I'm going to apply to Msc Finance but I have no idea where to start and where to apply.
Please bear with me, I'm listing everything I've done with the mim-essay evaluation.
Basic profile:
Female, 20, Indian, Muslim
Academics:
Final year BBA student at a top 25 business school in India (Private)
CGPA: 9.43/10 | 4.00
GMAT 730
International Exposure:
Visited foreign countries but for leisure/travel, actually, accompanied my dad on his business meetings but I was having fun.
I know English, Hindi, French, Spanish (medium fluency, not certified, learnt through Duolingo)
Work Experience:
I have done 2 internships, one in Marketing after which I changed my career choice to Finance.
The first internship was in a marketing position at a startup as an early team, which was an endeavor in the startup ecosystem and I learnt about venture capital and equities, which resulted in a deep interest in finance.
The second internship was 2 months long, a finance internship at JP Morgan Chase and Co.
I received an intern of the month cert for the first internship.
Further education
I've done the Banking Virtual internships on InsideSherpa. It was JP Morgan and Future Impact and Citi but that's pretty useless I guess.
I have worked on many projects in financial modeling, stock trading, portfolio creation, etc, through Coursera Specializations, and I've completed the following Specializations on Coursera.
Financial Management - Uo Illinois
Investment Management - Uo Geneva
Investment and portfolio management - Rice Uni
Managerial Economics and Business Analysis - Uo Illinois
Investment Management with Python and ML - EDHEC
FinTech - Uo Michigan
Blockchain Revolution in Financial Services - INSEAD
Analysing - Numeric and Digital Literacies - Macquarie
Courses
Private Equity and Venture Capital - Bocconi
Advanced Valuation and Strategy - Rotterdam
Behavioural Finance - Duke
Financial Markets - Yale
Global Financial Crisis - Yale
Unfortunately there are many more and I feel pathetic lol.
Certified with SAS Programmer, SAS Statistical Business Analyst, working in SAS Advanced Programmer. I know Python, learning SQL, Good with Excel, learning Tableau.
Extracurricular Activities:
This is the worst part. I have never taken part in Sports because my religious parents never allowed me to. Like, zero sports. ZERO. NIL. The only physical thing I've done is Karate where I am a Black Belt.
I'm a part of the Cultural Committee of my Uni and the Finance Club which doesn't do a lot of ****.
For the volunteering part, I was a Fundraising Coordinator at an NGO for animal welfare for 2 months, after which I'm currently the Campaign Manager (one year as of now) and I manage the campaigns and create impact for sure. I was also the best Fundraiser the NGO ever had.
I presented a finance topic research paper in an IEEE conference.
I think that's it?
So I want to do an Msc. Finance, what should be my target schools and what are my chances in good universities. Also, I need a scholarship so will I have any chances in that? Mostly because, religious conservative parents.
I really don't know where to start. I'll furnish additional details if that's required. Thank you. Please consider giving me a few minutes.
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