perry87

Any thoughts would be great - thanks again!

Hi there, I've done a lot of reading on this forum so far and was hoping to find some help in evaluating my profile for grad school admissions. I've been out of my undergrad for a little over 4 years now, working in public accounting in Canada, and am looking to go back to do an MA in Economics or a Masters of Financial Economics. I was thinking of applying to the MFE program at U of T and Western in Canada, the Masters of Finance and Economics at LSE, the MSc of Managerial and Financial Economics at HEC and probably the MA of Economics at U of T and Queens. My profile is as follows: Undergrad: Undergrad in business from a top Canadian business school Majors: Business, but majored in economics and computer science for 2 years before transferring into business Undergrad GPA: 3.68 for four years, 3.88 in final year GRE: Just wrote, unofficial score was 166Q, 164V. I think I might be able to get a 170Q if I re-write, but just wrote yesterday so have to wait a month and know that will hold up applications for rolling admissions programs. Is it worth re-writing knowing that it will mean that it will hold up my application for rolling admissions programs (LSE in particular)?Courses (just picked the quant related ones): Calc I and II, full year of intermediate microeconomics, intermediate macroeconomics, econometrics, and finance. Also took a half year of advanced microeconomics last summary as mentioned below. Letters of Recommendation: Struggling a bit here. I can get strong professional letters of recommendation, but academic ones are more challenging since I've been out of school for over 4 years. I took an advanced microeconomic theory course last summer as a refresher, and got a 93, but it was taught by a PhD student - is it worth requesting a letter from him or is better to ask more senior professors I had 6+ years ago who likely barely remember me? Any advice is really appreciated - particularly around re-writing the GRE, reference letters, applying as a 'mature' student who's been out of school for a few years, and whether it's wishful thinking to get into these programs with my stats. Thanks!