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26 Oct 2019, 09:53
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If I can please ask for a profile evaluation and some ideas for further universities. I would really greatly appreciate it.
At the moment, I am considering Masters in Finance at London Business School and Cambridge. Both of these are targeted at people who already have at about 3years of experience (and more). Checking their class profile, I hope I could be a fit. Most of the other masters in finance are targeted at early graduates and thus I believe it would be unwise to pursue them. At the same time, I am unsure whether I have a chance at top MBA programme e.g. - Oxford, MIT, Wharton, UCLA, BerkeleyHaas, Warvick - any thoughts please?
Background and nationality: Czech Republic, white male, 26 years
Educational Background:
- Lived for 2years in UK, where I finished my high school diploma - not sure if relevant but adds more international experience.
- Undergrad: Empire State College with double major in Business administration and International Economic Relations; GPA 3.94 (top 3%)
- CFA level 3 candidate 2020
- ACCA Diploma in Accounting and Business (first three exams)
GMAT: 700 (Q47, V38)
Work experience and leadership:
- 4 years full time experience (by fall 2020, not considering internships mentioned below,)
- Currently: Senior Mergers&Acquisitions and Strategy Consultant at Big 4 (I work in two teams), responsible for 2-3 consultants/interns
- Previously: 0.5y full-time finance internship at IGO in Belgium, 0.5y internship at local investment bank, 0.5y internship at US embassy commercial section, 1y Data Administrator at Moody's Analytics
Community involvement: Volunteering at CFA local society
Post goals: I plan to transition to investment associate role leveraging my current B4 experience and CFA.
Target schools: London Business School (Masters in Finance), Cambridge (Masters in Finance)
At the moment, I am considering Masters in Finance at London Business School and Cambridge. Both of these are targeted at people who already have at about 3years of experience (and more). Checking their class profile, I hope I could be a fit. Most of the other masters in finance are targeted at early graduates and thus I believe it would be unwise to pursue them. At the same time, I am unsure whether I have a chance at top MBA programme e.g. - Oxford, MIT, Wharton, UCLA, BerkeleyHaas, Warvick - any thoughts please?
Background and nationality: Czech Republic, white male, 26 years
Educational Background:
- Lived for 2years in UK, where I finished my high school diploma - not sure if relevant but adds more international experience.
- Undergrad: Empire State College with double major in Business administration and International Economic Relations; GPA 3.94 (top 3%)
- CFA level 3 candidate 2020
- ACCA Diploma in Accounting and Business (first three exams)
GMAT: 700 (Q47, V38)
Work experience and leadership:
- 4 years full time experience (by fall 2020, not considering internships mentioned below,)
- Currently: Senior Mergers&Acquisitions and Strategy Consultant at Big 4 (I work in two teams), responsible for 2-3 consultants/interns
- Previously: 0.5y full-time finance internship at IGO in Belgium, 0.5y internship at local investment bank, 0.5y internship at US embassy commercial section, 1y Data Administrator at Moody's Analytics
Community involvement: Volunteering at CFA local society
Post goals: I plan to transition to investment associate role leveraging my current B4 experience and CFA.
Target schools: London Business School (Masters in Finance), Cambridge (Masters in Finance)
01 Nov 2019, 02:42
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You'd be a MBA candidate in the US as we do not have the post-experience type MSF programs that Europe does. For LBS or Oxford, you could go either way if you wanted. My feeling is that the MBA isn't as prominent in Europe though. LBS has a phenomenal MFin program. Good GPA and GMAT (although could be slightly higher). Work experience is relevant as well.
18 Nov 2019, 02:19
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Xin Cho
If I can please ask for a profile evaluation and some ideas for further universities. I would really greatly appreciate it.
At the moment, I am considering Masters in Finance at London Business School and Cambridge. Both of these are targeted at people who already have at about 3years of experience (and more). Checking their class profile, I hope I could be a fit. Most of the other masters in finance are targeted at early graduates and thus I believe it would be unwise to pursue them. At the same time, I am unsure whether I have a chance at top MBA programme e.g. - Oxford, MIT, Wharton, UCLA, BerkeleyHaas, Warvick - any thoughts please?
Background and nationality: Czech Republic, white male, 26 years
Educational Background:
- Lived for 2years in UK, where I finished my high school diploma - not sure if relevant but adds more international experience.
- Undergrad: Empire State College with double major in Business administration and International Economic Relations; GPA 3.94 (top 3%)
- CFA level 3 candidate 2020
- ACCA Diploma in Accounting and Business (first three exams)
GMAT: 700 (Q47, V38)
Work experience and leadership:
- 4 years full time experience (by fall 2020, not considering internships mentioned below,)
- Currently: Senior Mergers&Acquisitions and Strategy Consultant at Big 4 (I work in two teams), responsible for 2-3 consultants/interns
- Previously: 0.5y full-time finance internship at IGO in Belgium, 0.5y internship at local investment bank, 0.5y internship at US embassy commercial section, 1y Data Administrator at Moody's Analytics
Community involvement: Volunteering at CFA local society
Post goals: I plan to transition to investment associate role leveraging my current B4 experience and CFA.
Target schools: London Business School (Masters in Finance), Cambridge (Masters in Finance)
At the moment, I am considering Masters in Finance at London Business School and Cambridge. Both of these are targeted at people who already have at about 3years of experience (and more). Checking their class profile, I hope I could be a fit. Most of the other masters in finance are targeted at early graduates and thus I believe it would be unwise to pursue them. At the same time, I am unsure whether I have a chance at top MBA programme e.g. - Oxford, MIT, Wharton, UCLA, BerkeleyHaas, Warvick - any thoughts please?
Background and nationality: Czech Republic, white male, 26 years
Educational Background:
- Lived for 2years in UK, where I finished my high school diploma - not sure if relevant but adds more international experience.
- Undergrad: Empire State College with double major in Business administration and International Economic Relations; GPA 3.94 (top 3%)
- CFA level 3 candidate 2020
- ACCA Diploma in Accounting and Business (first three exams)
GMAT: 700 (Q47, V38)
Work experience and leadership:
- 4 years full time experience (by fall 2020, not considering internships mentioned below,)
- Currently: Senior Mergers&Acquisitions and Strategy Consultant at Big 4 (I work in two teams), responsible for 2-3 consultants/interns
- Previously: 0.5y full-time finance internship at IGO in Belgium, 0.5y internship at local investment bank, 0.5y internship at US embassy commercial section, 1y Data Administrator at Moody's Analytics
Community involvement: Volunteering at CFA local society
Post goals: I plan to transition to investment associate role leveraging my current B4 experience and CFA.
Target schools: London Business School (Masters in Finance), Cambridge (Masters in Finance)
Hi there,
Before starting with your Profile Evaluation, the first step I’d suggest you take is that understand which program type (a more general or a more specialized master) helps you to achieve your career goals.
Now looking at the information you’ve provided regarding your Post Master goals in your profile I’d say that you should opt Master in Finance and maybe later on, after some years of professional experience, you can still consider doing an MBA if you need general management knowledge.
Now, as you have mentioned that you are targeting London Business School and Cambridge, so, depending on the same here is my take on your profile for Master in Finance:
I must say you’ve a pretty decent profile.
Talking about your academics I’d say GPA is surely one of the strong highlights of your profile. Also, your ACCA Diploma in Accounting and Business and your CFA certification would surely help get an edge over other applicants in the application process.
The average Work experience of Master's in Finance for LBS is 5.6 years whereas for Cambridge is 4 Years, so work experience wise you are a good fit for both the programs.
Colleges highly value Community development initiatives and leadership qualities in an applicant’s profile. Hence, your Volunteering at CFA local society can be used as a strong differentiator in your profile.
Now, you haven’t provided much information in terms of Extracurriculars and Achievements but do keep in mind that along with a good profile, you need extracurriculars or Achievements that can be showcased through your essays and LOR’s. This can be in the form of some very strong achievements, or a very unique skill set - Something that you do better than the others. Maybe you'll need to build it, or maybe you already have it in your profile.
Overall, you have some good chances of acceptance in your Target schools. But to be on the safer side I always suggest to make a list of at least 6-7 schools and divide them into the category of Dream, Competitive and Safe. Both LBS and Cambridge belong to the dream schools category, so I would suggest you to apply for some upper competitive and competitive ones as well. As you mentioned that you are not inclined towards programs targeted towards early carreer applicants, I would advise you to check out some MBA programs to target as your upper competitive and competitive options.
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