MBA / MFin

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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<p>Hi, </p>

<p>I am an international applicant from India. I've completed my MBA from a top 10 b-school in my country and have been working at one of the biggest US based I-bank (Job location is in India) in the Asset Management domain since then. </p>

<p>Although the job is great, I am not satisfied that it will take me where I want to be in the next 5-6 years in terms of career progression. Initially, I was planning to do a second MBA after 3-4 years but now I'm seriously considering the 2015 MFin program - What I want to achieve from this is to land into a more quant based role, build networks and in time, start a small fund of my own back in my country. </p>

<p>My Profile is as follows:</p>

<p>MBA : Finance and Strategy Major from a top 15 b-school</p>

<p>CGPA - 6.7 (Decent enough in my institute but not very stellar- topper has 8.1)</p>

<p>Job - Asset Management in a very renowned I-bank; Total experience would be 2 years at the time of applying</p>

<p>Awards : Won 3-4 National Level Finance Competitions, Published a few articles on websites and college magazines</p>

<p>CFA Level 1 ; cleared 2 actuarial exams on financial mathematics and Probability & statistics </p>

<p>Prior To MBA: </p>

<p>Engineering from an unknown and not-that-great institute. Nothing to boast about in terms of grades.</p>

<p>I have also been volunteering with a few NGOs in my spare time and am an avid blogger.</p>

<p>Just wanted some views on whether I can target some of the good MFin programs (MIT / Princeton etc) or should I wait it out another couple of years, build my profile further and go for an MBA degree after that? </p>

<p>Also, are there any similar programs in Europe which offer good career opportunities? </p>

<p>Cheers</p>

<p>PS : I'm also concerned about a potential black spot in my CV - I screwed up my Statistics course during MBA ( got a really ****ty grade - was very lax and didn't take it seriously at all - not because it doesn't interest me but I wasn't very serious in studies back then). How much of a spoiler is this going to be? Because from what I've gathered, the MFin Program in particular takes a solid quant & statistics background. I've cleared a couple of actuarial exams in Stats & Probability etc after this - does this help at all?</p>

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<p>I would wait a couple of years. You already have a lot of education and would benefit from more work experience. This is kind of a tough question to really answer also. I could see you benefiting from an MFE degree, but you seem to want a career that would be befitted from a top US MBA/MFin. Issue is there aren’t a ton of internationally known US MSF programs. </p>

<p>I would do this. Keep working and continue to pass the CFA. That is a internationally accepted designation. In a couple years maybe the MSF market will open up or you might just want to do an MBA in the US. Up to you at this point. IMO, more experience at your job will only benefit you regardless of the path you end up taking. </p>

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<p>Please keep it neat. then people may come answer</p>