MS Finance Profile Evaluations [Master Thread]: Post all Profiles Here

­Hey, Tremolio


Your profile is excellent and will complement your academic background, along with a combination of work experience and good written and spoken skills that will add value to your candidature for a Master of Finance (MFin). Being the secretary of an international student association proves that you are a good leader and manager of people, and that you would be able to handle many groups and individuals in an organization; this shows efficient working ability accompanied by cultural sensitivity.

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Hi all,

I am a recent graduate at the University of St Andrews studying Business Management. I graduated with a 16/20 (a high 2:1 (16.5 is first class)) GPA. I have had 4 internships, one at a fast-growing fintech startup as a growth and operations intern, two at boutique equity funds as an equity research intern and one at a major Chinese bank rotating between different teams (all in HK). I plan to take the GMAT in mid October/early November (targeting a 645 score which is equivalent to a 700 with the new GMAT format) and apply for round 2 at both LBS and LSE.

From what I have read, LBS places more emphasis on work experience and potentially GMAT whilst LSE places more emphasis on your undergraduate grades. Based on my profile and my target GMAT score, what do you guys reckon my chances of getting into either program is?

p.s. if there are suggestions for other graduate schools that fits my profile better, feel free to comment.

• Background and nationality
  
  • Hong Kong but with a BNO visa

• Undergrad Information
  
  • University of St Andrews studying Business Management
  • 16/20 GPA (high 2:1)

• GMAT/GRE
  
  • Targeting 645 (i.e. 700 for old format)

• Work experience and leadership
  
  • 1 internship at fintech start up
  • 2 at boutique equity funds
  • 1 at major Chinese bank

• Community and others
  
  • Fund analyst for university investment society.
  • Organised fundraising event for student entreprenuers.

• Post Master goals
  
  • Investment banking
  • Equity research

• Anything else?
  
  • Target schools: LBS MFA, LSE MscFin, ICL

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­Hello,

I was hoping to get my profile reviewed on my chances of getting into a masters of finance program and any areas of improvment or general thoughts.

I am a 26 year old Canadian male with italian heritage. I went to the university of Calgary where I studied mechancial engineering and graduated with a 3.0/4.0 GPA. I know this is on the lower end but my grades really picked up towards the end of my university stint where I had 3.7/4.0 in my last 60 credits or so. During school I was also a part of 2 teams - one in engineering where a group of students came together to build a off road vechicle for use in competition, I designed and tested the transmission system. The other, I was part of an investing club in univeristy where we would select a company to value and then pitch to the rest of the members to be added to our student fund. I was the team lead for the financials sector.

I just wrote the GMAT focus and scored a 615 which is something I may look into taking again to try and increase the score.

Most of my professional work experience is engineering related. I did a 4 month internship at a well servicing company called Precision Drilling, my next intership was at Cenovus energy as a production engineer for 16 months. I now currectly work with a company called Spartan Controls in an inside sales role selling oil and gas equipment to our energy clients - I have been here for 1 year and 3 months.

I have also completed the first 2 CFA exams first try and above the 90 percentile for both of them.

In univeristy I started to grow an interest in finance and have wanted to transition to a career in the field and I feel like this is the best move for me currently. I am interested in a carrer in assest management perhaps as a portoflio manager.

Some programs I have considered are as follows in no particular order; however I would love the opportunity to work in the states:

SFU Beedie school of Business
McGill Master of Management in Finance
York Univeristy Schulich School of Business MF
Vanderbilt University
Washington Univeristy in St. Louis
UT Austin
USC Marshall

If there are other suggestions that I could look into with a profile like mine please let me know.

­Hi Everyone! Looking for a profile evaluation please. Thanks in advance:

Background/Nationality: Pakistan, Age 27

Education: Undergrad - BSc Accounting & Finance, GPA:3.3/4, Lahore University of Management Sciences (one of the top schools in my country)

Plus, I am a CFA Charter holder as of last year.

Extracurriculars: Played Football (Soccer) through out youth levels and at university. Vice Captain of University Team.

GMAT: Not given yet. What would be a good target score considering the schools/programs I am aiming for?

Work Experience:

Big 4 Audit - Internship during undergrad
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (PACRA) - started as a Credit Analyst, then promoted to Research Analyst (2 years)
Solon Capital - Private Equity Analyst (2 years) Solon is a PE Firm with portfolio based in West Africa that focuses mostly on impact investing in areas of education and climate.

Context: I am aiming for a MFin program in Canada (Schulich, Mcgill, Beedie, Smith etc). and hoping to continue a career in finance (investment banking, private equity etc)

I would appreciate if anyone could answer the following:

1) Is MFin the right path considering my profile and that I want to remain in Finance post Masters? Or should I be considering an MBA? Are there other MFin programs in Canada that might be a better fit?
2) Do I stand a chance in getting accepted to my target programs?
3) What would be good GMAT score for my target programs considering my overall profile?­

Hi Everyone!

I have a bit of a unique profile, and I would appreciate your feedback.

-24 years old, Italian
-GMAT Percentile: 90% (GMAT Focus Score: 655)

-Bachelor’s Degree: 88/110 (non-target school) GPA 3.0
-Master’s Degree: 28.5/30 (110/110, in progress, non-target school) GPA 4.0

-6 months at a low-market M&A boutique
-6 months in structured finance at an Mega Fund spin-off
-3 years of trading (during the bachelor) in Statistical Arbitrage (short-term trading based on quantitative models) and Value Investing (long-term stock picking based on intrinsic valuation) with a portfolio that achieved a 13.46% return and a Sharpe Ratio of 1.25
This last section about trading isn’t a flex, but rather to say that for three years I worked every day on something profitable that gave me a bit of experience not comparable to experience in a company, but it still allowed me to approach finance in a different way. Also it explain my low performance in bachelor degree

IELTS Score: 7.5

-2 years of involvement in a student association
-M&A Association Activities: 20+ in business valuations with DCF and 10+ in LBO

My goal: IB - PE - HF

Target schools:
LBS MFA
LSE Msc Fin and Acc and Fin
Imperial MSc Finance
HEC Int. Fin.
Essec Fin

Do I have a solid shot at admission in these universities ?

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Hi there,
I recently finished my undergrad in engineering with degree in Information Technology from Tier one institute in India and am now looking at Mfin and Quant Finance programs. I have a few programs that interest me, but not sure about my chances with any of them, so any comments, ideas and recommendations will help.

Profile:
Undergrad: really low (6.07/10 on Indian scale) BTech in Information Tecnology from prestigious Indian engineering university
GMAT 710
No workex
Plan is to get into to finance roles after graduation (most likely in Europe, Asia(like Singapore, Hong Kong) but possibly in the US)

Reply will be appreciated.

Villanova is a complete scam. Avoid.

Hello everyone,

I am in my final BSc year at Bocconi studying Economics and Social Sciences. I am planning to apply to a few top MFin programs and would appreciate an evaluation of my chances, and any recommendations and advice.

Profile:

Undergrad: Bocconi, 27/30 GPA - roughly speaking, 3.6-3.7/4 in US terms. Expected final grade 108/110. Going on exchange to Singapore for my final semester of BSc.
GMAT: 675 Focus (i.e. 730 classic - how accurate is this?), percentiles: QR: 88th, VR: 85th, DI: 96th.
Interned at a private equity firm over the summer and a member of the leading finance society at Bocconi.
Recommendation letters: one academic from applied math professor, another from limited partner - my recent employer.


Schools:
MIT Sloan
LBS
LSE
Oxford
HEC
St Gallen
IE Business School

What do you think? Should I retake the GMAT to beef up my profile? I think I can improve my Verbal part, as I scored lower than on the mocks. Taking MFin to eventually enter investment banking/private equity early in my career.

Thank you guys for help! I appreciate any advice and comments.

Indian
engineer
final year Cgpa : 7.1/10 - BITs Pilani ( top 10 uni 1.47% acceptance rate )
Gmat : 740
Ec:
1) volunteered at an ngo for 2 years ( organised multiple events - blood donation camps , taught slum kids for 2 years regularly , dental camps , eye check up , multiple beach clean up etc )
2)finance minor at uni
3)cfa level 1
4) various finance courses online with certifications , read a few Finance related books and followed some meaning podcasts to know more about the market and follow its activity
5) owns a personal portfolio of 20k and has been learning trading on my own for last 3 years
6) Did a few CS projects (if that's relevant) and participated in hackathons
7) Read and made many case books on consulting and participated in various consulting competition.

-my strong interests lies in consulting and Investment banking or corporate banking ( wanna eventually break into IB)
- after my mim/mfin i wanna break into IB/MBB (management consultant) and eventually to private equity might go for an mba later in life (HSW/LBS/INSEAD)
work Internship : 5 month internship at deutsche bank
3 month summer internship at another startup

Target school : LBS MFA , LSE mfin , Oxford MFE , IMPERIAL MFIN , deferred mba ( Don't know if my cgpa qualifies or not ) , LBS MIM,HEC,
ST. gellen. (wanna work in london)

Hi guys, I hope you can help me.

Age: 24

Nationality: Spanish

Undergrad: Business degree at Spanish non-target university. GPA is 6,94/10, which is arround 3.28 (not sure this conversion is correct). One year exchange at a public target german university.

GMAT: I haven't taken it yet, hopefully is arround 700

Work experience: I have been accepted in the audit team of a big4. I'll have 1-2 years of experience by the time the master starts.

Extracurriculars: None, but I can work on that if necessary.

Complementary education: I'm probably going to do CFA level 1 exam, especially if it gives me a competitive edge in the admission process.

Goals: Aiming for a top 15 MsC in Finance, especially any english target school (I know my chances are extremely tiny), HEC, Bocconi, IE or ESADE.

Thanks in advance!

Hi, I would like to have your opinion about my chances to get in: Vanderbilt MSF, Imperial MSF, LBS MFA and other top master programs that waive GMAT / GRE requirements.

Indian, Male, 22 years old

Undergrad uni: Graduated in 2024 from a non-target US university (full merit scholarship)

GPA: 4.0

Work Experience - Currently work as an investment banking analyst in New York City at a bank that has presence all over the world (Canada, Europe, Asia, HQ - NYC). Previously interned at the same bank last summer, worked as undergraduate research assistant in college, have other other internships both in US and India.

Extracurricular Experience - Senior honorary, leadership positions in organizations, global ambassadors, etc

Coursework - Plenty of quant classes, also took 8 credits worth of python in college

Unable to take the GRE/GMAT as my job is quite demanding (70+ hours per week). Willing to write an optional essay explaining this.

HiI am an Indian male, 20,

just finished my bachelor's from a well known UK based uni, graduated with a high 2:1 honors degree (Bachelors in Business Administration (Finance)). US GPA- 3.2 I have a pretty decent academic background, always getting 90+ scores in school (I know dosen't matter now, but wanted to put it out there)
• GMAT FE score- 670
• Work Experience- Have done 2 internships with national level brokerage firms during college time along with 1 year in an internationally recognized NGO
• Was pretty active during college events of sports and e-sports
• Post Master goals
  Want to go into the field of Venture Capital/Debt, go to US or UK, to a developed country where they have established firms for this, work for 3-4 years before eventually coming back to India and either joining a similar firm or starting my own.
• Schools targeting
• IIM Kozhikode- Top priority
• Imperial M Sc acc and Fin
• Warwick M Sc Fin/ acc and Fin
• Edinburgh
• Uni of Michigan
• Georgetown
• Uni of Chicago
• Uni of Texas at Austin
• Boston UniFlorida (Warrington)
• Rate my chances

About - Indian female, 23 yrs, business grad

Undergrad -top-tier, 9/10 CGPA,Institute Rank 2

Other qualifications- CFA L2 candidate

Internships - growth stage PE fund, Big 4 audit

Co-curricular - CFA YWI participant (secured an HSBC internship) , National level case comps winner, President of college finance club, Director at Enactus

Community service- Organised a 3-month financial literacy drive NGOs.

Hosted literacy classes at high-school level to educate underprivileged children free of cost.

Work ex - interest rate trader for 9 months, currently HSBC (back-office)

Other info - Has a start-up incorporated as a partnership

Languages - English , french , hindi

Target programs - LBS MFA, Imperial Mfin, Warwick Mfin

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Hi, I am a current final year undergrad in Rotterdam School of Management.

My GPA is 8.2/10 (4.0/4.0 equivalent, UK 1st class equivalent, expected to maintain this score until and after graduation), GMAT focus edition 735 (Q86, V89, DI84).

Did 3 finance internships in different Chinese banks (financial advisory, forex trade, equity research), one finance part-time working student in a big Chinese infrastructure company, one consulting related internship in a large industrial US company in NL.

I served as treasurer and player at my university's football society (broke my skull at a game, that also justifies my relatively not-so-high GPA, had my president to write me a reference to account for this).

I spent one year in a top 10 Chinese university before coming to RSM (because RSM requires non-international-high-schooler to have one semester's transcript at uni before applying to them), got 3.6/4.0 (not very high because once I reached minimum requirement of RSM I stopped trying so hard, I do not know whether this will have a negative impact), founded a Model United Nation when I was there.

Could you evaluate my odds of being admitted by Oxford MFE, Msc Finance at LSE and Imperial College and LBS MFA?

Thank you so much in advance!!!! Wish you the best!

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Hello Fin0201,

Hope this finds you well.

Your chances will depend on how well you score on the GMAT/GRE and how you tie your narrative together.

This post lacks details pertaining to the test scores and goals for us to evaluate the same in greater detail.

All the best!

Hello marcowang,

Hope this finds you well.

Your exceptional GMAT score, strong GPA (at Rotterdam), as well as decent extra-curricular activities and internships put you in a very strong position provided you are able to weave everything together in a well-crafted narrative. Needless to say, the goals need to sync well.

If you put in a compelling set of essays, you have a very strong chance.

All the best!

Hello princeKinoutz,

Hope this finds you well.

Finance programs will expect you to have a strong quant score; besides, the only way to really offset your low GPA is by working on your GMAT score (especially considering the league of schools you are targeting).

Hope this helps.

All the best!