跨专业申请MFE，真诚恳求各位CDer给出建议

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就知道涉及到top 1234的帖子肯定会歪。。。直接自报家门多好，省得口水。。。。

不歪楼。。。LZ考个GRE Math Sub可能有帮助，毕竟时间不多了，补不了几门数学课了(全香港的BBA的year 1都是基础课。。。kind of a waste of time)

以坑U的水平找个HSBC投行的development的internship还是不难的，BB的tech可能也还有opening....S&T希望不大（基本被你们的EF包了）

-- by 会员 hangli2 (2013/2/15 22:29:00)

谢谢学长指点，UCB的MFE一直是我的梦想。


我个人在有一点上比较偏执，就是绝对不去投行做IT，即使是GS也不去...我会尽全力找一下国内的PE或者券商的S&T(学长觉得这些有帮助对吗？）


今年market非常不好，EF也走的不好....我现在知道的去了BB的全都是network

-- by 会员 sprinttime (2013/2/15 23:04:39)

读完MFE，最有可能的也就是去做码农。但是应该高兴才对，MSF毕业的连码农都做不了。

另外市场自08年以来每年都不好，所以跟年景无关。

lonaysta

表示持续关注本帖，终于又见到一个BBA背景申MFE的了，这几年一直以为自己是独一个呢……不过LZ背景还是比我犀利太多啦～

JonFrank

Hi, my friend! Thus far, you have a great background. You have a good undergraduate education and academic scores. In addition, your work-related experience is very impressive. These factors will be helpful in your future application, and I’d definitely suggest that you aim fortop-tier programs. I’d also like to offer you a few pieces of advice as you move forward.

First, as you may know, an MFE is more of a math degree, and schools are looking for candidates who havevery strong backgrounds in math. You need to study courses like stochastic process, calculus, and advanced statistics. This background will better prepare you for an MFE program.

Secondly, you need to present strong programming skills, based on C++ or MATLAB. These are necessary tools for success in the real world with an MFE degree.

Finally, if you can pass the CFA level oneexam, that would be a huge advantage. Because your undergrad major is I.S., you also need to show your interest and preparation in finance.

You wanted to know whether it would be harder for you to get an MSF degree. An MSF is a pure finance degree so if you want to apply for this program, you need to take on more finance courses and definitely aim to ace the CFA.

Hope this helps!

Jon Frank
HBS 2005

sprinttime

Hi, my friend! Thus far, you have a great background. You have a good undergraduate education and academic scores. In addition, your work-related experience is very impressive. These factors will be helpful in your future application, and I’d definitely suggest that you aim fortop-tier programs. I’d also like to offer you a few pieces of advice as you move forward.

First, as you may know, an MFE is more of a math degree, and schools are looking for candidates who havevery strong backgrounds in math. You need to study courses like stochastic process, calculus, and advanced statistics. This background will better prepare you for an MFE program.

Secondly, you need to present strong programming skills, based on C++ or MATLAB. These are necessary tools for success in the real world with an MFE degree.

Finally, if you can pass the CFA level oneexam, that would be a huge advantage. Because your undergrad major is I.S., you also need to show your interest and preparation in finance.

You wanted to know whether it would be harder for you to get an MSF degree. An MSF is a pure finance degree so if you want to apply for this program, you need to take on more finance courses and definitely aim to ace the CFA.

Hope this helps!

Jon Frank
HBS 2005

-- by 会员 JonFrank (2013/2/20 11:40:24)

Hi Jon,


Thank you so much for this comprehensive reply. I apologize for this late reply ( I didn't check it regularly...)


Next Semester, I will take an exchange program at Notre Dame in which I plan to study 4 Mathematics courses to enhance my Mathematics background. But this might be a little bit too late since when the result came out, most applications shall have ended. Nevertheless, I will give it a try.


Now the problem really is the timing. The ideal time for me to submit the application is definitely late December because I will have a great GPA at a U.S. College (hopefully, haha), one or two convincing reference letters from ND and more importantly, a more suitable background.


Any tips on how I should spend my time at ND? Football is definitely on schedule, haha.

lonaysta

Hi, my friend! Thus far, you have a great background. You have a good undergraduate education and academic scores. In addition, your work-related experience is very impressive. These factors will be helpful in your future application, and I’d definitely suggest that you aim fortop-tier programs. I’d also like to offer you a few pieces of advice as you move forward.

First, as you may know, an MFE is more of a math degree, and schools are looking for candidates who havevery strong backgrounds in math. You need to study courses like stochastic process, calculus, and advanced statistics. This background will better prepare you for an MFE program.

Secondly, you need to present strong programming skills, based on C++ or MATLAB. These are necessary tools for success in the real world with an MFE degree.

Finally, if you can pass the CFA level oneexam, that would be a huge advantage. Because your undergrad major is I.S., you also need to show your interest and preparation in finance.

You wanted to know whether it would be harder for you to get an MSF degree. An MSF is a pure finance degree so if you want to apply for this program, you need to take on more finance courses and definitely aim to ace the CFA.

Hope this helps!

Jon Frank
HBS 2005

-- by 会员 JonFrank (2013/2/20 11:40:24)

Hi Jon,


Thank you so much for this comprehensive reply. I apologize for this late reply ( I didn't check it regularly...)


Next Semester, I will take an exchange program at Notre Dame in which I plan to study 4 Mathematics courses to enhance my Mathematics background. But this might be a little bit too late since when the result came out, most applications shall have ended. Nevertheless, I will give it a try.


Now the problem really is the timing. The ideal time for me to submit the application is definitely late December because I will have a great GPA at a U.S. College (hopefully, haha), one or two convincing reference letters from ND and more importantly, a more suitable background.


Any tips on how I should spend my time at ND? Football is definitely on schedule, haha.

-- by 会员 sprinttime (2013/2/25 0:40:45)

貌似只有Cornell的ddl你12月出成绩赶不上。。。UMich得第二轮，可能还有几个得第二轮的。。不过MFE的rolling的没有MSF的那么多，而且比如10月就开放申请了的什么的比较少。估计LZ这背景也只会考虑几个牛的吧，那几个比较牛的可能就Cornell，Columbia你赶着比较费劲点儿，像UCB和UCLA这种的时间都很够的，哦对MIT Mfin也有点儿晚。。。。

sugaryang7

乃们都是牛人

sprinttime

Hi, my friend! Thus far, you have a great background. You have a good undergraduate education and academic scores. In addition, your work-related experience is very impressive. These factors will be helpful in your future application, and I’d definitely suggest that you aim fortop-tier programs. I’d also like to offer you a few pieces of advice as you move forward.

First, as you may know, an MFE is more of a math degree, and schools are looking for candidates who havevery strong backgrounds in math. You need to study courses like stochastic process, calculus, and advanced statistics. This background will better prepare you for an MFE program.

Secondly, you need to present strong programming skills, based on C++ or MATLAB. These are necessary tools for success in the real world with an MFE degree.

Finally, if you can pass the CFA level oneexam, that would be a huge advantage. Because your undergrad major is I.S., you also need to show your interest and preparation in finance.

You wanted to know whether it would be harder for you to get an MSF degree. An MSF is a pure finance degree so if you want to apply for this program, you need to take on more finance courses and definitely aim to ace the CFA.

Hope this helps!

Jon Frank
HBS 2005

-- by 会员 JonFrank (2013/2/20 11:40:24)

Hi Jon,


Thank you so much for this comprehensive reply. I apologize for this late reply ( I didn't check it regularly...)


Next Semester, I will take an exchange program at Notre Dame in which I plan to study 4 Mathematics courses to enhance my Mathematics background. But this might be a little bit too late since when the result came out, most applications shall have ended. Nevertheless, I will give it a try.


Now the problem really is the timing. The ideal time for me to submit the application is definitely late December because I will have a great GPA at a U.S. College (hopefully, haha), one or two convincing reference letters from ND and more importantly, a more suitable background.


Any tips on how I should spend my time at ND? Football is definitely on schedule, haha.

-- by 会员 sprinttime (2013/2/25 0:40:45)

貌似只有Cornell的ddl你12月出成绩赶不上。。。UMich得第二轮，可能还有几个得第二轮的。。不过MFE的rolling的没有MSF的那么多，而且比如10月就开放申请了的什么的比较少。估计LZ这背景也只会考虑几个牛的吧，那几个比较牛的可能就Cornell，Columbia你赶着比较费劲点儿，像UCB和UCLA这种的时间都很够的，哦对MIT Mfin也有点儿晚。。。。

-- by 会员 lonaysta (2013/2/25 1:06:31)

谢谢，我还没看过每个学校的截止日期，我以为大部分都是12月1日截止的...

JonFrank

Hi, my friend! Thus far, you have a great background. You have a good undergraduate education and academic scores. In addition, your work-related experience is very impressive. These factors will be helpful in your future application, and I’d definitely suggest that you aim fortop-tier programs. I’d also like to offer you a few pieces of advice as you move forward.

First, as you may know, an MFE is more of a math degree, and schools are looking for candidates who havevery strong backgrounds in math. You need to study courses like stochastic process, calculus, and advanced statistics. This background will better prepare you for an MFE program.

Secondly, you need to present strong programming skills, based on C++ or MATLAB. These are necessary tools for success in the real world with an MFE degree.

Finally, if you can pass the CFA level oneexam, that would be a huge advantage. Because your undergrad major is I.S., you also need to show your interest and preparation in finance.

You wanted to know whether it would be harder for you to get an MSF degree. An MSF is a pure finance degree so if you want to apply for this program, you need to take on more finance courses and definitely aim to ace the CFA.

Hope this helps!

Jon Frank
HBS 2005

-- by 会员 JonFrank (2013/2/20 11:40:24)

Hi Jon,


Thank you so much for this comprehensive reply. I apologize for this late reply ( I didn't check it regularly...)


Next Semester, I will take an exchange program at Notre Dame in which I plan to study 4 Mathematics courses to enhance my Mathematics background. But this might be a little bit too late since when the result came out, most applications shall have ended. Nevertheless, I will give it a try.


Now the problem really is the timing. The ideal time for me to submit the application is definitely late December because I will have a great GPA at a U.S. College (hopefully, haha), one or two convincing reference letters from ND and more importantly, a more suitable background.


Any tips on how I should spend my time at ND? Football is definitely on schedule, haha.

-- by 会员 sprinttime (2013/2/25 0:40:45)

Hi there, my friend. It’s clear youhave solid goals and a firm plan. For your exchange program next semester, Ithink it’s a great idea to take math courses to improve your quantitativeskills. Even thought you might not be able to get the final grades in time foryour new applications, you can speak about your exchange experiences in yourapplications. Getting one or more reference letters from math professors at ND wouldbe hugely helpful. And of course, enjoy the Fighting Irish football! Notre Damehas a great team.

One last piece of advice for yourexchange time… Since you will be in the States, you can actually arrange visitsto the schools you are interested in applying to. While you’re visiting them, Iwould definitely recommend sitting in on a few classes and introducing yourselfat the admissions office. This is a great way to establish a connection earlywith any university. Hope this helps!

----Jon Frank