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Profile Evaluation LBS MFA [#permalink] New post   21 May 2019, 04:48
I am a Indian student, 21, planning on applying to LSE Msc in Finance, LBS MFA and Imperial Msc in Finance and I would like to assess my chance of getting into one of them. I would be very grateful if you could provide me with some insight on how to improve my profile.
Here ids my profile:
Education and Certifications:
Undergraduate(77.05% till 5th semester) in Computer Science Engineering from India.
Senior Secondary Education India with 83%.
Secondary Education with 9 CGPA.
I also have certificate from six sigma and CFA Investment Foundation Program.
I am an CFA Level 1 candidate.
I am currently pursuing online course from Harvard Business School CORe.
I have certificate from coursera regarding various courses like financial market, business and financial moodelling,investment management, private equity and venture capital, etc.
Work Experience
Personal Investor
Dec 2018- present
Use technical and fundamental analysis of stock determination.
Read multiple press sources each day to determine stock fluctuations.
Manage small individual portfolio of Rs 30,000.
Sterling Software Pvt. Ltd.- Chennai
Technical Intern
May 2018–July 2018
Successfully delivered project to develop application on stock market news and display information using node.js.
Successfully completed the task of developing new programming skills and was able to refine previous skills.
Extracurricular:
I was part of hand ball team in my school during my secondary education. I also secured 7th position in an National Science Olympiad conducted at school level (7 out of 500 students).
I was part of quality assurance group in our annual tech-fest of our college.
I successfully completed mini marathon counducted in our college.
I am also taking projects related to finance via coursera.

I have not taken GMAT yet but plan to take it at July end of this year.

Many thanks for any insight or advice you could give me!
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Profile Evaluation LBS MFA [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 13 Nov 2019, 01:59
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Hey Devanshsharma2404,

You seem ambitious about pursuing a career in finance - This is reflected in the effort you have put in your personal investment projects. If this aspect is portrayed properly in your application, schools will be interested in this.
As far as the profile is concerned, six sigma and CFA will definitely add value so do highlight them. MOOCs - The certificate itself will add only marginal value, however if you use the learning to deliver a project or get an internship, this will get you brownie points.
Work ex, looks pretty fair as well, however the lack of brand names on your resume might be a bit of a dent, especially for the top schools.
You have mentioned that you are looking for some insights to build your profile further.
I would suggest you to check out our profile evaluation - This is not just give you insights on your profile strengths and weaknesses ; you will also get some recommendations on how to build your profile further.
Here's the link: https://mim-essay.com/profile-evaluation?gcf

Do check it out and let me know if it helped :)

Originally posted by MiMEssay on 21 Jun 2019, 01:40.
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Re: Profile Evaluation LBS MFA [#permalink] New post   21 Jun 2019, 04:26
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Devanshsharma2404 wrote:
I am a Indian student, 21, planning on applying to LSE Msc in Finance, LBS MFA and Imperial Msc in Finance and I would like to assess my chance of getting into one of them. I would be very grateful if you could provide me with some insight on how to improve my profile.
Here ids my profile:
Education and Certifications:
Undergraduate(77.05% till 5th semester) in Computer Science Engineering from India.
Senior Secondary Education India with 83%.
Secondary Education with 9 CGPA.
I also have certificate from six sigma and CFA Investment Foundation Program.
I am an CFA Level 1 candidate.
I am currently pursuing online course from Harvard Business School CORe.
I have certificate from coursera regarding various courses like financial market, business and financial moodelling,investment management, private equity and venture capital, etc.
Work Experience
Personal Investor
Dec 2018- present
Use technical and fundamental analysis of stock determination.
Read multiple press sources each day to determine stock fluctuations.
Manage small individual portfolio of Rs 30,000.
Sterling Software Pvt. Ltd.- Chennai
Technical Intern
May 2018–July 2018
Successfully delivered project to develop application on stock market news and display information using node.js.
Successfully completed the task of developing new programming skills and was able to refine previous skills.
Extracurricular:
I was part of hand ball team in my school during my secondary education. I also secured 7th position in an National Science Olympiad conducted at school level (7 out of 500 students).
I was part of quality assurance group in our annual tech-fest of our college.
I successfully completed mini marathon counducted in our college.
I am also taking projects related to finance via coursera.

I have not taken GMAT yet but plan to take it at July end of this year.

Many thanks for any insight or advice you could give me!


Looks good overall Devansh. If aiming for the LBS MFA, try for a GMAT score north of 720-30, as their average is 716 (as an Indian student, that little extra will help). Feel free to get in touch for a complete profile evaluation once you are done.
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Re: Profile Evaluation LBS MFA [#permalink] New post   24 Jun 2019, 03:22
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GPA looks fine (if my conversions are correct it looks like you are first class - important for UK schools). Work experience is weak. L1 of the CFA is nice, but not going to move the needle. What school did you go to? It it was say BITS, that would carry more weight than another school.

IMO - GMAT is going to be the most important part. I would aim much higher than the average. LBS is very international, but 10 points higher than the average with your profile isn't going to cut it unless they have a weak application year - a real possibility with Brexit worries.
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