Advice and suggestions

[Gaganesh]

Hello mates,
I am still in my 4th-year bachelor's studying computer science with a CGPA of 7.62/10 (mid score) with 0 backlogs, I took my IELTS and scored band 7.5 and my GRE score is 143 (verbal) and 160 (quantitative) mid scores and my university is RVITM affiliated to VTU, India
I want to major in the field of finance, especially FA, FRM, MFE, and QF.
I have not published any research papers but did an internship under a chartered accountant firm for 3 months and some projects like a portfolio database management system, crypto portfolio optimization and risk analysis, cryptocurrency screener, and a ML project.
For my profile, all the top-ranked universities are ambitious are there any universities suitable for my average profile
For now I am considering Baruch FRM, Stevens MFE , NYU MFE but mfe fees is a bit high, Buffalo has some finance specialisation courses, Georgia state has a frm course and any other universities that could come under safe or reach ?? I am planning for fall 2025 intake
Thanks guys for taking your time and answering me....<3

 

[Tigga]

There are lot of applicants from India and you will compete directly with them for an admission. Your profile is not very strong based on the GRE/GPA alone.
You can get into some of the low ranked programs on QuantNet ranking but they will cost a lot of money and questionable employment prospect.
Why not work another year, save some money, take some online courses to strength your profile and apply for Fall 2026?

 

[Gaganesh]

There are lot of applicants from India and you will compete directly with them for an admission. Your profile is not very strong based on the GRE/GPA alone.
You can get into some of the low ranked programs on QuantNet ranking but they will cost a lot of money and questionable employment prospect.
Why not work another year, save some money, take some online courses to strength your profile and apply for Fall 2026?

Thanks for the reply tigga,
Yes I really see lot of Chinese and Indians applying for the finance programs and my profile is not better than avg, I'll just give a try for universities like stevens mfe which has good acceptance for Indians and some other FRM and develop my skills or just work on my profile before going for it.