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@SagaG, I saw your tracker update, what does it mean? if you complete all these requisites, they will admit you? thanks!
Why is they asking for a course in PDE or Numerical Analysis? I mean in your French engineering school, you already took these courses right?
So I guess you are heading to LSE or Imperial !?
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@Moumou, yep I took these courses at Centrale (name of my school) and before to prepare the entrance exam.
I'll be heading to LSE or Imperial but I'm still struggling to make a choice... LSE program is purely maths and with no prior experience in finance, I'm afraid that I won't take completely benefit from the program. Also, Imperial's career service (well, their Business School career service actually) seems quite good: they keep posting about their recent meetings with future potential employers on the facebook group for the offer holders.
So no final decision yet...
I'll be heading to LSE or Imperial but I'm still struggling to make a choice... LSE program is purely maths and with no prior experience in finance, I'm afraid that I won't take completely benefit from the program. Also, Imperial's career service (well, their Business School career service actually) seems quite good: they keep posting about their recent meetings with future potential employers on the facebook group for the offer holders.
So no final decision yet...
I think that a lot of LSE students are fresh out of undergrads, so you should not worry that much for the lack of experience in finance...
If LSE program is purely maths, only an experience as a quant should be really helpful. Other stuffs can be taught by yourself with one or two good books!
If LSE program is purely maths, only an experience as a quant should be really helpful. Other stuffs can be taught by yourself with one or two good books!
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How many round of interview do you have?
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Thanks! I had mine last week. Do they send out email to inform you abt the admit or you have to check the status on the website?
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I just received a status changed to hold. Anyone has similar status update? :
"Your Application for admission is being held for further consideration. Please contact the MFE Office at mfe@haas.berkeley.edu or +1-510-642-4417 if you have questions about this status. In addition, you can visit our FAQ page at http://mfe.berkeley.edu/admissions/faq.html if you have general questions about the Hold status. We will send you an update by email within 48 hours and by mail within 2 weeks. Please contact us if the above timeframes have passed and you have not received communication from us"
Doesn't look positive to me as some had already received admit.
"Your Application for admission is being held for further consideration. Please contact the MFE Office at mfe@haas.berkeley.edu or +1-510-642-4417 if you have questions about this status. In addition, you can visit our FAQ page at http://mfe.berkeley.edu/admissions/faq.html if you have general questions about the Hold status. We will send you an update by email within 48 hours and by mail within 2 weeks. Please contact us if the above timeframes have passed and you have not received communication from us"
Doesn't look positive to me as some had already received admit.
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My application was recently placed on Hold status. The letter that accompanied notification of my hold status wrote:
After receiving this letter, I spoke with an administrator at their office, and they indicated that UCB intended to interview me a second time relatively soon. It would seem that it would be in my best interest to read the above books in short order.
My guess is that the Hold status in my case actually means that UCB wants to collect more information.
We advise you to complete the following:
• The admissions committee will schedule another interview with a current student or alumnus
• Take the preprogram courses in C++, Mathematics, and Statistics offered by our department
• Read Crack’s Heard on the Street, Hull’s Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, Brealey, Myers, and Allen’s Principles of Corporate Finance and Zhou’s A Practical Guide to Quantitative Finance Interviews and read the Wall Street Journal regularly
After receiving this letter, I spoke with an administrator at their office, and they indicated that UCB intended to interview me a second time relatively soon. It would seem that it would be in my best interest to read the above books in short order.
My guess is that the Hold status in my case actually means that UCB wants to collect more information.
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Kosta.. Since you have a second interview.. you still have a good chance..let us know how your interview goes.. If you don't mind, could you please share your profile?
Hey Michaelbevan, thanks for the encouragement. To be fair, I haven't actually received the interview yet, so there's a lot that can go wrong still.
I have an unusual profile for someone applying to an MFE program -- by training I am a scientist.
Education:
McGill University: BSc in Physiology, minor in Mathematics; MSc in Physiology,
University of Calgary: PhD in Medical Sciences.
I've co-authored 17 peer-reviewed academic publications. The majority of these publications utilized novel statistical analysis, novel time-series analyses and/or novel mathematical models.
GRE:
Quantitative - 780, Verbal - 680, AWA - 5.5
I am a CFA Level II candidate
Work Experience:
Presently running a small investment fund employing bespoke statistical arbitrage strategies of my own design.
Spent a year as a statistician at a company building medical diagnostic devices.
Spent 5 years in environmental risk assessment where I would quantify environmental impacts, then estimate present- and future-day concentrations using mathematical models, and then estimate future-day risk from these results.
Recommenders:
Two glowing letters from professors from my grad school days, and a solid letter from my last boss (medical diagnostic device).
My strengths have to be my demonstrated creative capabilities evidenced by my publication record as well as my proven ability to apply quantitative approaches in multiple fields. My major weakness is that I have no experience in finance. Also, it have been quite a while since I've taken a course in mathematics. While I can model, as well as run packages like Matlab, R and Excel, I may be a little rusty in deriving equations, solving differential equations or integrating formulas.
I have an unusual profile for someone applying to an MFE program -- by training I am a scientist.
Education:
McGill University: BSc in Physiology, minor in Mathematics; MSc in Physiology,
University of Calgary: PhD in Medical Sciences.
I've co-authored 17 peer-reviewed academic publications. The majority of these publications utilized novel statistical analysis, novel time-series analyses and/or novel mathematical models.
GRE:
Quantitative - 780, Verbal - 680, AWA - 5.5
I am a CFA Level II candidate
Work Experience:
Presently running a small investment fund employing bespoke statistical arbitrage strategies of my own design.
Spent a year as a statistician at a company building medical diagnostic devices.
Spent 5 years in environmental risk assessment where I would quantify environmental impacts, then estimate present- and future-day concentrations using mathematical models, and then estimate future-day risk from these results.
Recommenders:
Two glowing letters from professors from my grad school days, and a solid letter from my last boss (medical diagnostic device).
My strengths have to be my demonstrated creative capabilities evidenced by my publication record as well as my proven ability to apply quantitative approaches in multiple fields. My major weakness is that I have no experience in finance. Also, it have been quite a while since I've taken a course in mathematics. While I can model, as well as run packages like Matlab, R and Excel, I may be a little rusty in deriving equations, solving differential equations or integrating formulas.
Your background seems excellent for UCB : Phd, relevant work experience (statistics + investment fund), research, etc.
I guess the applicants pool is really strong this year.
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