Stanford Management Science & Engineering - w/o engineering undergrad

Graduate School
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<p>I'm wondering about the possibility of getting into stanford's MS&E master's program without any engineering undergraduate background whatsoever. the program has several concentrations and i hope to focus in finance & econ (probability, investments, trading). i'll be applying this fall and hope to enroll after graduating next year.</p>

<p>a few considerations:</p>

<p>things that will work against me - my undegrad degree is in finance from a non-great school (~50s). am i correct in thinking this will work against me in a big way? the program site says only 1 year of calculus is required for admission. i'll have 3 semesters along with linear algebra & prob/stat but a couple of these classes will be taken after applying, meaning my math background will be pretty weak compared to most engineers. my 3rd rec letter probably won't be as strong as the others (see below) </p>

<p>things that may work for me - GRE is relatively decent (800q 720v 5w) and seems to be on par with students admitted. my gpa is pretty good (3.85 - 3.9) but the program here isn't very challenging. the degree is with honors (5% of class) but i don't know if that really matters. i'm portfolio manager for a real investment fund at the university and do a lot of very profitable options trading on my own, which should help with my statement. 2 very strong recs from stat & investment professors who like me a lot and suggested grad school.</p>

<p>any thoughts? does the program usually only admit engineering majors?</p>

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<p>I really want to know the answer, too!</p>

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<p>From the Stanford web page, you DO NOT need an engineering degree to be admitted to the MS&E program. However, you must have taken certain math/engineering classes as a prerequisite.</p>

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<p>any idea what the prereq courses are?</p>

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<p>I think you have a very impressive profile. There is no harm in applying I guess.</p>

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<p>Why don't they publish the graduate placement for the master's alumni ? They only do it for the PhDs. They reserve the stanford finaid to PhD candidates (new students, not continuing from masters) only. Why does their website have soooo few information ? Suspicious...</p>

<p>Since you have a nice profile, maybe you should try to get accepted in the PhD track which seems to be better taken care of to have funding and get a masters, then drop out after that if you don't want to continue.</p>

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<p>Why don't they publish the graduate placement for the master's alumni ?</p>

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<li>this is true for all stanford engineering programs i guess.</li>
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