gambit2290

Graduate Schools for Financial Engineering- MIT, Princeton, Stanford, CMU, UPenn, Cornell

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Couple of questions and chance me-

June 2012 graduate of UVA School of Engineering.
Double Major: BS Systems Engineering- 3.4 GPA
BA Mathematics- 3.3 GPA
Dec. 2012 graduate of UVA School of Arts & Sciences
MA Mathematics- 3.4 GPA

I have been working (part-time and now full time) in quantitative research group for local company and love utilizing both my math and systems engineering background and would like to continue my educational adventure by focusing addition graduate work in financial engineering, computational finance, or quantitative finance.

My questions are: -Which degree should I be looking into? Master's or Phd in Financial Engineering, ORFE, Computational Finance, or Quantitative Finance?
-Given the data points I mentioned above, would I have a realistic chance to be accepted to MIT, Princeton, Stanford, CMU, UPenn, Cornell. My research indicates that these are the top graduate schools for Financial Engineering.

Any thoughts are appreciated

b@r!um

Would you study Financial Mathematics at Stanford? That's their only finance-related degree I am aware of.

You don't seem to be good candidate for the Stanford program at this point, neither professionally nor academically. From the program website:

- 76% of their students majored in mathematics, but with an average GPA of 3.8.

- Stanford appears to have a rather exclusive taste in work experience: "Securing an internship in a leading financial firm prior to application serves as a reliable indicator of future success on the job market."

- The admission rate is 7%...

gambit2290

Good insight. Thank you