Bachelors in Accounting & Finance from unranked South Asian university. Had an exchange semester in the United States at an unraked university. Masters in Finance from Western European university (top 100 university and the program is top 50 in financial times).
Not a lot of Math in bachelors (single variable calculus and matrix algebra). Two undergraduate courses in Statistics and one in Econometrics. One graduate course in Financial Econometrics. Took MOOCs in multivariable calculus, differential equations, stochastic processes, machine learning, and bayesian statistics.
With regards to schools, the choice is because of a few factors; no preference for location, financial constraints (sending official transcripts/WES evaluated transcripts will be expensive), trying to apply to a wide range, and some others. For Stevens I'm applying to the Business Administration program and not the financial engineering one.