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California is nice, I am also thinking programs in UC. I had my Bachelor degree in China, totally different feel than in US I guess Missouri is cold.

Hi, are you also from China?

Thanks, yes, Santa Barbara has a PhD program with emphasis in financial mathematics. I am not sure whether I qualify enough for the UC programs. Do you know any other programs which would be safe for me. Thanks.

Greetings! I hope someone here could help me evaluate my profile. Undergrad Institution: Top #4 university in China Major: Business GPA: 3.6 (my school gives low gpa...) Type of Student: female international Graduate Institution: Claremont Graduate University Major: Financial Engineering GPA: 3.95 Type of Student: female international GRE Revised General Test: Q: 170 (98%) V: 159 (81%) W: 3.5 (35%) (It's strange, I feel my writing is very organised) GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: Not taken Program Applying: Statistics/Probability/Mathematical Finance Research Experience: Not very much. Only class projects. Time series project and data analysis. Several quantitative risk evaluation projects. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Top 2 ranking in class. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for Probability, and probably Stochastic Process next semester. Miscellaneous: Of course there are some relevant courses in my undergrad (calculus, linear algebra, probability & statistics), but my undergrad major is nothing very "math", I am taking extra credits in my current master degree to make up for this. Don't know whether they are "enough". (Real Analysis / Measure theory / some topology) -- PhD level needs this, right? And it is also foundation. (Probability, Stochastic Process, Math Finance) -- all A or A+ (Statistics Theory, Time Series Analysis) -- all A or A+ (C++, R) -- familiar with R (Discrete Mathematics) -- those proof techniques and combinatorics I also have plans to take 3 more math courses the upcoming semester. (Matrix Algebra) (Numerical Methods) (Non-parametric Analysis) Applying to Where: Preferable: California ~~~ (lovely weather~~~) UC Davis UC San Diego UC Santa Cruz UC Irvine UC Riverside USC Canada ~~~~ Toronto Waterloo Manitoba (know a professor there who likes me~~~ ) Also do you guys know any other safety schools? Like any good state universities Concerns I know international students have higher admission standards, but I have spent 1.5 years here in US. Does this affect any chances? Also how do the admission committees evaluate female students? Nothing discriminating, just concerns. I know it's hard to survive in PhD programs. I have plans to get PhD when I am still young and then work as counsellor in industry after graduation. Any other advice is welcome