related: Briefly mentioned my past consulting and academic projects with universities and companies.

:References
1 academic: Undergraduate professor.
1 professional: Previous US employer with strong research background.

:Personal Statement
Generic. In the order of who I am -> What I studied -> Experience in US -> Experience in KR -> Area of interest -> Why this field/program -> Why this school.

:Interview Experience
The overall experience was pleasant. I was contacted by a faculty member who commented that my application looked interesting, and booked an interview.

The interview presented itself as a 10-minute formal interview, but it was more of a 10-minute coffee chat than a cutthroat technical interview per se. The interviewer made it clear that the program genuinely wanted to know me as a person. Wasn't really stiff, both sides freely drove the topics of conversation while touching upon following questions.

Q: Share something about yourself that is NOT on the CV or the personal statement.
Q: Do you think that decentralized finance will overtake traditional finance?
Q: What are your hobbies?
Q: What's the most recent book you've read? Would you recommend it to others?

We ended up talking about everything about myself that isn't on the CV or the personal statement for 7 minutes.

AFAIK interviews aren't common for this program. So my guess is that the interview was conducted as a culture check to see if I can assimilate (cuz you know, my CV is mostly professional experience with little to no academic achievements). It's one of those interviews that you can't really prepare for.

:Offer
Unconditional (other than verifying my undergraduate credentials). 2 weeks to respond.
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Latest updates

  1. Accepted

    2/12/25

  2. Interview

    2/6/25

  3. Pending

    11/22/24
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