Profile Evaluation for MS in Finance

Question

Hi, I am an Indian national willing to pursue MS in Finance for fall'14. As I have a lot of time to prepare myself for GMAT and other application related stuff, I would be highly grateful for your suggestions regarding university selection and my chances to get into good MSF programs. Any additional suggestion to improve my profile during the year would be highly appreciated. Here's a list of my background and
Background :
Undergrads : Engineering in Electronics and Communication with 63% Aggregate(upward trend).
Opted for 2 courses at London school of economics (Summer School'12) : Finance and Financial Markets (3 weeks each)
Work exp - Started to work in a private financial firm since sept'12 and until I start my grad I would be having in all a exp of 2 years (sept'12-sept'14).
Job profile : Financial planning & Analyzing and maximizing the current ROI of Loan Portfolio of the company.

Other than this I have a full time work exp of 6 months before my undergrads as a Front Office Coordinator ( I am not sure, whether that would be acceptable or not during applications as they ask for full time work exp after completing your undergrads)
Internships : 1 Technical internship of 3 months in VODAFONE .
GMAT : Yet to take, Targeting 720+
Extracurricular :
 National player in 100m sprint race
 Winner in 100m at Zonal level and State level competition
 Coordinator in various events organized by the college including Tech-Fest
 Senior coordinator in Farewell activities and Department Day's of the Electronics branch for three consecutive years.
 Chief Coordinator of the " Entrepreneurship group" during undergrads
 Member of Cancer society of Rajasthan.
 Sports Captain of the School for 2 consecutive years and House Captain for session 2005-2006.
 Leaded the school's Kho-Kho team in Clusters(State Level) .
 Won various medals in inter and intra school competitions in various sports activities.
Now coming to the universities, I am a bit centric towards central London but to keep my options more diversified I had shortlisted 10 universities I would like to apply for,
 LSE : MS Finance
 Imperial : MS Finance
 Cass Business School : MS Finance
 Warwick : MS Finance
 Princeton MSF
 Vanderbilt (Owen) : MS Finance
 DUKE : MMS
 Stockholm school of economics :MSc Accounting and Finance, specialization in Corporate Finance
 Rotterdam School of Management : MSC Finance and Investments
 Washington St. Louis Masters in Finance (Olin)
 Simon- Msc Finance
 Fisher School of business (The Ohio state University) : Specialized master in finance

Apart from this I would love to apply for London Business School Msc in Management
I'm more interested in Corporate Finance / Investment Management rather than Quantitative Finance / Financial Engineering.
I am good at mathematics but my grades does not support me to go into Quantitative Finance.
Kindly, Let me know what are my chances into these universities
Suggestions provided will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance

commdiver · Answer

Take the GMAT first

Targeting a score and actually getting that score are two totally different things. Most of those schools place heavy weight on the GMAT, so until you have taken it, your profile cannot be accurately evaluated.

vibhorekanoongo · Answer

Hi,
Nationality: Indian
Course: MSc Finance
GPA: 9.19/10
GMAT: 620 (Q49, V26) expect it to increase at least to 680 on a retake.
Work Experience: 6months equity trader, 1-month equity research internship
Undergrad: Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics ( Bachelors in Financial Markets )
ECs - Yt Football related channel with 30k subs (If it helps)

The problem is I complete my undergrad in July 2019. Got the job in Nov 2019 but lost it in April 2019 due to covid. I got into the Frankfurt School of finance and mgt(Masters in finance) without a scholarship. I am thinking of taking 1 more gap, in that year I will improve my GMAT to at least 680, will have 6 months of experience in IB(internship) and will give my CFA in November. Do you think so that because it will almost 3 years since I have completed my undergrad, this 1 year will have a negative impact on my profile and chances of getting into good colleges in Europe and Canada(Mcgill MMF)?

Target college - RSM Msc Fin and Inv, SSE MSc Fin, Mcgill MMF.
Do you guys think so that it is worth waiting 1 more year for these colleges When I have already got into Frankfurt school?
I will be 23 by the time the Frankfurt school program starts and will be 24 by the program starts next year. Do you think my age will be an issue because MSC finance is usually a pre-experience program?

riyanhrushi · Answer

I'm a fifth-year student (21 years old) doing an M.Sc in Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP, 6th rank in my home country of India). In my economics study, I took several finance-related courses. I'm considering applying to top MSF programs in the United States. While my profile is pretty standard when compared to other applications, I am still interested in knowing my possibilities at universities with my current profile, so any assistance is greatly welcomed.

GRE Score: 316 (150V, 166Q, AWA-3.5)
TOEFL score is 93.
GPA: 3.48/4.0 (8.2/10.0 on an Indian scale)
Secondary Education-99.2%.
1. A two-month summer internship in a modest financial services company.
2. Some projects on finance and online certifications
3. Currently in the final year Thesis on Finance under the supervision of the Finance Department Head at IIT KGP.

I require the most excellent possible placement following my graduation from university. Please indicate whether or not the universities listed below have a high percentage of placement.
I intend to apply for MS finance programs at the following universities:
Texas Austin
The University of Illinois Chicago, urbana champaign
Washington st Louis
Vanderbilt
Boston questrom
USC Marshall
What are my chances at the universities listed above? Please recommend two more universities based on my qualifications.
After graduation, I only need a solid job paying between 70,000 and 80,000 dollars.

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