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Depressing reply for query on MSF from Admissions at UFL 25 Nov 2007, 21:08
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Thank you for your interest in the MSF Program at UF, https://www.cba.ufl.edu/msf.

We do not have fall admissions. The program begins each summer and runs through the following spring semester.

We look for incoming students to have above a 650 on the GMAT and 3.5 GPA. The class averages are >670 GMAT and >3.6 GPA. The GMAT may be substituted with the GRE, in which case we look for >1350. The MSF website has a few details about expectations, https://www.cba.ufl.edu/msf.

Assistantships and fellowships are almost exclusively reserved for PhD students in the Finance Dept. There is some scholarship funding available and all accepted students are automatically considered. This usually goes to a student wanted by the program who might accept an offer elsewhere. It is not always the student with the highest test scores or GPA.

All accepted students are expected to be able to pay full tuition, fees and living expenses.

I caution all serious international inquiries that this particular program receives about 250 international applications per year. For the current class we accepted two. Each has very unique placement plans and is completely fluent in English. In the past, when we have accepted more international students, they have had extremely difficult, frustrating, time consuming, and emotionally trying times attempting to get job placement in the U.S. We have had between 20 and 30 international students the past 6 years from Taiwan, China, India, South America, Nigeria and Germany all trying to get placement in the U.S. With the exception of four, they were all unsuccessful and returned to their home countries. Often the best avenue into the US for work is by excelling with a company in your home country which has offices in the US and working with the company to place you in the U.S. or by getting a US education in a field that does not have so many domestic students. Right now it is not difficult for companies to get finance employees who are US citizens.


One of the critical variables to the MSF application is the Statement of Purpose. The program seeks students who have well researched avenues for placement and can back it up with data. We also look for qualities in the applicant consistent with the people we have seen obtain those jobs.



Sincerely,

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The University of Florida
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Is the situation this bad ??
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Depressing reply for query on MSF from Admissions at UFL 19 Dec 2007, 08:14
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I got the exact same response :) Yep, it's quite discouraging.

I wish I knew what the reason is for internationals not being able to secure a position. Is it their being international students (all the visa crap)? Is it the overall quality of these international students? Is it the quality of the program? Is it the strength of UFL's recruiting system?
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Depressing reply for query on MSF from Admissions at UFL 20 Dec 2007, 22:09
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I dont think it has anything to do with the quality of international students, I mean end of the day, they are the one who select the students!

From all the forums I have read, UFL seems to be a pretty good uni for MSF. What do you think one should do ? Ignore the mail and apply or it would be foolish to apply after that mail? Sounds kind of like, dont even bother applying.. :(
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Depressing reply for query on MSF from Admissions at UFL 21 Dec 2007, 09:36
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In fact I received a second even more discouraging e-mail :) PM me if you want detals.

I, too, had heard good things about UFL and thought that their MSF program is pretty solid. USNews ranks Warrington 20th in the US for Finance. But again this is only rankings...

In general... as an international student you will have a harder time securing a job offer (than a citizen or a perm. resident). Considering the e-mail you received, your job will be even more difficult at UFL...
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Depressing reply for query on MSF from Admissions at UFL 06 Oct 2012, 00:14
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I'm seeking for this information
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Depressing reply for query on MSF from Admissions at UFL 06 Oct 2012, 00:15
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thank for posting !!!