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

Hey,

Background and nationality : French student in a mid business school. Exchange in Boston, US.
GPA : 14/20 - 3.8-4/4 equivalent.
Age : 23 years old when I will apply

GMAT : I will get a 640-700. (Yes it is a big range)
I have to take an English test.
My last toeic (2 years ago) was 900/990
But I’ll try to do the ielts since LSE does not accept toeic

Work experience and leadership :
Internship (3 months) as a an assistant to the manager of finance of a subsidiary company
1 year in Financial Audit - PwC
1 year as a Financial Analyst - Asset Management - BNP Paribas

Community and others :
Doing CFI FMVA certification (I think this is a big plus as it will show the recruiter that I have learned the hard skills for IB)
Vice President of an association of my school organizing the ski trip

Post Master goals : IB/PE/HF

Target :

LSE - Ms Finance and Private Equity
LBS - Ms Finance
HEC - International Finance
ESCP - Ms Finance
ESSEC - Ms Finance
EDHEC - Ms Finance

Posted from my mobile device

Hello everyone,
I will be applying for Masters in Finance in the upcoming admissions cycle. Needed a bit of guidance regarding where in my application can I improve more. Here is some information about me:
College: Bachelor of Commerce(Financial Markets) from Mithibai College, Mumbai CGPA: 8.9(Top 10 in class)
Work Experience: 1.5 years(including internship and full time)
Current job: Analyst at Morgan Stanley( also worked there as an intern)
Co-Founder of an NGO started during initial times of the Covid-19 pandemic
Core member of the Economic cell and Entrepreneurship cell
Will appear for GMAT(Target Score: 710)
4 time national basketball player

Target Schools:
MIT Sloan
LSE
Cambridge
Warwick
Manchester
University of Melbourne
Trinity College, Dublin
Imperial College, London
ESADE, Barcelona
Maybe some schools in Germany

Thank you, hope to get a good lookout from you all!

Hey there, would someone mind reviewing my profile and providing some guidance?

– Male, 24, Austrian/American
– BSc Business with minor in Strategic Finance from the University of Portland
– GPA 3.46
– GMAT 720
– GRE Quant 165
– Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Morgan Stanley in NYC (summer 2021)
– Short stint as a diplomat working at the finance department of the Austrian Embassy in Turkey (less than a year)
– President of the Investments Society from University of Portland (student club)


Applying for a Master's of Finance at the University of St. Gallen, HEC Paris, HEC Laussane, INSEAD, LSE, Harvard, Wharton, and Oxford

Thanks in advance

Hi everyone,

– Male, 22, Taiwanese
– BBA Accountancy from National Taiwan University & City University of Hong Kong (Joint Bachelor's Degree)
– GPA: 3.96/4.3
– GMAT: 740
– TOEFL: 112
– Internship: marketing intern at a startup (virtual, around 2 months) & investment assistant at a insurance company (currently, around 3 months)

Target programs:
MSc finance: Oxford, LSE, LBS, Imperial, Essec, NUS, SMU, Wu Vienna
Please kindly let me know what I could do to improve my profile, thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,

– Male, 22, Taiwanese
– BBA Accountancy from National Taiwan University & City University of Hong Kong (Joint Bachelor's Degree)
– GPA: 3.96/4.3
– GMAT: 740
– TOEFL: 112
– Internship: marketing intern at a startup (virtual, around 2 months) & investment assistant at a insurance company (currently, around 3 months)

Target programs:
MSc finance: Oxford, LSE, LBS, Imperial, Essec, NUS, SMU, Wu Vienna
Please kindly let me know what I could do to improve my profile, thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,

I am a law graduate who wants to get an MS in Finance(only STEM certified - to take advantage of 3 years of post work visa). I know I am lacking fundamentals to be admitted and that is the reason I am seeking advice from you guys.

My profile:
- 24 years old from East Europe. Currently in the US on an F1 visa.
- GPA: 3.17/4.00 - The best grade was 3.23 in my year of graduation(2021). I hold the second best grade. Unfortunately the profs, unlike their colleagues from UK and US, are not flying high in East Europe. So I do not accept this GPA as a low one.
- I have done two legal internships during my studies. One of them was in the Defense Industry so I was dealing with Intellectual Property Law. Besides the legal role I had a chance to interact with clients from different countries to sell military equipment, guns and bullets. Our clients were mostly government bodies.(literally sold bullets and shields to Azerbaijan before Karabakh War)
- I have done an Erasmus Exchange in Poland and two cultural exchange to the US during summers(One of them actually taught me how to bartend).
- I also founded a trade company to trade dried and fresh fruits between Mediterranean countries and East Europe during my studies.
- I have done an internship in the field of procurement in a quick commerce startup located in San Fran, CA.
- Have been member of The European Law Students' Association.
- Have organized events under a social and political foundation that has been established to tell people about the human rights' violation happening against Uyghur minority in China.

I am curious about the admission chances. Since I am a non-business/finance major I have a plan to take online courses with credits for fundamental courses(such as Calculus, Intro to Financial Accounting and Statistics). Besides that, I would like to take the GMAT exam to demonstrate the quantitative knowledge I have(I am planing to take 3 months to prepare for it). There are different universities offering Transcripts for those fundamental courses via Outlier and Saylor etc. Would it be reputable if I took those courses online?

I am hoping to get into a school with good reputation and employment rates for international students.

Indiana University Bloomington - Kelley Business School just waived TOEFL and GMAT for me after sending them my resume and unofficial transcript. I believe this is a good sign. I would like to go for the best option possible but I could not find much about Kelley Business School.

Please review my profile and situation honestly. Any recommendation for online courses and master programs is appreciated.

Thanks in advance!!

Hello all fellow Students, Mentors & Admissions help teams,

I'm targeting MS Finance programs from LSE,LBS,ESSEC & HEC Paris. My profile & essays might need professional assistance. I request all admissions mentors & support teams to dm me so we can talk at length about how I should approach things.

(PS: I will share my profile while discussing , posted it here in this thread but now I can't find it)

Thanks !

Hey,

First of all, I would like to thank you for the time you take to analyse each of the profiles.
You asked me for more details on certain points of my profile so here I am again !

Background and nationality : French student in a top 20 business school in France.
Exchange in UMASS Boston, US - Accounting/Finance courses (6 months)
GPA : 14,5/20 (French grade system)
3.8-4/4 equivalent (I used the official gmat converter but I think schools have specific expectations depending on the “level/ranking” of the school - maybe I’m wrong).
Age : 23 years old when I will apply.

GMAT : I will get a 660-710. Ideally 680+.

Work experience and leadership :
Internship (3 months) as a an assistant to the manager of finance of a subsidiary company
1 year (Apprenticeship) as a Financial Auditor - PwC (Big 4)
1 year (Apprenticeship) as a Financial Analyst (Risk Credit) - Asset Management - BNP Paribas (Biggest bank in Europe and the best one in France).

Community and others :
Doing CFI FMVA certification (I think it's an important point because it's a paid and recognised certification that teaches me all the necessary hard skills (corporate finance/financial modeling/excel/etc..) for the investment banking profession).

Extracurricular activities:
Vice President and Treasurer of an association organising the ski trip for the students of my school. (300k€ budget).

Investment association of my school : I had the opportunity to teach small groups of 5-10 students at my school about technical analysis in the context of stock market and crypto asset investment.

Post Master goals : Investment banking / Private Equity / Hedge Fund

Target :
These are the targets I had in mind but I wonder if I will have the opportunity to aim higher (MIT - MiF for example?). (Dream school ahah)
But I will be more than satisfied to get at least one of my first five targets.
I also have the possibility of aiming for masters in management (MiM - 2 years) in these schools and specialising in finance but having already done a 5 year academic program in my school i dont know if it is appropriate.

LSE - Ms Finance and Private Equity
LBS - Ms Finance
HEC - International Finance
ESCP - Ms Finance
ESSEC - Ms Finance
EDHEC - Ms Finance

Thanking you in advance for your time.

Posted from my mobile device

Hello everyone. I have recently finished my undergrad in Bachelor's in Commerce and am looking at the following MSc finance programs for the September 2023 intake. I will be applying sometime this December.

ESSEC
Frankfurt
SKEMA
IE
Bocconi
Stockholm School of Economics
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
EDHEC
McGill
Edinburgh
ESADE
Trinity Business School
Bayes Business School


Background and nationality - Indian, completed my 12th with a 95.6% in the AISSCE examinations.

Undergrad information - Finished my undergrad with a GPA of 8.0/10. In my university, that translates to approximately 85-90%. I am approximately in the 93rd percentile in my class.

GMAT 700 (Q44, V40)

Work experience - At the time of application, roughly 3 months in an investment banking internship, 2 months in the treasury department of a commercial bank, and 3 months in the financial research internship from Wall Street Oasis. I would also like to mention that after I apply in December, I will be working for roughly another 6 months in the same bank. So before I join my masters', I would have 14 months of experience, BUT while applying I would have roughly 8 months. Would this make a difference?

Leadership - I was responsible for leading a team that conducted a three month survey studying financial literacy amongst the BCom.(Hons.) students in the campus.

Extracurriculars - I have been responsible for helping coordinate various programs in my hostel, including plays put up during festivities. I was involved in scriptwriting for the same plays. I'm currently working on a blog where I would frequently publish my poetry. To compensate for the lack of extracurriculars on account of me having pursued my education online due to the pandemic, I am doing a few virtual internships from Forage, including a sustainable finance internship. I am also attending the HPAIR 2022 conference as a delegate.

Volunteering - Applying for the GITEX expo and the Tech expo taking place in Dubai. Hope to get into those. I am looking at various other volunteering work that I can do here in NGOs.

Other activities - Current FMVA candidate from CFI

What programs among these do I have the most chance of getting into?

Hi everyone,

I am a law graduate who wants to get an MS in Finance(only STEM certified - to take advantage of 3 years of post work visa). I know I am lacking fundamentals to be admitted and that is the reason I am seeking advice from you guys.

My profile:
- 24 years old from East Europe. Currently in the US on an F1 visa.
- GPA: 3.17/4.00 - The best grade was 3.23 in my year of graduation(2021). I hold the second best grade. Unfortunately the profs, unlike their colleagues from UK and US, are not flying high in East Europe. So I do not accept this GPA as a low one.
- I have done two legal internships during my studies. One of them was in the Defense Industry so I was dealing with Intellectual Property Law. Besides the legal role I had a chance to interact with clients from different countries to sell military equipment, guns and bullets. Our clients were mostly government bodies.(literally sold bullets and shields to Azerbaijan before Karabakh War)
- I have done an Erasmus Exchange in Poland and two cultural exchange to the US during summers(One of them actually taught me how to bartend).
- I also founded a trade company to trade dried and fresh fruits between Mediterranean countries and East Europe during my studies.
- I have done an internship in the field of procurement in a quick commerce startup located in San Fran, CA.
- Have been member of The European Law Students' Association.
- Have organized events under a social and political foundation that has been established to tell people about the human rights' violation happening against Uyghur minority in China.

I am curious about the admission chances. Since I am a non-business/finance major I have a plan to take online courses with credits for fundamental courses(such as Calculus, Intro to Financial Accounting and Statistics). Besides that, I would like to take the GMAT exam to demonstrate the quantitative knowledge I have(I am planing to take 3 months to prepare for it). There are different universities offering Transcripts for those fundamental courses via Outlier and Saylor etc. Would it be reputable if I took those courses online?

I am hoping to get into a school with good reputation and employment rates for international students.

Indiana University Bloomington - Kelley Business School just waived TOEFL and GMAT for me after sending them my resume and unofficial transcript. I believe this is a good sign. I would like to go for the best option possible but I could not find much about Kelley Business School.

Please review my profile and situation honestly. Any recommendation for online courses and master programs is appreciated.

Thanks in advance!!

Hello everyone. I have recently finished my undergrad in Bachelor's in Commerce and am looking at the following MSc finance programs for the September 2023 intake. I will be applying sometime this December.

ESSEC
Frankfurt
SKEMA
IE
Bocconi
Stockholm School of Economics
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
EDHEC
McGill
Edinburgh
ESADE
Trinity Business School
Bayes Business School


Background and nationality - Indian, completed my 12th with a 95.6% in the AISSCE examinations.

Undergrad information - Finished my undergrad with a GPA of 8.0/10. In my university, that translates to approximately 85-90%. I am approximately in the 93rd percentile in my class.

GMAT 700 (Q44, V40)

Work experience - At the time of application, roughly 3 months in an investment banking internship, 2 months in the treasury department of a commercial bank, and 3 months in the financial research internship from Wall Street Oasis. I would also like to mention that after I apply in December, I will be working for roughly another 6 months in the same bank. So before I join my masters', I would have 14 months of experience, BUT while applying I would have roughly 8 months. Would this make a difference?

Leadership - I was responsible for leading a team that conducted a three month survey studying financial literacy amongst the BCom.(Hons.) students in the campus.

Extracurriculars - I have been responsible for helping coordinate various programs in my hostel, including plays put up during festivities. I was involved in scriptwriting for the same plays. I'm currently working on a blog where I would frequently publish my poetry. To compensate for the lack of extracurriculars on account of me having pursued my education online due to the pandemic, I am doing a few virtual internships from Forage, including a sustainable finance internship. I am also attending the HPAIR 2022 conference as a delegate.

Volunteering - Applying for the GITEX expo and the Tech expo taking place in Dubai. Hope to get into those. I am looking at various other volunteering work that I can do here in NGOs.

Other activities - Current FMVA candidate from CFI

What programs among these do I have the most chance of getting into?

Hi everyone,

– Male, 22, Taiwanese
– BBA Accountancy from National Taiwan University & City University of Hong Kong (Joint Bachelor's Degree)
– GPA: 3.96/4.3
– GMAT: 740
– TOEFL: 112
– Internship: marketing intern at a startup (virtual, around 2 months) & investment assistant at a insurance company (currently, around 3 months)

Target programs:
MSc finance: Oxford, LSE, LBS, Imperial, Essec, NUS, SMU, Wu Vienna
Please kindly let me know what I could do to improve my profile, thanks in advance!