harville Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Hi, I'm planning to apply this winter for finance PhD. Type of Student: Domestic(us citizen) Asian Male Test Scores (GRE): V164(94%) Q169(97%) W4.5(82%) Undergrad/Grad Institution Seoul national university(Korea) Program Bachelor of business admin., BA econ, BS stat(triple degree) Graduate Program MS in accounting(just finished 1st semester) Undegrad GPA: 3.97/4.3 (3.85/4.0) Graduate GPA: 4.15/4.3 (4.0/4.0) Research Experience: none Teaching Experience: none Work Experience: statistical research assistant(summer) at central bank + summer intern at a life insurance company(db analysis) Computing skills: R, SAS, LaTeX Courses: -Econ Intro Micro/Macro A+/A+ Intermediate Micro/Macro A+/A0 Econometrics A0 -Finance Financial Mgmt A0 Insurance and Risk Management A+ Investments A+ -Math Calculus for Business A+ Calculus I A- Linear Algebra I A- Intro to Linear Algebra A0 Intro to Mathematical Analysis A0 (textbook: Rudin, PMA) Numerical Linear Algebra A0 Real Analysis(undergrad) A0 (textbook: Folland) -Stat Intro Stat A0 Stat Lab A+ Intro Prob(calc based) B0 Regression Analysis A0 Design of experiments B+ Mathematical Statistics I/II B+/A+ Data Mining A- Survival Analysis A0 Time Series Analysis A+ Sampling Design A0 Statistical computing B+ Concentration Applying to: To be decided... maybe asset pricing theory? I am aiming for top 20 or top 30, or maybe top 10? I'm worried that I have virtually no research experience and that I took a dearth of finance courses.. I would appreciate an evaluation of my profile for this fall 2018 application season, and any tips/adviceoffered. Thank you in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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