Program: Master in Finance and Economics/ Master in Finance, Master in Financial Economics, Master in Finance
School Applying to: LSE, Oxford, Princeton
Undergrad Institution: McGill University (Top 3 in Canada, Top 25 in most global rankings)
Undergrad GPA: CGPA: 3.75
Major GPA: 3.93
Math Minor GPA: 4:00
Dean's honour list 2014/2015
Major/Minor: Finance with minor in Mathematics, also took honours level courses in Economics
GRE: 157 V, 160 Q, Writing Pending
Age: 22
Years of Work Experience: N/A
Published Work: One
Languages: English, French
Other:
Work Experience: Worked as Teacher's assistant for two Finance courses, also worked as a research assistant for a top renowned Professor, and my final report paper was to be presented to one of the best researchers in that field in Luxembourg. Worked in the Finance department of my University as a financial assistant and designed a system for patent royalty revenue distribution. Also worked as math review session instructor for big classes of 60-70 people.
Quant Experience: As part of my math minor I took many advanced math courses such as Ordinary differential equations, Linear Algebra 2, Calculus 3, Advanced stats, Hounours Econ Stats, Probability, Operations research, Financial derivatives and advanced market risk models.
Strength of LoR 1: From the Professor that I did research with and also asked me to be his TA next semester, he has published papers in top journals and had even made appearance as an analyst on TV programs such as CNN and Fox
Strength of LoR 2: From a professor with whom I took 4 courses with and received an A in all of them ( The highest grade in my University) and also was his TA for two courses.
Concerns: GRE quant score, my main and biggest concern is my low quant gre score, I was doing an average of 165 in all of my practice tests but somehow I managed to screw up in the actual test, I'm confident that if I retake the test I will get an at least 164 in q but unfortunately I don't have the time as my finals are approaching and deadlines are in early January. I've been working as a math tutor with great reference letters since my second year and I also have a 4.0 gpa in my math minor but I'm still concerned that my application would simply get disregarded because of my quant score. My main goal its to get into LSE master of Finance and Economics as I'm planning to apply for PhD after.