申Finance PhD自曝背景求讨论求申友+2月1日重要更新

tiq1

求同申请的同学分享经历和背景啊!!!!!

-- by 会员 tiq1 (2013/1/19 4:02:17)

2013 Fall Finance Ph.D. Applicant
GMAT 700 (V:33, Q:50, AW: 5.5, IR:8)   (几乎没准备，在美国读小本的孩纸都知道哪有时间准备这些考试啊，国内读本科的同学都说花了至少一年准备GMAT,GRE）
BYU undergraduate, GPA 3.91 / 4.00, double major in actuarial science and economics, minor in mathematics.
Math courses
Undergraduate level:
“A”s in Calculus1, Calculus2, Calculus3, math proof, linear algebra, ODE, abstract algebra, real analysis1, real analysis2;
“A-“ in mathematical finance.
Graduate level:
“A”s in advanced probability1,advanced probability2 (stochastic process), real analysis

Stats courses
Undergraduate level:
“A”s in Bayesian statistics, statistics principle, SAS1, SAS2, statistical computing, intro to regression, inference, life contingencies;
“A-“s in analysis of variance, theory of interest, stats communication.
Graduate level:
“A” in stat methods for research 1

Econ courses
Undergraduate level:
“A’s in principles of micro, principles of macro, intermediate micro 1, statistics for economists, intro to econometrics, financial economics;
“A-“s in intermediate micro 2, intermediate macro 2;
“B+” in international trade and finance
Graduate level:
“A-“s in advanced micro, advanced macro, advanced econometrics
“Current Taking“ mathematical econ

Finance and Accounting courses:
Undergraduate level:
“A”s in financial management (bschool), financial economics (econ), principles of accounting (bschool);
“A-“s in mathematical finance (math), theory of interest (stats)
Graduate level:
“A” in PhD-level asset pricing (bschool)

Research: RA with two finance professors at BYU and one stats assistant professor at Harvard. No publication, no TA experience.
letter of recommendation (all should be strong):
One from BYU finance prof. I worked as RA for, graduated from MIT finance, actively publishing in top finance journals;
One from BYU finance prof. I took the phd asset pricing class from, graduated from Rochester econ, used to be a visiting professor at MIT, actively publishing in top finance journals;
One from Harvard stats assistant prof. I worked as RA for, graduated from Carnegie Mellon CS, actively publishing in top stats and CS journals.

Schools I am applying to (26, All finance Ph.D.): Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Duke, Michigan, OSU, USC, WUSTL, Washington, Utah, Minnesota, ASU, Arizona, UT-Austin, UNC-CH , UIUC, UCLA, UC Irvine, UCSD, Rochester, Rice, GSU, Colorado, Miami, Houston.


My weakness: 1. Low GMAT especially verbal; 2. performance in econ courses is not strong (lots of “A-“s, got a “C+” in micro principle in freshman year then repeated it to get an “A”); 3. No publication; 4. No TA experience 5.No industry work experience 6. Although BYU ranked top (#7 in the nation) in sending students to top phd programs such as econ, accounting, … but I am not sure about its performance in sending students to finance phd (sometimes good, sometimes bad), after all BYU is not top enough; 7. I am an international student.

-- by 会员 Dylan890328 (2013/1/19 4:44:13)

同感没时间准备GMAT. 我二战就是因为上summer准备一周就去了, 结果也只有710.

看到BYU就预感应该会引起一些讨论和版聊, 结果确实.

Research上来说我俩应该差不多.

应该说因为专业的不同吧, 和你的选课有些差异. 总体来说金融类课程比你多学了一些, Econ课程学的差不多多, 数学与数理统计比你少很多. 面上看起来可能差距不大, 但是你申请的时候优势却比我大太多. 据说phd programs都坚信“教一个本科math的人金融知识，要比教一个本科Fin的人数学知识容易得多" 这位BYU的同学在这一块比我走的超前了.

之前不了解行情申请的过少, 现在看来要跪啊... 还请你录到了之后不去的能让个机会, 有消息也多沟通.

tiq1

求同申请的同学分享经历和背景啊!!!!!

-- by 会员 tiq1 (2013/1/19 4:02:17)

2013 Fall Finance Ph.D. Applicant
GMAT 700 (V:33, Q:50, AW: 5.5, IR:8)   (几乎没准备，在美国读小本的孩纸都知道哪有时间准备这些考试啊，国内读本科的同学都说花了至少一年准备GMAT,GRE）
BYU undergraduate, GPA 3.91 / 4.00, double major in actuarial science and economics, minor in mathematics.
Math courses
Undergraduate level:
“A”s in Calculus1, Calculus2, Calculus3, math proof, linear algebra, ODE, abstract algebra, real analysis1, real analysis2;
“A-“ in mathematical finance.
Graduate level:
“A”s in advanced probability1,advanced probability2 (stochastic process), real analysis

Stats courses
Undergraduate level:
“A”s in Bayesian statistics, statistics principle, SAS1, SAS2, statistical computing, intro to regression, inference, life contingencies;
“A-“s in analysis of variance, theory of interest, stats communication.
Graduate level:
“A” in stat methods for research 1

Econ courses
Undergraduate level:
“A’s in principles of micro, principles of macro, intermediate micro 1, statistics for economists, intro to econometrics, financial economics;
“A-“s in intermediate micro 2, intermediate macro 2;
“B+” in international trade and finance
Graduate level:
“A-“s in advanced micro, advanced macro, advanced econometrics
“Current Taking“ mathematical econ

Finance and Accounting courses:
Undergraduate level:
“A”s in financial management (bschool), financial economics (econ), principles of accounting (bschool);
“A-“s in mathematical finance (math), theory of interest (stats)
Graduate level:
“A” in PhD-level asset pricing (bschool)

Research: RA with two finance professors at BYU and one stats assistant professor at Harvard. No publication, no TA experience.
letter of recommendation (all should be strong):
One from BYU finance prof. I worked as RA for, graduated from MIT finance, actively publishing in top finance journals;
One from BYU finance prof. I took the phd asset pricing class from, graduated from Rochester econ, used to be a visiting professor at MIT, actively publishing in top finance journals;
One from Harvard stats assistant prof. I worked as RA for, graduated from Carnegie Mellon CS, actively publishing in top stats and CS journals.

Schools I am applying to (26, All finance Ph.D.): Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Duke, Michigan, OSU, USC, WUSTL, Washington, Utah, Minnesota, ASU, Arizona, UT-Austin, UNC-CH , UIUC, UCLA, UC Irvine, UCSD, Rochester, Rice, GSU, Colorado, Miami, Houston.


My weakness: 1. Low GMAT especially verbal; 2. performance in econ courses is not strong (lots of “A-“s, got a “C+” in micro principle in freshman year then repeated it to get an “A”); 3. No publication; 4. No TA experience 5.No industry work experience 6. Although BYU ranked top (#7 in the nation) in sending students to top phd programs such as econ, accounting, … but I am not sure about its performance in sending students to finance phd (sometimes good, sometimes bad), after all BYU is not top enough; 7. I am an international student.

-- by 会员 Dylan890328 (2013/1/19 4:44:13)

突然想起另外一个问题, 数了一下光你po出来的就有40多个课, 再加上那些general education. 你是每个summer都有念书吗?

Dylan890328

那些经济学和统计的课呢？Graduate-level?

-- by 会员 hesitation (2013/1/19 8:30:59)

这些就属于master,phd都要学的大众课吧

Dylan890328

突然想起另外一个问题, 数了一下光你po出来的就有40多个课, 再加上那些general education. 你是每个summer都有念书吗?

-- by 会员 tiq1 (2013/1/19 8:40:45)

我暑假上的课不多，一般就是一门或两门GE课这样子，主要拿来搞research, 但是大学期都是18分左右，还有我本科已经上了四年半，总共要上五年。但就算这样子我这学期还在狂补GE和宗教课，BYU有12个学分的宗教要求伤不起啊

tiq1

突然想起另外一个问题, 数了一下光你po出来的就有40多个课, 再加上那些general education. 你是每个summer都有念书吗?

-- by 会员 tiq1 (2013/1/19 8:40:45)

我暑假上的课不多，一般就是一门或两门GE课这样子，主要拿来搞research, 但是大学期都是18分左右，还有我本科已经上了四年半，总共要上五年。但就算这样子我这学期还在狂补GE和宗教课，BYU有12个学分的宗教要求伤不起啊

-- by 会员 Dylan890328 (2013/1/19 8:52:33)

原来是5-year plan. 你的学校有任何动向吗?

kafkayang

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楼主我收回你申请学校偏高的言论，你这背景上的课相当的牛逼啊！BY the way, 请问你在byu时的学费和开销怎么样啊？当时最后悔的就是没去byu......

-- by 会员 kafkayang (2013/1/19 6:12:17)

我是教友，所以便宜些，一年所有费最多25000-30000.

-- by 会员 Dylan890328 (2013/1/19 7:32:51)

25000-30000是美元么？

Dylan890328

原来是5-year plan. 你的学校有任何动向吗?

-- by 会员 tiq1 (2013/1/19 8:55:42)

其实BYU 最有名的会计很早就有了5年的pre-phd program, 毕业出来的全是去最牛逼的学校，我现在都有点后悔当初没选会计。最近商学院里面的finance, marketing, isys 之类的才开始跟风搞一些phd课程来prepare学生。今年BYU 有6个人申finance phd，感觉个个都比我牛逼，搞得我只能主打排名较后的一些学校。 目前学校都还没什么动静吧。Pitt今年申请的人多吗，都是什么水平？我感觉楼主申请的学校偏少，可以再申几个，申请finance phd不仅靠实力还要靠运气

Dylan890328

25000-30000是美元么？

-- by 会员 kafkayang (2013/1/19 8:59:16)

恩，美元

tiq1

原来是5-year plan. 你的学校有任何动向吗?

-- by 会员 tiq1 (2013/1/19 8:55:42)

其实BYU 最有名的会计很早就有了5年的pre-phd program, 毕业出来的全是去最牛逼的学校，我现在都有点后悔当初没选会计。最近商学院里面的finance, marketing, isys 之类的才开始跟风搞一些phd课程来prepare学生。今年BYU 有6个人申finance phd，感觉个个都比我牛逼，搞得我只能主打排名较后的一些学校。 目前学校都还没什么动静吧。Pitt今年申请的人多吗，都是什么水平？我感觉楼主申请的学校偏少，可以再申几个，申请finance phd不仅靠实力还要靠运气

-- by 会员 Dylan890328 (2013/1/19 9:11:51)

对哦BYU会计各种牛X.

Pitt的申友不甚了解. 只知道申请Pitt Fin PhD的今年大概有70-80人（不是最终数据）. 据说招3个最多.

你们那边Finance的六个而且各个比你强......楼主跪了. 这就去申学校【捂脸】

Dylan890328

[对哦BYU会计各种牛X.

Pitt的申友不甚了解. 只知道申请Pitt Fin PhD的今年大概有70-80人（不是最终数据）. 据说招3个最多.

-- by 会员 tiq1 (2013/1/19 9:21:05)

pitt喜不喜欢内招嘛？