Canadian Profile Evaluation for UK G5+ LBS MSc
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16 Mar 2019, 21:46
Dear all,
I am currently a year 2 student study at Sauder School of Business, the University of British Columbia. I will be applying to various MSc in Finance programs and the likes (Class starting Fall 2021). I would very much appreciate your thoughts on my odds of admission and, perhaps more importantly, my goals on academic performance and whole plan about my preparation next one year and a half. So here goes:
Demographics: Chinese
Undergraduate: Sauder School of Business, the University of British Columbia - supposedly Top Business School in Canada. I will exchange at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , taking Finance courses.
GPA: 82% with core class of 85% , Dean's list
GMAT: I am currently prepare my GMAT and my aim is 740+
Extracurriculars are only average: Member of Finance Club, participated in a Business Case Competition.
Internship and work experience: For the first summer during undergard, I did 1-month wealth management internship at one of China's largest bank. Also, I did a remote intern work mainly on Real Estate industry in Roland Berger. This summer, I will intern at Top 5 securities firms/investment banks in China, duty including Debt and Equity Capital raising and other front desk businesses.
Dream School Lists:
1. Oxford MFE. (Probably crazy)
2. LSE MFin
3. LBS MFA
4. IC MFin
Others:
5. HKUST MFin
6. NUS MFin
I am strongly oriented towards a career in Asia especially in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Just want to know how can I plan and manage the rest of my undergrad time in order to admitted by the highly competitive programs.
I truly appreciate every kind of feedback, thanks in advance.