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cwwlys · 发表于 2010-11-7 22:38:40

最近也忙着在申请，希望大家给点意见。简单说说吧

applied math PhD from a tier two university (expected in May 2011) with concentration on math finance. intensive undergraduate teaching experience. three papers in Derivative Pricing (one submited, two preprints). 20+credits coursework in finance or related fields. GMAT 710. advisors will write very strong recommendation letters. one finance prof. also agrees to write me recommendation letters, but I do not know whether it will be strong or just an ordinary rl. participated many math finance conferences, and gave several talks. undergrad background is in pure math.

这样的背景可以申请啥档次的学校阿？申请多少所比较合适？谢谢各位了

BeBrave2011 · 发表于 2010-11-8 00:18:35

我弱弱的问，LZ你都博了为啥还要二博啊？

cwwlys · 发表于 2010-11-8 00:27:53

人生在于折腾。还年轻，想干啥赶紧干

我弱弱的问，LZ你都博了为啥还要二博啊？

-- by 会员 BeBrave2011 (2010/11/8 0:18:35)

xiaotian24 · 发表于 2010-11-8 01:05:18

while, i like you background. I think you have quite big hope for good phd programs. your biggest chance maight be 15-40 schools. for top 15 schools, luck is very important.

in your PS, try to emphasize your quan background and if you can identify some potential research questions, it would be a big plus. good luck.

cwwlys · 发表于 2010-11-8 01:17:37

Thanks a lot for your comment. I appreciate it.
I am revising my PS, and now it is more like a research statement. cause I think this is the only thing that can make me stand out. you know, my GMAT is just so so.

btw, is teaching important for a finance PhD? Though I have intensive teaching experience, I do not know whether I should emphasize it in my PS.

Thanks again.

while, i like you background. I think you have quite big hope for good phd programs. your biggest chance maight be 15-40 schools. for top 15 schools, luck is very important.

in your PS, try to emphasize your quan background and if you can identify some potential research questions, it would be a big plus. good luck.

-- by 会员 xiaotian24 (2010/11/8 1:05:18)

xiaotian24 · 发表于 2010-11-8 01:21:18

you are doing the right thing! In my opinion, PS shoudl always be written as a research statment. who cares about if you grew up in a small college or shanghai? reseach is what people care most... do not worry about teaching. nobody cares... but if you do have good record, it is a small plus...

Thanks a lot for your comment. I appreciate it.
I am revising my PS, and now it is more like a research statement. cause I think this is the only thing that can make me stand out. you know, my GMAT is just so so.

btw, is teaching important for a finance PhD? Though I have intensive teaching experience, I do not know whether I should emphasize it in my PS.

Thanks again.

while, i like you background. I think you have quite big hope for good phd programs. your biggest chance maight be 15-40 schools. for top 15 schools, luck is very important.

in your PS, try to emphasize your quan background and if you can identify some potential research questions, it would be a big plus. good luck.

-- by 会员 xiaotian24 (2010/11/8 1:05:18)

-- by 会员 cwwlys (2010/11/8 1:17:37)

irvin · 发表于 2010-11-8 01:29:08

我猜是Purdue的吧~~~觉得一定能去好学校的呢~~~去年一个Yale的stat phd去了Sloan，受鼓舞吧~~~

只是现在觉得，finance的热点在corporate finance而不是asset pricing了，特别是derivative pricing一堆stat，math的人在搞...反而finance的人做得不多

cwwlys · 发表于 2010-11-8 01:40:22

不是Purdue的。
关键是目前做的就是derivative pricing, 没有任何corporate finance的经历，想往上靠都靠不过去，虽然也上过一些课，知道大概怎么做的。你说的没错，做derivative pricing好的学校其实就那个几个，大多数其实是一些搞数学和统计的人在搞。不过没办法，不管想搞啥，总得先有个offer吧

我猜是Purdue的吧~~~觉得一定能去好学校的呢~~~去年一个Yale的stat phd去了Sloan，受鼓舞吧~~~

只是现在觉得，finance的热点在corporate finance而不是asset pricing了，特别是derivative pricing一堆stat，math的人在搞...反而finance的人做得不多

-- by 会员 irvin (2010/11/8 1:29:08)

irvin · 发表于 2010-11-8 01:45:21

我推荐U Toronto吧，招得中国人挺多，John Hull和White也在那，以前还有个Duan Jin-chuan，现在有个中国人叫什么wei的也做些pricing的东西

irvin · 发表于 2010-11-8 01:54:04

另外，UChicago Booth的econometrics PHD我觉得机会也蛮大的，今年有个中国人毕业，最后place去了cornell做assistant prof of finance...也算曲线救国到好学校拉~~~
难不成你是SB的么？

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