Hello Everyone!
I have yesterday submitted my applications for the following programs:
- LBS: MFA
- LSE: MSc Finance (Full Time)
- HEC: MSc International Finance
- Oxford: MSc Financial Economics
Can someone tell me what are my chances to enter in one of these programs
PLEASE?
GMAT SCORE: 700 (V36; Q49; IR8; AWA6)Nationality: Portuguese
My Academic Profile:Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Lisbon, PortugalInternational Undergraduate Program in Economics (Bachelor degree taught in English)
• Best final score (17.32/20) of the 2019 International Undergraduate Program
• Awarded a Católica Top+ Scholarship (granted to students with an outstanding academic record)
• Relevant Coursework: Data Analysis (score 19/20), Finance I (18/20), Financial Statement Analysis (18/20)
Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Lisbon, PortugalExchange Semester• Relevant Coursework: Public Finance (score 30/30), Corporate Valuation (29/30), Introduction to Options and Futures (29/30)
• Successfully completed a 40-hour introductory and a 30-hour intermediary Italian language course
London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom
LSE Summer School, FM250 Finance • Increased knowledge on capital budgeting, financing decisions and valuation of equity, fixed income and derivative securities
My Work ExperienceTeixeira Duarte, S.A, Lisbon, Portugal - MY FAMILY BUSINESSConglomerate operating in 18 countries and with a turnover of over €1B (2019) Finance Internship
• Acquired a sound understanding of how a finance division operates through working on a business process mapping project.
• Contributed to company cost savings through analyzing the efficiency of processes in the finance department and making recommendations to optimize those processes, e.g. increased data entry efficiency by 30% through automation of the process
Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Lisbon, Portugal
Business SchoolTeaching Assistant, Finance I
• Delivering weekly practical classes in English to groups of 30 to 60 undergraduates (2nd year)
BNP Paribas, Lisbon, Portugal
International Banking GroupSpring Internship
• Gained exposure to the Corporate Finance & Global Markets divisions through job shadowing and educational seminars.
KPMG, Lisbon, Portugal
Big 4 Accounting FirmSummer Internship
• Attained increased knowledge of financial statement analysis and corporate valuation by examining financial statements of companies in different industries and building financial valuation models.
• Gained business awareness by undertaking market research of different industries and tracking of acquisition targets
Other Activities:
• CFA Level I Candidate (June 2020)
• Head of Portfolio Management Division at the Católica-Lisbon Finance Club: leading a team that performs stock analysis and makes investment decisions with club funds
• Consultant at the Católica-Lisbon Consulting Club: provided strategic advice and developed a business plan to an online newspaper business so as to increase its value generation
• Football player in the highest-level Portuguese college league
• Volunteer at the Colégio S. Francisco de Assis (primary school) in the summer of 2018, teaching Mathematics, Portuguese and Social Studies
• Manager (since 2014) of a 5-figure personal portfolio that has yielded between 10-20 YoY
• Advanced user skills in Excel, Word, PPT, Visio, Thomson Reuters-Eikon & Bloomberg