<p>No they are not. Most of the applicants are international so that won’t be a problem. Average GPA after college? Your dream WILL be over.</p>
<p>You will be competing with applicants who have PhD’s, experience as assistants to quants, quant developers and applicants from applicable fields such as signal processing. Many of them have won many scholarships and prizes and they all have super stats on paper. This is a graduate program and as such you will be judged purely on academics and intellect.</p>
<p>If you are not a US citizen, be prepared to be shipped to London (some say its better) or Canada for a job if you can’t get a work permit.</p>