owais Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Hello Everyone! Guys, I am currently looking for an MA in Economics from Canadian Universities. My main concern is to get a place in and MA program with full funding and I am willing to pursue a PhD in Economics later on. As an Introduction of mine, I have done a 4 years Bachelors Degree in Actuarial Science and Risk Management from a Pakistan State university; University of Karachi. I got a CGPA of 3.16/4. I have been working with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Pakistan for last three years in its Risk Advisory Department. My main responsibilities include research and development of risk models using various statistical/econometric techniques. In short, my work experience is pretty much related to Economics. I have also cleared Financial Risk Manager (FRM) exam which is a USA based Risk Management certification. I have got 7 bands in IELTS. I will be appearing in GRE in January and pretty hopeful to score somewhere around 700-730 in Q. I have got one recommendation letter from an Econometrics prof, a letter from Computer Packages (IT) prof and a letter from my employer (PwC). My main questions are: Can I apply for MA Economics with a Bachelors in Actuarial Science and Risk Management? As most universities are asking for the BA economics degree. Which universities should I apply as per my profile? Will my work experience be an added advantage for the admission? What chances do I stand to secure a position and the funding? Please guide me in this regard. Thank you. Owais Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owais Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 I applied to UK universities last year and got offers from City University, London for its Financial Economics programme and from Queen Mary University for its MSc Mathematical Finance programme. I got a scholarship of around 60% from Queen Marry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danoo Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I applied to UK universities last year and got offers from City University, London for its Financial Economics programme and from Queen Mary University for its MSc Mathematical Finance programme. I got a scholarship of around 60% from Queen Marry. Can you please provide your profile i.e. GPA Major Work Experience Etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owais Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Thanks for you reply Danoo. I have got an overall CGPA of 3.16/4(74%) in my bachelors in Actuarial Science and Risk Management. I have a GPA of 3.2/4 in the 6 Economics subjects. I have been working with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Pakistan for last three years. My core responsibility encompassed research and development of financial/econometric models for our clients. These primarily include Value at Risk (VaR) Models, Backtesting, Stress Testing etc. Additionally, I have also been actively engaged in the research and development of ‘Industry Risk Rating’ model which is first of its kind in the Pakistani financial market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivgan3 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Good job profile, why do you want to leave the current profile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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