Hi Sherwinli
Thanks for your post and thanks for sharing your profile here. You are qualified for our MBA application.
Making a switch into finance into Asia, apart from working hard in finance courses, you would also need to be very active in industry events to build you network in the field in Asia. Finance conference, the signature event organised by student finance club every year would also be helpful to you. Internship is also essential for your career switch. Companies like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley recruit summer interns from our school. Joining those programs would be helpful for you as well.
In fact, we have a very strong network in finance industry in Asia. According to our employment statistic 2013, 82% of our graduates work in Asia and 40% is in finance industry.
Let us know if you have any other questions.
Kara
HKUST MBA admissions team
sherwinli wrote:
Hi Kara,
If you have time, please review my profile for suitability.
29 year old Asian-Canadian male, born in Canada. Parents emigrated from Hong Kong in the 90's.
GMAT 680 q45 v38
AWA score: unknown at the moment
IR: 7
Undergrad: Petroleum Engineering from a Canadian University
Work experience: 6 years as a petroleum/production engineer in onshore Canadian Operations in a variety of different oil fields (both office and field positions) in both a large integrated firm and a junior private firm.
Extra Curricular: Amateur competitive bodybuilder (6th place in a regional competition), variety of organized rec league sports (captain of a team, and league champions in two other teams), world traveling. Fluent in English & French, and basic fluency in Cantonese.
Goal: I would like to career switch into finance with a focus in Asia and am looking for a school with a strong student life and a diversity of experience/cultures . Would also like to experience studying abroad in Hong Kong.
Much appreciated.