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Hi QuantNet,

I'm a recent grad from a 2nd tier Canadian university and currently work as Data Scientist for a pension fund (in their Quant Investment team). I'm hoping to stick around for 2-3 years and applying for a MFE program preferably in US. I want to enter into the Quant Finance industry through a MFE program as few of the portfolio managers we have also have MFEs (some PhDs and MBAs). But I don't know how to build my profile stronger, as I have only 3.5 ugpa from a Computer Science undergrad.

My profile after few years would look something like this:
- undergrad in CS, minor in Stats
- 3 years as Data Scientist (Quant Investment team) in pension fund
- 3.5 ugpa
- 4 co-op/internships in tech (total 1.4 years during school)

Are there some realistic ways I could work on to improve my profile? I'm aiming for schools like Baruch, Cornell, UChicago and CMU

<blockquote data-quote="brijesh.hota" data-source="post: 345528" data-attributes="member: 53408">Hi QuantNet,I&#039;m a recent grad from a 2nd tier Canadian university and currently work as Data Scientist for a pension fund (in their Quant Investment team). I&#039;m hoping to stick around for 2-3 years and applying for a MFE program preferably in US. I want to enter into the Quant Finance industry through a MFE program as few of the portfolio managers we have also have MFEs (some PhDs and MBAs). But I don&#039;t know how to build my profile stronger, as I have only 3.5 ugpa from a Computer Science undergrad.My profile after few years would look something like this:- undergrad in CS, minor in Stats- 3 years as Data Scientist (Quant Investment team) in pension fund- 3.5 ugpa- 4 co-op/internships in tech (total 1.4 years during school)Are there some realistic ways I could work on to improve my profile? I&#039;m aiming for schools like Baruch, Cornell, UChicago and CMU</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brijesh.hota, post: 345528, member: 53408"] Hi QuantNet, I'm a recent grad from a 2nd tier Canadian university and currently work as Data Scientist for a pension fund (in their Quant Investment team). I'm hoping to stick around for 2-3 years and applying for a MFE program preferably in US. I want to enter into the Quant Finance industry through a MFE program as few of the portfolio managers we have also have MFEs (some PhDs and MBAs). But I don't know how to build my profile stronger, as I have only 3.5 ugpa from a Computer Science undergrad. My profile after few years would look something like this: - undergrad in CS, minor in Stats - 3 years as Data Scientist (Quant Investment team) in pension fund - 3.5 ugpa - 4 co-op/internships in tech (total 1.4 years during school) Are there some realistic ways I could work on to improve my profile? I'm aiming for schools like Baruch, Cornell, UChicago and CMU [/QUOTE]

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