灾难GPA求选校建议

ToffeeConmigo

大家好，因为我本科没有好好学习，快30了还在苦苦挣扎。目前在准备申请22年的MFE/MFIN，听老婆说chasedream对商学院申请很有帮助，就把她的号要来发了这个帖子，恳请各位帮我提供一些选校建议，谢谢！

Profile:
BBA in ACCT from 中南财经政法大学(2010-2014), GPA 2.52;
MS in Applied Econ & Fin from UCSC (2017-2018), GPA 3.47;
TOFEL 104; GMAT 790 (took in 2016) --- 当时出国是家里逼的，10月才开始准备，到后来很多学校都过了deadline，只申了USC, UCSC, 和UCR, USC拒了其他给了offer;
TOFEL 115; GRE 335 (took this Jan);
CPA designation; CFA III candidate;
2 years work experience in China as an accountant;
1.5 years work experience in the US as an accountant;
1-year working experience in the US as a web developer & financial analyst;
(All of the experiences are from small firms.)
Advanced Javascript user;
Intermediate Linux & Python user;
Learning C & C++ now;
(Coding has always been a hobby of mine. I started to systematically learn it from Udemy in 2020 after I decided to quit accounting)

I understand that top-tier FE programs are highly competitive and that an undergraduate GPA of 2.52 would be a critical problem. A graduate GPA of 3.47 is also not good enough. With regards to these concerns, I have the following questions:
1. MIT MFIN, UCB MFE, HKU MFIN 中的任意一所有机会么？有没有必要尝试？
2. If not, which programs/schools should I aim at?
3. I already took undergraduate calculus, probability, statistics, ODE, PDE courses, but considering my abysmal undergraduate GPA, should I took the same courses again (to achieve better results)?
4. 目前到申请还有很长时间，有什么增强申请竞争力的建议？

Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you.

不知火的小饼干

香港top校的授课型硕士会比美国的竞争小一点，港三都可以试一试，hkust今年好像有一个新项目，叫什么金融科技之类的，可以试一试。

ToffeeConmigo

不知火的小饼干 发表于 2021-2-15 00:33
香港top校的授课型硕士会比美国的竞争小一点，港三都可以试一试，hkust今年好像有一个新项目，叫什么金融科 ...

谢谢您的回复。 我会去了解

quinaeus

已经有一个硕士了，还是考虑MBA比较合适吧

ToffeeConmigo

quinaeus 发表于 2021-2-16 14:04
已经有一个硕士了，还是考虑MBA比较合适吧

感谢回复。我没有什么拿得出手的经验，申请工作也只能申entry level的，现在就想认真再念个master然后找个心仪的工作