Profile assessment/improvement suggestions

[Eldiablo]

Hello everyone,
This is a brief description of my profile
Undergrad:
Mechanical engineering from IIT Kharagpur (top 5 engineering colleges in India), CGPA: 8.87/10
Courses taken: Maths 1(A), Maths 2(A), Transform Calculus (Excellent), Partial Differential Equations (Excellent), probability and statistics(A), control systems (Excellent), programming and data structures (A)
CFA Level 1 cleared
Work experience:
1.5 years in RBS as Risk Analyst
1 year in credit Suisse as counter-party credit risk analyst.
Work experience has components ranging from coding in Python for automation purposes to understanding the model methodology for exposure computation of credit products like CDO’s, repo transactions, model calibration/monitoring etc.

I am looking for applying for courses staring in 2022 to top 10 US schools like CMU MFE, COLUMBIA MFE, UCB MFE, PRINCETON MFE, NYU MFE, MIT MFIN, UoW COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE.

Please help me with profile evaluation for the said colleges above and, what can I add to my profile to improve my chances in subsequent applications in later years toward the same goal.

I know that these sort of questions are frowned upon but please throw some insights since I am heavily considering this option.

 

[Eldiablo]

Just revisiting this post after a long time. Is this profile not good enough to get a reply, any suggestions are most welcome

 

[LeFed]

hey, i think you have a strong profile, some more relevant courses would've been great but these should be good enough too

focus on preparing a solid application (decent essays, recommendations, gre score)

you have a good shot at most top programs, if not at all of them, i'd be surprised if you don't get into any of the programs you listed

 

[SD_]

Excellent profile,
Quite confused about why MIT is on the list. IMO, since you already have a CFA L1 and don't need any accounting and corporate finance courses in your core curriculum.

 

[Eldiablo]

Thanks, @LeFed and @Sudhansh Dua for the valuable feedback, I will try to incorporate more details on the courses taken and improve my application essays.

Just gave my GRE and scored 330 (168Q + 162V), a bit disappointed with the Quant score tbh: shall I consider re-taking it for a better Quant score?

@Sudhansh Dua, this was a preliminary shortlist of colleges – I will probably drop MIT MFIN as I would be going only for Quant-focused ones.

 

[SD_]

Your score is good, no need to re-take the exam. Being close to 90th percentile in Quant is enough.

 

[hmmashmmm]

Congratulations in advance bhaiya

Hello everyone,
This is a brief description of my profile
Undergrad:
Mechanical engineering from IIT Kharagpur (top 5 engineering colleges in India), CGPA: 8.87/10
Courses taken: Maths 1(A), Maths 2(A), Transform Calculus (Excellent), Partial Differential Equations (Excellent), probability and statistics(A), control systems (Excellent), programming and data structures (A)
CFA Level 1 cleared
Work experience:
1.5 years in RBS as Risk Analyst
1 year in credit Suisse as counter-party credit risk analyst.
Work experience has components ranging from coding in Python for automation purposes to understanding the model methodology for exposure computation of credit products like CDO’s, repo transactions, model calibration/monitoring etc.

I am looking for applying for courses staring in 2022 to top 10 US schools like CMU MFE, COLUMBIA MFE, UCB MFE, PRINCETON MFE, NYU MFE, MIT MFIN, UoW COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE.

Please help me with profile evaluation for the said colleges above and, what can I add to my profile to improve my chances in subsequent applications in later years toward the same goal.

I know that these sort of questions are frowned upon but please throw some insights since I am heavily considering this option

 

[hmmashmmm]

Thanks, @LeFed and @Sudhansh Dua for the valuable feedback, I will try to incorporate more details on the courses taken and improve my application essays.

Just gave my GRE and scored 330 (168Q + 162V), a bit disappointed with the Quant score tbh: shall I consider re-taking it for a better Quant score?

@Sudhansh Dua, this was a preliminary shortlist of colleges – I will probably drop MIT MFIN as I would be going only for Quant-focused ones.

what program are you in now?

 

[Eldiablo]

I am applying this cycle. I have applied yet only to CMU and NYU, will be submitting others in Jan.

 

[JimSim]

GRE Quant should have been better. Write again and give. My GRE increased from 333 to 335 on rewriting!