Request for Application Evaluation

[Varun Jajala]

Hello guys!

I'm kindly requesting you to review my credentials and tell me if I can apply for an MFE program:

1) Undergrad - Bsc. Applied Accounting (First Class Honours) from Oxford Brookes University,
- Bsc. Banking & Finance (First Class Honours) from University of London - London School of Economics

2) ACCA (Professional accounting body) - Affiliate for over 3 years

3) Work Experience - 3 years working in an accounting role.

4) Programming - Did the Pearson Vue C++ Associate level course and passed this course.

5) GRE - Verbal - 157, Quant - 159. I'm disappointed with this quant score and i wanted to know how big a factor this will be in the application process.

I also want to prepare for the GRE subject test Math and was wondering if this can add weight to my application.

Please let me know if I meet the criteria? If not, which other courses should i look into as I have an interest in the Finance field.

Thank you!

 

[Christopher lee]

Study for the GRE again. A quant score of 165 or higher is basically a must. Verbal is okay. Could definitely be better. You seem to have a great education background though. Maybe take some actuarial exams (p,fm,mfe) to work on your ability to combine math and finance.

 

[Yike Lu]

Based on this: https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/concordance_information.pdf, you should definitely retake. In the old GRE regime, 800Q was the standard. Look at how quickly the percentile falls off...

 

[Varun Jajala]

Study for the GRE again. A quant score of 165 or higher is basically a must. Verbal is okay. Could definitely be better. You seem to have a great education background though. Maybe take some actuarial exams (p,fm,mfe) to work on your ability to combine math and finance.

Thank you very much for your suggestions. Yes, i'm currently preparing to re-take the GRE test again. Hope the scores will be better this time around.

I was wondering if doing GRE Maths Subject test would add strength to my application given I don't have an engineering/math major in my undergraduate?

 

[Varun Jajala]

Based on this: https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/concordance_information.pdf, you should definitely retake. In the old GRE regime, 800Q was the standard. Look at how quickly the percentile falls off...

Thank you very much for your reply. Yes, it looks like the percentiles fall down very quickly indeed. What is the ideal/minimum percentile for a good application?

 

[pingu]

Thank you very much for your reply. Yes, it looks like the percentiles fall down very quickly indeed. What is the ideal/minimum percentile for a good application?

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