Profile Evaluation - Please advise
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24 Oct 2011, 05:52
I will be taking GMAT next month and am expecting a score b/w 680-720 as per current mocks.
My profile is as follows:
Education:
BTech in CSE from IPU (2009)
CFA level 1 (CFA Institute, USA) dec,2010.
CFA level 2 band 10 (not cleared) june, 2011.
Would be taking CFA level 2 again in June, 2012.
NSE certified market professional level 1.
NCFM certifications:
i. CDSL
ii. Portfolio management (97.5%)
iii. Option Trading Strategies (92.5 %)
Other achievments:
Rank 277 National Science olympiad (Science Olympiad Foundation), 2000
rank 69 in SMO (Indian Mathematical Olympiads Foundation), 2002
No notable extra curricular
Work Ex.
Standard Chartered Bank (Customer Service Executive) 5 months
TCS (Analyst) 2 yrs 8 months by Aug 2012
Worked with following clients in TCS as Analyst:
Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs
Citibank, Singapore
Areas of interest:
Strategy based trading in derivatives.Have been trading for around 4 yrs now with occasional breaks.
I am not sure which colleges should I target based on aforementioned score and profile.
What I am looking for is post graduation in Finance from the best college within reach in accordance with my profile and GMAT score range. I am really interested in investments side and it would be really great if someone could help me with some relevant colleges.
The colleges I have in mind are: ISB, NUS, UCLA.
My dream colleges are : Chicago Booth, Columbia, Wharton. NYU - Stern is one college I would like to evaluate my chances for.
Please guide on some (both "worth taking a call" as well as "safe") colleges.