Fin PHD 帮忙看看我的profile，这种定位可以吗

zjq407

UCR我记得他们今年整个PHD项目都不招生吧？Rice，UFL和UConn你这样的背景估计希望比较小，重点放在Utah,GSU这样的学校吧

I am interested in applying PHD in finance 2012. Please give me some advice about my application. My profile is as following,

GMAT 720/5.0
Previous edu-Undergrad&Master in Management Science in China. GPA is about 3.2&3.4
Three years of RA: Working on quantitative analysis
Publicationne international conference paper in Management field
Four other trivial papers in Management Science
Work Experience: Sales in a Mutual Fund Co. for one year in China

Current edu-Top 50 MS Finance in US: current GPA 4.0( expected graduation in May 2012)
Related courses: Calculus I/II, Statistics, Applied Econometrics, Applied Regression, Microeconomic Theory(PHD level, MWG, first 6 Chapters), Theory of Finance(PHD level), Mathematical Economics
Related Topics: STATA / SAS programming, Stochastic Process(Ito's, Brownian Process, etc), Linear/non linear Optimization, Matrix Algebra, Basic Math Analysis

One semester of RA in Financial topic: Working on literature summarization
Two semesters of TA in Finance course
RL: one from applied regression professor (A+);
one from Investment Class(A; the professor is relatively well known);
Try to get the third one from one PHD class, if possible.

In the application materials, I would like to attach one term paper from Applied Regression class, which is based on APT model.

Questions:
1. I would like to try about 35 ~40 schools. Could anyone please evaluate the chance for me to get a shot from Top 50~60?

2. Is there any tactical improvement that I can make for my profile. What characteristics should I emphasize in my SOP.

3. Here are the list of the schools: U South Florida, UT San Antonio, Texas A&M, U Houston, UTD, RIce, IIT, U Alabama, U Kentucky, Washington State, Syracuse, LSU, U Utah, UC Riverside, Wayne State, Rutgers, SUNY Buffalo, U Connecticut, Old Dominion, Georgia State, U Massachusetts, U Missouri, Louisiana Tech, U Florida, U Oregon, U South Florida, U Central Florida

What do you think of these schools? Are they realistic for me to apply?

I will appreciate your time and words~

-- by 会员 steve66 (2011/11/6 23:03:16)

steve66

tian老师，你觉得哪些学校是我该放在重点位置上的，哪些学校是我该放弃申的呢。
真心希望你能详细赐教~

Chances are quite low unfortunately... But does not hurt to try...

-- by 会员 xiaotian24 (2011/11/9 9:39:57)

xiaotian24

Your main problem is low under GPA. if your under school is not pku, tsinghua, or fudan, it is another minus... Try to target top 50-70 schools.

steve66

Your main problem is low under GPA. if your under school is not pku, tsinghua, or fudan, it is another minus... Try to target top 50-70 schools.

-- by 会员 xiaotian24 (2011/11/11 10:04:09)

Thanks a lot~

iiyaya_sun

我觉得LZ的背景综合上看还挺不错的。不过有一些项目对数学要求特别高，貌似你这方面不是很突出，比如偏微分、实分析之类的课你都没上过。所以可以尽量避免这类学校的申请。

另外从你的选校上看好像高的很高，低的很低，我觉得上面xiaotian老师给的区域很合理，像路易斯安那理工这类学校其实可以减少数量，保底的有个两所就够了。另外，提醒你一下，佛罗里达的学校申请难度比你想象的高。不管是中佛还是南佛。

steve66

我觉得LZ的背景综合上看还挺不错的。不过有一些项目对数学要求特别高，貌似你这方面不是很突出，比如偏微分、实分析之类的课你都没上过。所以可以尽量避免这类学校的申请。

另外从你的选校上看好像高的很高，低的很低，我觉得上面xiaotian老师给的区域很合理，像路易斯安那理工这类学校其实可以减少数量，保底的有个两所就够了。另外，提醒你一下，佛罗里达的学校申请难度比你想象的高。不管是中佛还是南佛。

-- by 会员 iiyaya_sun (2011/11/13 6:58:23)

我觉得你说的非常很有道理，我昨天跟我们的director也分析了一下，有些档次的学校其实不值得申得太多。我之前确实对自己的定位琢磨不太清楚，因为前两年的竞争实在特别令我不敢太冒危险。

你提到的数学背景也是我最担心的方面，而finance又非常强调这点。你能帮我再从下面的list里面再剔除几个你所指的数理背景要求很高的学校吗（就你的的了解或者熟悉的情况），或者我干脆一点希望都没有的那种，我再缩小一下范围。

非常感谢iiyaya_sun的指点~~



Oklahoma State U
UT Dallas
U of Utah, David Eccles
Georgia State University
Rutgers
U of Arizona State
U of Oregon, Lundquist
UC San Diego, Rady
U of Pittsburgh
University of Houston
U of Arkansas
Washington State University
U of Missouri, Columbia
Syracuse University
UT Arlington
Louisiana State University
U of Kentucky
U of Central Florida
U of Massachusetts
UT San Antonio
U of South Florida
Florida International University
U of Mississippi
Illinois Institute of Technology
U of Tennessee
UT San Antonio
U of South Florida
Florida International University
U of Mississippi
Illinois Institute of Technology

iiyaya_sun

我觉得LZ的背景综合上看还挺不错的。不过有一些项目对数学要求特别高，貌似你这方面不是很突出，比如偏微分、实分析之类的课你都没上过。所以可以尽量避免这类学校的申请。

另外从你的选校上看好像高的很高，低的很低，我觉得上面xiaotian老师给的区域很合理，像路易斯安那理工这类学校其实可以减少数量，保底的有个两所就够了。另外，提醒你一下，佛罗里达的学校申请难度比你想象的高。不管是中佛还是南佛。

-- by 会员 iiyaya_sun (2011/11/13 6:58:23)

我觉得你说的非常很有道理，我昨天跟我们的director也分析了一下，有些档次的学校其实不值得申得太多。我之前确实对自己的定位琢磨不太清楚，因为前两年的竞争实在特别令我不敢太冒危险。

你提到的数学背景也是我最担心的方面，而finance又非常强调这点。你能帮我再从下面的list里面再剔除几个你所指的数理背景要求很高的学校吗（就你的的了解或者熟悉的情况），或者我干脆一点希望都没有的那种，我再缩小一下范围。

非常感谢iiyaya_sun的指点~~



Oklahoma State U
UT Dallas
U of Utah, David Eccles
Georgia State University
Rutgers
U of Arizona State
U of Oregon, Lundquist
UC San Diego, Rady
U of Pittsburgh
University of Houston
U of Arkansas
Washington State University
U of Missouri, Columbia
Syracuse University
UT Arlington
Louisiana State University
U of Kentucky
U of Central Florida
U of Massachusetts
UT San Antonio
U of South Florida
Florida International University
U of Mississippi
Illinois Institute of Technology
U of Tennessee
UT San Antonio
U of South Florida
Florida International University
U of Mississippi
Illinois Institute of Technology

-- by 会员 steve66 (2011/11/13 10:05:46)

Oklahoma State U
UT Dallas
U of Utah, David Eccles
Georgia State University
Rutgers   Funding比较少 可以不考虑
U of Arizona State  有些难度
U of Oregon, Lundquist
UC San Diego, Rady  难度很大
U of Pittsburgh  可能性比较小 一般只招1-2人
University of Houston
U of Arkansas
Washington State University
U of Missouri, Columbia
Syracuse University  也比较困难
UT Arlington  系里偏房地产 综排后 你的背景去有点亏
Louisiana State University
U of Kentucky
U of Central Florida
U of Massachusetts
UT San Antonio
U of South Florida
Florida International University
U of Mississippi
Illinois Institute of Technology  这个学校很少被讨论了 可能是funding不足或是好教授很少
U of Tennessee

我也不是专家，但愿能帮上你，good luck！

steve66

非常非常感谢，你的这些经验非常有价值～thank a lot! iiyaya_sun

iiyaya_sun

非常非常感谢，你的这些经验非常有价值～thank a lot! iiyaya_sun

-- by 会员 steve66 (2011/11/15 10:21:54)

不客气申请好运！

fzxc613

UCR我记得他们今年整个PHD项目都不招生吧？Rice，UFL和UConn你这样的背景估计希望比较小，重点放在Utah,GSU这样的学校吧

你真搞笑，说反了吧,utah明显好于其他学校，gsu也不错