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  1. Thanks dafodil, I will definitely check that out and keep that part out of my application. To clarify: My main priority is academics and research, but I would like to consider working in the industry if my research proves valuable. My reasoning is that many technical positions in the industry (especially risk) require a PhD.
  2. Hi everyone, I plan to apply for Finance PhD beginning from Fall 2012. Here is my profile: Undergrad: BBA Marketing (GPA: 3.53) from small Oklahoma university Coursework: Calculus I©, College Algebra(A) Grad: MBA from small Oklahoman university (GPA:4.0) Coursework: Advanced Financial Management (mostly Corporate topics), Managerial Economics, Business Statistics MS in Quantitative Financial Economics from top 50 school (GPA:4.0) Coursework: Numerical Analysis(A), Linear Algebra(A), Math Stats(A), Probability(A), Mathematical Economics(A), Intro to Econometrics(A), Fixed-Income(A), Derivatives(A), Risk Management(A) Worked under 2 professors as Research Analyst but without many meaningful assignments. Competed in Tulane Trading Competition and Rotman International Trading Competition but without much success. Enrolled in CFA (level 1) but failed this June. Planning to write again next June. Also considering the PRM since it's more closely aligned with my goals. Work Experience: 1 summer with Citigroup in New York + 3-year internship with business development office helping firms develop business and marketing plans, business evaluations, SBA loan assistance GRE: 790(Q)/690(V)/5.0(W) Research Interests: I'm looking to refine this more but so far I'm interested in risk management, asset pricing and market regulation. I would like to consider working in the industry after PhD so want to make these as practical as possible. Recommendations: one from adviser (will be good), one from research professor (good) and possibly one from math econ. prof (should be decent) I realize a lack of math background will limit my choices of University but I only have a single semester to go until graduation and 1 free class to choose so not much I can do about it now. Do you have any opinion on research areas? Are these reasonable for my level. I'm looking at: University of Rochester, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, University of Florida and University of Texas-San Antonio. Looking to add about 5 more to this list. -Thanks
  3. Hi David, I'd really appreciate your help in evaluating my profile. I graduated from a small school in OKlahoma this May and have been on OPT since then. I have not yet found a job. I took GRE last week and made 1480 (790Q, 690V,AWA coming soon). My bachelors degree is in marketing but i wish to apply for a journalism MA degree. My biiggest concern is funding. I have plenty of writing samples and recommendations to add to my application but am not sure which universities to apply to and where i can get a good funding source. Hopefully that is how you can aid me. The universities I'm looking at now are: Columbia University, Northwestern, UNY, Boston University, UC Berkeley and possibly Oklahoma University. Will my 'gap year' need to be explained in my application? Are there other programs that might be better funded than journalism? Are there any other schools i might give a shot? Thank you very much for any help! sincerely-
  4. Hey, just got done with GRE after one month of solid studying. Research quant section was awful and quite depressing but I'm more than satisfied with end result. I'm now looking for schools and programs, possibly finance or journalism. Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks to testmagic for all the help!
  5. The Question is asking what the thousand's digit is (10^3) not thousandth's. Therefore it could be 10,000/8=1,250. Thousands is 1 in this case. But if n=64,000 is divided by 8 then thousands column is 8. (D)
  6. The Question is asking what the thousand's digit is (10^3) not thousandth's. Therefore it could be 10,000/8=1,250. Thousands is 1 in this case. But if n=64,000 is divided by 8 then thousands column is 8. (D)
  7. 22. If -3 Col A: 1/x Col B: -3 X could be 1/-100, in which case Col A: -100 and Col B is bigger. If x is -1 then A is -1 and it is now larger. Not enough information (D)
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