Financial Engineering with no work experience

[nadimc]

Can you rate the chances of fresh undergrad going directly into a graduate program in Financial Engineering (in the likes of Berkeley, Columbia, Toronto, Michigan etc)? How important is work experience in that domain?

[tdpoets]

i know some of my peers who get into berkley with no work experience last April.

[pratikkothari12]

By No Work Exp - Do you mean no internships too..? I ask just because it's really tough convincing the adcom of your interests in that case.

On the other hands, many of the financial engineering programs have around 70% class WITHOUT work experience (Of course there are exeptions like Stanford GSB's program). So, I would say, you have an excellent chance.