What schools should I be applying to? or more school?

[dwalk]

Hi everyone, I am new to the forum.
I am graduating in December with a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and am very much interested in the quant finance. My primary question is if I should pursue a more attractive background in statistics/finance before applying. Here are some of my current stats:

GPA: 3.7/4.0
GRE: 770 Math 500 Verbal (might get higher if I take it again)

Related Courses (with grades):
A - Differential and Integral Calculus
A - Multivariable Calculus (sequences and series)
A - Differential Equations
A - Vector Calculus
A - Space Systems Engineering

Work Experience (though not industry related):
2 years into college I started an 8 month "internship" at L-3 Communications, one of the largest defense contractors in the US. There I did, as you can guess, engineering work. Mainly CAD, drafting and process control. At college and up to now I have held jobs ranging from 15-20 hours a week to help pay for college. These jobs varied from CSR to tutoring and grading.

Extra Curricular Stuff:
- Team lead on nano-satellite (12" cube satellite) development team for about 1.5 years
- Systems Engineer for UAV team. I performed all kinds of tasks including Monte Carlo analysis.
- I'm also in few honor societies

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In addition, I have taken two programing courses in MatLab that includes numerical integration. Also, countless classes have required programming for assignments etc.

 

[alain]

What is your question exactly?

 

[Roger Trimble]

You might do better to put your undergrad education to work. There's big upside to UAV technology. But your question has been asked many times around here. Look around, and you might find your answer.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

The answer to your question is non trivial. We are working on a feature to help people like you to choose MFE programs based on criteria such as location, tuition, acceptance rate, expected placement rate, etc

 

[dwalk]

Thanks guys. Andy, do you have an idea of when this feature will be available?

Thanks

 

[Andy Nguyen]

dwalk,
The framework is in place. We are gathering info for the initial programs and ETA will be by the end of Sept.
We won't cover all programs at the beginning, mostly NYC area programs but will extend them gradually.

It will be a compliment to our Quant Network - Financial Engineering Forum - Application Tracker feature.

 

[CGiuliano]

Out of curiosity, why did you write "(sequences and series )" next to multivariable?

 

[dwalk]

The class included sequences and series....

 

[CGiuliano]

Isn't that typically in calc 2? Or, maybe I'm mistaken.