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Hi, guys. I want some advice or evaluation on my background for MFE application. Is there any course or experience I can prepare more for my application?
Education background: 3.91/4.0 in China top 985. Rank: 1/23 in my major, 2/268 in the whole institution. Major: Financial Engineering. Second Degree: Computer Science
Mathematical classes: Mathematical analysis for 3 semesters. Advanced Algebra for 2 semesters. Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics for 2 semesters. Statistics. Economitrics(Regression analysis) , Financial Econometrics(Time-Series Analysis), ODE, Stochastic Process, Numerical Method
Programming classes: Python, SQL , C++(distinctive certificate on QuantNet)
Machine Learning: Intro to Data Science. Big data and Finance. Text analysis(NLP). These are all courses about machine learning
English Proficiency: IELTS:7.5 GRE:328
Competition: Kaggle(top10%, bronze medal). A ML competition held in China(top 5)
Internship: A new start-up fintech company. A security company. Two private equity asset management companies in China. A famous USA hedge fund (summer intern). All are about quant investment strategies. Totally over17 months
Plan to apply:
Baruch MFE
CMU MSCF
Princeton MFin(English is not good enough. No American learning experience)
UCBerkeley MFE
MIT MFin
Education background: 3.91/4.0 in China top 985. Rank: 1/23 in my major, 2/268 in the whole institution. Major: Financial Engineering. Second Degree: Computer Science
Mathematical classes: Mathematical analysis for 3 semesters. Advanced Algebra for 2 semesters. Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics for 2 semesters. Statistics. Economitrics(Regression analysis) , Financial Econometrics(Time-Series Analysis), ODE, Stochastic Process, Numerical Method
Programming classes: Python, SQL , C++(distinctive certificate on QuantNet)
Machine Learning: Intro to Data Science. Big data and Finance. Text analysis(NLP). These are all courses about machine learning
English Proficiency: IELTS:7.5 GRE:328
Competition: Kaggle(top10%, bronze medal). A ML competition held in China(top 5)
Internship: A new start-up fintech company. A security company. Two private equity asset management companies in China. A famous USA hedge fund (summer intern). All are about quant investment strategies. Totally over17 months
Plan to apply:
Baruch MFE
CMU MSCF
Princeton MFin(English is not good enough. No American learning experience)
UCBerkeley MFE
MIT MFin
What I would then perhaps focus on is to improve your speaking and writing skills. This would prove quite worthy in interviews when applying to these programs, and when recruiting. The rest of your credentials are top-tier honestly. Let me know if I can help in any way, I'm always open to help applicants (I am at CMU myself); feel free to DM!
