Cambridge prospective Mphil Finance applicants 2011/2012

thank you...will give it a try...hopefully i nail gmat

I was thinking of not taking GMAT.. pretty worried about my decision now tho... erghh.. i really hate this appllication process..

me too I hate it....i really hope to get into cambs Lse or warwick

yeap.. the courses at Imperial looks impressive as well.. .. I am just waiting on my transcripts to complete my application to cambridge.. and the word is that it might be a few weeks before I receive them..

Hi everybody,
I would like to apply for the Mphil cambridge program starting in 2011.

There's only one thing I'm not understanding: to apply to the mphil in finance is it compulsory to have two references?

Because i couldn't find this rule anywhere on the finance entry requirements page, but I know it's necessary for others mphils...

Top 15 University Economics BSc First class ( with mitigating circumstances not sure they care)

2 post graduate modules Harvard GPA 3.8

Taught Undergraduate studies 1-2 years

CFA level 1 hopefully soon

Corporate finance job now till start date.

I have applied to this course as well.

I'm hoping I stand atleast a chance.... What are the best universities in people's opinions for going investment banking.

Oxbridge, LSE, Warwick

then I'm not sure about UCL, Cass, Manchester, imperial

Any I have missed? Could someone rank them for me as well. I'm 21

@Ineedaplace

Cass and Manchester per se aren't horrible, but when you get to the 2nd tier school portion its an issue of name and alumni base. If there are alot of alumni in the city even if they don't recruit in the milkround season its a matter of networking, actually that's how I got my I-banking interviews in Toronto. In turn, if you really wanna get good backups you could shoot for HEC and Bocconi, both have relatively good reps (possible abit better than Cass) and their coursework is pretty robust so you can escape being duped and at least learn something. But if you are adamant about staying in the UK, Cass is your best bet, simply because its the in city and you are a stone throws away from all the bulge bracket offices.

I think you bring up a good point, you will be competing with people from oxford, cambridge, LSE etc., but you have to remember that Warwick is actually pretty well respected and I am sure that if you come across as qualified and with a drive for the job, you can probably outflank candidates from LSE without a doubt and possibly some from oxford and cambridge. Also the thing you have to remember and I think this is why you are seeing more kids from the grande ecole trying to get out of France, is the playing field is supposedly more level and the grass at least "was" greener on that side of the of channel, so if you get into warwick- and looking at your profile will probably get into LSE without too much of a hassle, I would not sweat it too much.
Now in regards to international reputation, I cannot really comment on Imperial, but I would ponder a guess that it is certainly not as strong as HEC or Oxbridge (note that it is a different story for their engineering program), however I am pretty sure most people in the commonwealth will probably know imperial or at least one person in the office will have heard of it (probably an engineer or physicist turned quant). Conversely, for Warwick, I actually heard this and I was surprised, but supposedly it is relatively well respected in Asia (but you should check up on that) and there seems to be some alumni's in that part of the world.
Again, I am a foreigner in Canada, so I get where you are coming from in terms of visa and so forth, but you gotta remember that once you have a grad degree, usually the points-based system in most commonwealth counries gives you a high degree of flexibility in terms of permanent residency and if you don't mind the cold weather Canada is always an option lol.