Dear all,
I am planning to apply to PhD programmes in Econ and Finance this year - will mostly focus on economics programmes and apply to a handful of finance PhDs actually.
I am not much acquainted with finance departmens and business schools and thus I'd really appreciate your comments and/or advise on where to apply. I want to specialise in time-series, financial econometrics and possibly asset pricing. Here's my profile:
Undergraduate:
-BA in Economics from top institution in Turkey
-GPA: 3.83/4.00, 2nd highest of my class
-Math Courses: 2 Calculus, 1 Matrix Theory
-Econ Courses: 2 Mathematical Statistics, 1 Advanced Macro (dynamic growth models), 3 Econometrics (both estimation theory and time series using linear algebra)
-Teaching assistant (solving problem sets in classes), 4 times
Masters:
-MSc in Finance and Economics at the LSE
-Graduated with merit.
-Courses: Financial Economics (arbitrage/martingale pricing, term structure, interest rates, discrete-time finance etc.), Financial Econometrics, Micro, Time-Series Forecasting, Financial Risk Analysis
-Dissertation: Time-Series Forecasting, distinction grade given - I believe this corresponds to an honors thesis in US system?
References: 3 from masters, 1 from undergraduate. I believe my dissertation supervisor and undergrad teacher will write good letters; diss. supervisor mentioned that my dissertation was among the best of my class.
TOEFL: 119 iBT
GRE: 790 Q, 650 V, 6.0 A
Computer skills: Gauss, EViews, Matlab - used Matlab for my dissertation and empirical analysis.
If you guys can comment on my chances and especially on where to apply, I'd be grateful. I had particiular difficulties in finding a finance department with some specialisation in econometrics. Thus far, I have only decided on applying to NYU Stern as they do econometrics and asset pricing.
Thanks
