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Hello Ma'am,

I am Indian and planning to apply for Ms in Finance in US.

GMAT : 660 ( Q-50, v-28)
Degree: Bachelor of Management studies (Specialization in Finance) with 69% (highest in my class at that time was 79 %)
Degree from Mumbai University

Work experience - 18 months
1 year at broking firm ( not so renowned)
6 months at Crisil Ltd (subsidiary of Standard & Poor's)

Future goal: Work in the equity research field

Target Schools

MIT Sloan
Boston Carrol College
Vandy
Simon Rochester

What are my chances considering my high quant score ? ?

What more Information should I provide ?
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Hello Ma'am,

I am Indian and planning to apply for Ms in Finance in US.

GMAT : 660 ( Q-50, v-28)
Degree: Bachelor of Management studies (Specialization in Finance) with 69% (highest in my class at that time was 79 %)
Degree from Mumbai University

Work experience - 18 months
1 year at broking firm ( not so renowned)
6 months at Crisil Ltd (subsidiary of Standard & Poor's)

Future goal: Work in the equity research field

Target Schools

MIT Sloan
Boston Carrol College
Vandy
Simon Rochester

What are my chances considering my high quant score ? ?

What more Information should I provide ?
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You have a chance at all your target programs except MIT Sloan, where your chances are poor.

Don't count on your quant score to make up for lack of work experience and the low verbal. Try to improve your verbal score and perhaps work for an additional year before applying. The additional work experience is less important at Rochester, which welcomes early career applicants.

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Hello Ma'am,

I am Indian and planning to apply for Ms in Finance in US.

GMAT : 660 ( Q-50, v-28)
Degree: Bachelor of Management studies (Specialization in Finance) with 69% (highest in my class at that time was 79 %)
Degree from Mumbai University

Work experience - 18 months
1 year at broking firm ( not so renowned)
6 months at Crisil Ltd (subsidiary of Standard & Poor's)

Future goal: Work in the equity research field

Target Schools

MIT Sloan
Boston Carrol College
Vandy
Simon Rochester

What are my chances considering my high quant score ? ?

What more Information should I provide ?

You have a chance at all your target programs except MIT Sloan, where your chances are poor.

Don't count on your quant score to make up for lack of work experience and the low verbal. Try to improve your verbal score and perhaps work for an additional year before applying. The additional work experience is less important at Rochester, which welcomes early career applicants.

Best,
Linda
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Thank you Linda for your help
May I ask you why are your emphasizing on Work-experience ? Because All my target schools have admits with average of 1.5 yr of work-ex.

Can you tell me, which other universities I should target ? ( I am asking question because I believe your vast knowledge can help me in researching more universities )

thanks again.
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Hello Ma'am,

I am Indian and planning to apply for Ms in Finance in US.

GMAT : 660 ( Q-50, v-28)
Degree: Bachelor of Management studies (Specialization in Finance) with 69% (highest in my class at that time was 79 %)
Degree from Mumbai University

Work experience - 18 months
1 year at broking firm ( not so renowned)
6 months at Crisil Ltd (subsidiary of Standard & Poor's)

Future goal: Work in the equity research field

Target Schools

MIT Sloan
Boston Carrol College
Vandy
Simon Rochester

What are my chances considering my high quant score ? ?

What more Information should I provide ?

You have a chance at all your target programs except MIT Sloan, where your chances are poor.

Don't count on your quant score to make up for lack of work experience and the low verbal. Try to improve your verbal score and perhaps work for an additional year before applying. The additional work experience is less important at Rochester, which welcomes early career applicants.

Best,
Linda

Thank you Linda for your help
May I ask you why are your emphasizing on Work-experience ? Because All my target schools have admits with average of 1.5 yr of work-ex.

Can you tell me, which other universities I should target ? ( I am asking question because I believe your vast knowledge can help me in researching more universities )

thanks again.
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Your welcome, but I think you are misinformed about average work experience. . MIT Sloan does not have an average WE at matriculation of 1.5 years. I think it's much closer to 5. Rochester's class profile says that 59% of the class has 3 or more years of work experience and that the average amount of work experience is 4.1 years. Vandy's web site says, "In recent years, nearly all Vanderbilt MBA students have had at least one year of significant full-time work experience, and 90% have worked three or more years before enrollment. " Carrollsays that its class of 2011 had at matriculation an average of 4.4 years of work experience.

As I mentioned in my earlier post, you have a chance at all these programs if you can show faster than average progression in your jobs. If not, why not just wait an additional year?

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Linda
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Sorry Ma'am,There is some miss-communication. I am looking for Ms in Finance, as mentioned in my 1st post.

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Sorry Ma'am,There is some miss-communication. I am looking for Ms in Finance, as mentioned in my 1st post.

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You're right. sorry I missed that. In that case, you have a competitive profile for those programs with MIT being a stretch.

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