即将申请finance PHD前的几点疑虑

iiyaya_sun

两天不来，这么热闹啊。

请前辈看看我的背景哦，我的本科成绩是75/100，真TM够低了！！！没人比我还低吧。 除了学校在国内拿的出手，不过人家也不一定知道。

另外，我是想现在申请，可我刚开始读Master，那我几乎就是以本科背景申了？

这样有机会成功吗？ 请牛人指点一二！ 实话实说，呵呵，谢谢！

neo1001

do you have some "technical" courses this semester? like micro, stat, or some math course? if you do, they can know your grades in your transcript before they make a decision...(so you must have excellent grades on these courses)

if all you are taking this semester are intro courses like Investment, Corporate Finance, then I don't think this will help you a lot...although it is still definitely positive to your application...

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iiyaya_sun

Thanks,LSNN!!!

This semester I have 3 classes: Financial Accounting, Managerial Economics(nearly the same as Micro and Macro,I think) and Quantitative Methods(using SPSS).

In my BA,I learned Stat,micro and macro,I learned micro well,but macro get a high score.

After this semester,I will have financial modeling class,but I have no maths classes,is this a big disadvantage?

Thanks very much!

darcie

math is a basic requirement , not advantage.   Just take the courses which have fancy "math" names, although they actually teach you nothing.

iiyaya_sun

Thanks.  但是马上就要申请了，估计要把这些数学课程的名字写上去有一定难度，下学期尽量把实分析放上去吧，但时间可能也来不及了。

对了，本科学过statistics，这个学期又开了计量方法，还有必要再修一个Statistics吗？ 或者说，修了probability and statistics 还有必要再修statistics吗？ 

谢谢牛牛！  如果牛牛们有什么定位建议也请提，我申请重点应该放在哪些学校上呢？

darcie

打个不是很准确的比方,  假设在所有chinese origin 的申请人里,  你的排名是R,
那么你申请的学校排名大概是R/2- R/3的样子 .    Just feel your rank according to first hand and second hand information.

iiyaya_sun

谢谢LS牛牛。

这个需要靠自己去感知了。 

那牛牛觉得是我把这个硕士读完和不读完申请的差别大吗？ 

是不是读完了，而且在这后续的半年一年里把自己的背景修饰强一点可以申请好很多的学校呢？

有时感觉不尽如此。

neo1001

from the perspective of the application, I think yes. You can take some econ/math courses (at the level of 1st year econ phd) in your 2nd semester. If you apply now, you do not have a lot to show...I have to say...

but if you apply after you finish your master, how can you stay in the US while you are working on your application? I mean, doesn't the new OPT rule require that you can not be unemployed for a consecutive 90-day period? Or, you can of coz find a job and apply when you are working... 

iiyaya_sun

Thanks very much!

I will give you a message,please check,Neo!