Cambridge Application MPhil Finance 2021/2022

Hey! Anybody applying for the Mphil in Finance at Cambridge for next year? What is your background?

Hello there. I submitted my application on 2nd December for MPhil in Finance. What about you?

I submitted 13th Oct! What’s your background?

About my profile:

Undergrad: Bachelor of Business Administration (Major in Finance, CGPA 3.94/4.00), university of Dhaka

MSc Finance from University of Manchester (Distinction-78%)

CFA level 1, GRE: 322 (quant:169), internship at a local securities research firm. Part time Junior Research associate at a consulting firm in Bangladesh (1-year).

LoRs are from my supervisor and department head from Manchester. What about you? Did you submit any research proposal?

My application is currently under review by department. What about you?

My profile is:
undergrad: Mathematics with Finance (University of Sussex) - 76% (86% in final year)

study abroad: Finance and Economics (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

best undergraduate mathematics dissertation (option pricing)

internship: Deloitte

LoRs: dissertation supervisor and professor of finance

My application is also currently under review! Good luck and keep us updated

Very strong profile. I am a bit worried as my undergrad lacks quant modules. Best of luck.

with CFA l1 you should be fine though!

Yeah lets see. Did you submit mini research proposal?

I didn't actually, did you?

Hey there! Applying for the 2021 intake. Should submit my app in a few days. I have a CGPA of 3.71/4.00 (a 3.9 is literally unheard of in my course), a GRE score of 332 (Q-170, V-162, AW-5.5), internships at EY and a major Indian IB. Getting one LOR from my dean and the other from my research mentor (research on market efficiency and looking at behavioural metrics to predict asset price movements). I've also got an online news start-up, if that helps.No work experience and I'm not submitting a research proposal. I don't plan on going for a PhD.I'm a bit nervous because my GPA is borderline. Any clue whether they would accept a GPA like mine? I understand that grades alone are a major deciding factor for admission.

What’s your undergrad subject?

Economics with some basic finance electives (corp fin, risk management, capital markets, international finance)

With your GRE score , you should be fine. Which other programs you are planning to apply. Plus cambridge i guess puts emphasis on the reputation of the uni. So say for example if you are from top Indian uni, then CGPA won’t matter.

Hello everyone. I am also applying to the MPhil in Finance, and to the PhD.
I have an undergraduate degree in Economics at UPF, and an MSc in Economics at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Advanced track). I have around 8 our of 10 for both. It confuses me a bit the "first" requirement at Cambridge, I don't know if an 8 out of 10 is considered a first....
I have also worked as a Research Assistant in a Business School. I haven't done the GRE.
To be honest, I consider my chances to be rather slim because of the "first" requirement, unfortunately.
My application is still under review by the department.

Hello everyone. I am also applying to the MPhil in Finance, and to the PhD.
I have an undergraduate degree in Economics at UPF, and an MSc in Economics at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Advanced track). I have around 8 our of 10 for both. It confuses me a bit the "first" requirement at Cambridge, I don't know if an 8 out of 10 is considered a first....
I have also worked as a Research Assistant in a Business School. I haven't done the GRE.
To be honest, I consider my chances to be rather slim because of the "first" requirement, unfortunately.
My application is still under review by the department.