Oxbridge Msc Chances?

Graduate School
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I'm currently a senior at an American Ivy. I am considering going to grad school for an Msc in Finance and Economics or quantitative finance before starting my career. I have heard that the Oxford and Cambridge Msc programs are excellent, and I wanted to know my chances of getting in to either of those. If my stats don't pan out for any reason, I would love to hear other recommendations of good programs that I should look into.</p>

<p>These are my stats:</p>

<p>BA from an Ivy
3.4 GPA with a major in Economics
760+ anticipated GRE (my school administers controlled practice tests with proctors/etc, and my scores so far have been 780 and 800)
Strong EC's (VP/senior editor of college paper, involvement in volunteer and outreach programs)</p>

<p>I've had 3 summer internships so far:</p>

<ol>
<li>New Criterion - Editorial Intern. Mostly a publishing internship.</li>
<li>Bridgewater Associates (one of the largest global macro hedge funds in the world) - Investment Associate Intern.</li>
<li>Investment Banking at one of the world's largest global banks. I worked overseas for this job, if that matters at all.</li>
</ol>

<p>I have solid professional references from all of my past jobs and I have good professor recommendations. I get the feeling that my GPA is likely to be the weakest part of my application. Chances for Oxbridge? Tips on maximizing chances (such as a slightly less competitive/prestigious program at Oxbridge for finance/econ)? Other great schools for someone of my profile?</p>

<p>Thanks for all of the help.</p>

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<p>Moderate at best. 3.4 will leave you low in the pack of applicants.</p>

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<p>Any advice on other programs I should look into? I’ve heard that LSE’s GPA requirements aren’t as high, and that they value professional experience much more. Is that true?</p>

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<p>I’m not saying you wont get into Oxbridge, I’m just saying with a 3.4-dont expect to get in.</p>

<p>LSE has extremely high standards, its UG app:places ratio is equal to the great 2. But try, they charge silly fees. Try UCL. Brilliant school, not as competitive as LSE as there applicants are not drawn so such narrow fields.</p>