读了一年的Finance PhD之后发现自己还是想进投行工作(front office, IBD or Sales&Trading,preferred location is Hong Kong, and as soon as possible), 想申请一下英国的target school念master of finance. 目前想申的学校有Cambridge (MPhil Finance), Oxford, LSE, Imperial, and Warwick. I will also consider MIT and Princeton. 其实最想去的是Oxford, 但是gmat要求好像蛮高的。 我的大致背景如下: 美国brigham young university本科, First major: Actuarial Science; second major: Economics; Minor: Mathematics. GPA: 3.72 cum laude honor(本来是3.9+的, 但是当时申请到了phd之后最后一学期不重要的课全水了,什么宗教历史政治成绩都是C,D之类的 ,幸好专业课还是A)。 美国Georgia State University念Finance PhD, GPA: 3.57 第一年刚结束。 GMAT: (verbal 超烂啊)美国的culture就是gmat gre直接裸考, 虽然我还是小准备了一下,但是仍然考得惨。。。oxford好像average都是730
Verbal Quantitative Total Analytical Writing Integrated Reasoning
33 / 67% 50 / 90% 700 / 90% 5.5 / 77% 8 / 92%
推荐信应该找之前在harvard做过research的教授和之前上过我Asset pricing的老师写吧
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Department of Finance, Georgia State University Sep 2013 - now
Doctoral Research Assistant
Department of Statistics, Harvard University Summer, 2012
Research Assistant for Professor Edoardo Airoldi
Department of Finance, Brigham Young University Summer, 2012
Research Assistant for Professor Todd Mitton
Department of Finance, Brigham Young University Dec 2010 - Apr 2011
Research Assistant for Professor Robert Schonlau
Key Courses taken from undergraduate school (BYU) COURSE SECTION COURSE DESCRIPTION HRS GRADE Mathematics Courses: MATH 1850 CALCULUS I 4.00 A MATH 1860 CALCULUS II 4.00 A MATH 290 003 Fundamentals of Mathematics 3.00 A MATH 313 004 Elementary Linear Algebra 3.00 A MATH 314 001 Calculus of Several Variables 3.00 A MATH 334 002 Ordinary Differential Equation 3.00 A MATH 371 001 Abstract Algebra 1 3.00 A MATH 341 002 Theory of Analysis 1 3.00 A MATH 342 002 Theory of Analysis 2 3.00 A MATH 435 001 Mathematical Finance 3.00 A- MATH 541 001 Real Analysis 3.00 A MATH 543 001 Advanced Probability 1 3.00 A MATH 544 001 Advanced Probability 2 3.00 A Economics Courses: ECON 1150 PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS 3.00 A ECON 1200 PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS 3.00 A ECON 257 001 Intrnl Trade & Fin 3.00 B+ ECON 378 003 Statistics for Economists 3.00 A ECON 380 004 Intermediate Price Theory 1 3.00 A ECON 381 005 Intermed Macroecon 3.00 A- ECON 382 003 Intermediate Price Theory 2 3.00 A- ECON 388 003 Intro to Econometrics 3.00 A ECON 450 001 Financial Economics 3.00 A ECON 580 001 Advanced Price Theory 3.00 A- ECON 581 001 Advanced Macroeconomics 3.00 A- ECON 588 001 Advanced Econometrics 3.00 A- ECON 582 001 Topics in Mathematical Econ 3.00 A Statistics Courses: STAT 124 001 SAS Certification 1 1.00 Pass STAT 125 001 SAS Certification 2 1.00 A STAT 151 001 Intro to Bayesian Statistics 3.00 A STAT 221 086 Principles of Statistics 3.00 A STAT 224 002 Statistical Computing 1 2.00 A STAT 230 002 Analysis of Variance 3.00 A- STAT 290 001 Communication of Stat Results 1.00 A-
STAT 330 001 Introduction to Regression 3.00 A
STAT 340 001 Inference 3.00 A STAT 474 001 Theory of Interest 3.00 A- STAT 475 001 Life Contingencies 3.00 A
STAT 511 001 Stat Methods for Research 1 3.00 A Finance and Accounting Courses: BUS M 490R 002 PhD-level Asset Pricing 3.00 A MATH 435 001 Mathematical Finance 3.00 A- ECON 450 001 Financial Economics 3.00 A STAT 474 001 Theory of Interest 3.00 A- BUS M 300 002 Financial Management 3.00 A ACC 200 003 Principles of Accounting 3.00 A Graduate-level Courses taken from undergraduate school MATH 541 001 Real Analysis 3.00 A (Textbook: Frank Jones. (2001). Lebesgue Integration on Euclidean Space. ) MATH 543 001 Advanced Probability 1 3.00 A (Textbook: Geoffrey Grimmett, David Stirzaker. (2001). Probability and Random Processes) MATH 544 001 Advanced Probability 2 3.00 A (Textbook: Geoffrey Grimmett, David Stirzaker. (2001). Probability and Random Processes) ECON 580 001 Advanced Price Theory 3.00 A- (Textbook: Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, Jerry R Green. (1995). Microeconomic Theory; James Munkres. (2000). Topology.) ECON 581 001 Advanced Macroeconomics 3.00 A- (Textbook: George McCandless. (2008). The ABCs of RBCs, an Introduction to Dynamic Macroeconomic Models; David Romer. (2011). Advanced Macroeconomics) ECON 582 001 Advanced Math Econ 3.00 A ECON 588 001 Advanced Econometrics 3.00 A- (Textbook: William H. Greene. (2008). Econometric Analysis) ECON 582 001 Topics in Mathematical Econ 3.00 Present (Textbook: Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, Jerry R Green. (1995). Microeconomic Theory;Other materials) STAT 511 001 Stat Methods for Research 1 3.00 A (Textbook: Fred L. Ramsey, Daniel W. Schafer. (2002). The Statistical Sleuth, a Course in Methods of Data Analysis) BUS M 490R 002 PhD-level Asset Pricing 3.00 A (Textbook: George Pennacchi. (2007). Theory of Asset Pricing)
Courses taken from PhD Finance program (GSU): COURSE SECTION COURSE DESCRIPTION HRS GRADE ECON 8030 GS MATH FOR ECONOMISTS 3.00 A+ ECON 9010 GS MICROECONOMICS ANALYSIS I 3.00 B ECON 9710 GS ECONOMETRICS I:STAT FOUNDATION 3.00 A+ MRM 8600 GS THEORY OF RISK SHARING 3.00 A+ ECON 9030 GS MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS II 3.00 B- ECON 9720 GS ECONOMETRICS II 3.00 A- FI 9400 GS THEORY FIN MGT FIN INST(PhD Seminar) 3.00 B-
劳烦各位大神帮我分析一下进这几个学校的希望大吗,听说进这些学校的人都牛上天, i am so weak in industrial experience 。 还有要进i-banking, is this the most efficient way for me right now, any advice? 感激不尽
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