<p>Hello,
I am international applicant for MS Finance program. I wanted your views on which schools should I be applying? my profile:
GMAT - 560, TOEFL: 102
MBA (Finance) 2008, B.Sc. (Physics)
Work Experience: 4 yrs. (Back office of Leading logistics company- 2 years, Foreign Bank, Trade finance dept- 2 years)
Break for personal reasons- 3 years</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>This is tough. Your GMAT is pretty weak and you already have an MBA. I know you’d get accepted to a lot of smaller programs/ones without a great placement history, but I don’t want to recommend programs just so you can spend money and not necessarily get a job or advance yourself. </p>
<p>Best advice would be to improve that GMAT to at least low 600’s. That would open you up to other schools that would help you better. </p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. Yeah I agree, its tough!! I spoke with admission consultants of few good schools like Fisher College and University of Cincinnati. They advised I should apply. And UC said they would recommend to take GMAT again if that is necessary. How reliable is this info. according to you?</p>
<p>I mean a 560 is pretty low, but U Cincinnati shouldn’t be balking at that score. I mean you have significant work experience. I’d apply and see what they say. </p>
<p>@ MSFHQ …Thanks for the reply!! </p>
<p>yeah I have applied to Cinci, Fisher, Simon, Bentley and UB,UCD (colorado at Denver), RIT. Now brainstorming among TAMU, Villanova and Boston… any thoughts ??</p>
<p>I’d recommend a very active job search in conjunction with your application process. If you land the right job, the added degree may not be helpful.</p>
<p>@ CHD2013, perfect logic!! but can not work due to visa for next 3/4 years which makes MSF looks very tempting. What are your thoughts on my MSF options? </p>
<p>I agree with MSFH that you’d be a lot better off with higher GMATs. If it were me and I couldn’t work for 3-4 years, I’d spend as much time as possible learning to ace the GMATs, then go from there. Sorry but I’m notthat familiar with the MS programs that you’ve applied to.</p>
<p>Thank for sharing your thoughts CHD2013…Am going to wait and see what happens with Fisher, Cinci, Nova and Simon…</p>