Resume Review for 2025 MFE Application cycle

[Abhijeet Avhale]

Hello everyone,

I’m planning to apply for MFE programs in the U.S. this year, with the aim of starting in 2025. As part of the application process, I’m working on refining my resume and would greatly appreciate any insights or feedback—specifically from an admissions perspective rather than a job perspective.

Here are the programs I’m targeting: Princeton MFin, MIT MFin, CMU MSCF, Baruch MFE, NYU MFE, Cornell MFE, UChicago FinMath, Georgia Tech, NCSU, and Washington.

Any suggestions or advice would be immensely helpful. Thank you!

PS: I'm also using a couple of fonts: Inconsolata(Headlines) and Roboto(Body). Will this have any problems? I've heard Times New Roman or Ariel is preferred.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Generic advice about the resume: use a standard font: Times New Roman, etc. Get everything in one page. No student at this level needs more than one page.
Some programs publish their graduates resume books. Use that as a template.

 

[Chuanzhen Wang]

Some resumes from Princeton's Master of Finance program.

Hello everyone,

I’m planning to apply for MFE programs in the U.S. this year, with the aim of starting in 2025. As part of the application process, I’m working on refining my resume and would greatly appreciate any insights or feedback—specifically from an admissions perspective rather than a job perspective.

Here are the programs I’m targeting: Princeton MFin, MIT MFin, CMU MSCF, Baruch MFE, NYU MFE, Cornell MFE, UChicago FinMath, Georgia Tech, NCSU, and Washington.

Any suggestions or advice would be immensely helpful. Thank you!

PS: I'm also using a couple of fonts: Inconsolata(Headlines) and Roboto(Body). Will this have any problems? I've heard Times New Roman or Ariel is preferred.

You may refer to them.MASTER IN FINANCE CLASS OF 2023 RESUME BOOK

 

[Andy Nguyen]

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