shreyaspurohit
I have studied Mechanical Engineering from Pune University in India. Currently working as an Equity Trader and Investment Advisor at Kotak Securities (one of the biggest broking firms in India). 3 years of community service for the cause of child rights.
GPA : 3.17
GRE: Q-168 V-158 AWA-4
TOEFL: 105
Where do I stand a chance for an admit for an MSF?
Purdue, Urbana-Champaign, Northeastern, Boston College, Whitman-Syracuse, Imperial College London, Princeton University, USC, London School of Economics, NYU Polytech ( MFE - Corporate Finance Track), UCLA (MFE)
Kindly suggest any other good universities where I might stand a chance.
Thank you

I see the NYU Poly corp fin, so this might be barking up the wrong tree...
However, if you are interested in continuing in trading/investments, your going to want to be somewhere that has talent in asset pricing (available at most schools) and/or microstructure (how markets work; not universally available). I would add:
- LBS
- NYU Courant financial math (and not NYU Poly) - if your quant skills need sharpening; otherwise...
- NYU MBA. Stern finance has some top microstructure people (Hasbrouck, Pedersen) and financial econometricians (Engle...)
- Look at UIUC's MSFE program. I'm normally not a fan of these programs, but they've done theirs well
- Also look at a few other schools (besides NYU, Princeton, and Syracuse) that are more known for microstructure: Utah (really), Notre Dame, and UIC.
- Rochester's NYC program might be worth checking into.
- And as a good backup: Baruch's MSF.
Best of luck!