Posted by: justcurious July 3, 2010
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Hi friends,
I need some input from finance professionals and students in sajha. I've been trying to identify good MS in Finance programs to apply to. I have an undergraduate degree in finance (3.89 GPA) from a decent public university and am shooting for a 700+ GMAT score. The Finance programs at Princeton, Berkeley, U of Chicago and MIT seem to be the best in the US. However, all these programs except MIT's are highly quantitative requiring linear algebra, multivariable calculus and advanced statistics as pre-requisites. Since I do not meet these pre-requisites, I have decided to apply to MIT's program as my most ambitious pick. I'm now trying to identify 5-6 other programs that stand out in terms of quality. The most important criteria for me in deciding which colleges to apply to is the placement record of the school for MS in Finance students and particularly the placement record for international students.
Some programs that I've heard good things about are Vanderbilt's, U of Illinois's and Purdue's programs. I would be grateful if some of you could share your experience or knowledge on MS in finance programs. Do you know of schools that have good placement record for international students? Do you know anyone (intl students in particular) who has got into a top program and has received assistantships/ merit-based scholarships that cover most if not all of the tuition expenses?
I need some input from finance professionals and students in sajha. I've been trying to identify good MS in Finance programs to apply to. I have an undergraduate degree in finance (3.89 GPA) from a decent public university and am shooting for a 700+ GMAT score. The Finance programs at Princeton, Berkeley, U of Chicago and MIT seem to be the best in the US. However, all these programs except MIT's are highly quantitative requiring linear algebra, multivariable calculus and advanced statistics as pre-requisites. Since I do not meet these pre-requisites, I have decided to apply to MIT's program as my most ambitious pick. I'm now trying to identify 5-6 other programs that stand out in terms of quality. The most important criteria for me in deciding which colleges to apply to is the placement record of the school for MS in Finance students and particularly the placement record for international students.
Some programs that I've heard good things about are Vanderbilt's, U of Illinois's and Purdue's programs. I would be grateful if some of you could share your experience or knowledge on MS in finance programs. Do you know of schools that have good placement record for international students? Do you know anyone (intl students in particular) who has got into a top program and has received assistantships/ merit-based scholarships that cover most if not all of the tuition expenses?