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Originally Posted by ramlau
I think I can also write off Columbia Business School. Damn. It's one of my top choices... Too bad.
The pool is just getting stronger and stronger every year. That's how I feel.
Ram
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Hi Ramlau,
Yeap, I exactly share the same feeling.
The later posts seem to outperform and bizzare. Now, only very very ... few almost perfect profile (GPA 4.0; 800/800,800/800) could be confident about their chance in Econ / Finance at top 20 programs.
By the way, Here is my background:
Grad: MS in computational finance field (not very welknown in the US): 4.0 (3 semsters- one more to go)
Under: BS in Economics : 3.8 (international)
Math Grad: Quant. Method in Finance (mostly stochastic calculus); Numerical Analysis; Real Analysis I; Stochastic Process; PDE (ongoing); Financial Optimization (Ongoing); Topics in ODEs (relavent to finance)
A Finance Course may be taken in the list: Dynamic Asset Pricing.
Undegrad: (I do not put much weight on this curriculum which is not really good compared to under program in the US)
+ Econs (many - nothing big): 1 or 2 in econmetrics
+ Math: Basics courses (around 5 courses, same as other programs)
Publications: 2 (I do not believe it has much weight, done in my home country)
F.E. Research project relating to stochastic volatilty. I just put an abstract on my resume just to show what I did: (nothing big, not sure that it's good for application ?).
L.O.R.: I think they are good (not welknown professors) 2 from Finance & Econ Profs, 1 from Math Prof.
Teaching Assistant for Undergraduate: around 2 years in Math Department
GRE: 800 quant. : 590 verbal : writing : 4.0 (verbal part is hard for me; i don't have much time for it during my 3rd semster final exam week).
S.O.P. is o.k. (given my time budget).
Best